The Food Science Behind Endurance
Why Olympic race walkers tested high-fat versus high-carb diets
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Alex Hutchinson is a fitness and travel writer, and a frequent Walrus contributor. He writes the Globe and Mail’s Jockology column.
Hand Sanitizer
I don’t know how you celebrated this year’s national hand hygiene day, but the festivities were a bit muted at my place. I gave up on the themed crossword after …
Read MoreQuantum Leap
We have finally made a quantum computer. But will it change anything?
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Call of the Wild
You can now use a cellphone in the remotest places on earth—if you really want to
Read MoreThe Race against Time
Pushing the limits of brain science could bring Canadian marathoners Olympic glory
Read MoreIntelligence Deficit
What will happen when computers become smarter than people?
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The Puppet Master and the Apprentice
One of the world’s great puppeteers finds renewal — for himself and his art form — in mentorship
Read MoreFaster, Higher, Sneakier
Does Canada’s “Top Secret” sports technology program undermine the Olympic spirit?
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Mind Over Matter
Keeping a place for thought experiments in an empirical age
Read MoreGlobal Impositioning Systems
Is GPS technology actually harming our sense of direction?
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