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Viviane Fairbank

Viviane Fairbank (@vivianefairbank) is a writer based in Montreal and the former head of research at The Walrus.
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May 2021 / Media

How Do We Exit the Post-Truth Era?

April 7, 2021July 20, 2021 - by Viviane Fairbank

Why fact-checking alone won’t save us from fake news

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Discovering the Universe through the World’s Largest Telescope

August 10, 2020September 28, 2020 - by Viviane Fairbank

The ALMA array is our most powerful tool for witnessing the birth of new planets

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Justice / March 2020

How One Woman Reimagined Justice for Her Rapist

February 19, 2020August 27, 2020 - by Viviane Fairbank

Few survivors of sexual assault pursue justice in the legal system. Marlee Liss advocates for an alternative option

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Environment / November 2019

The False Promise of Green Housing

November 6, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Viviane Fairbank

One designer is challenging the conventional wisdom about environmentally friendly construction

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Teaching Teens How to Have Good Sex

December 5, 2018October 8, 2020 - by Viviane Fairbank

Many young adults accept pain as a normal part of intercourse. Why doesn’t sex ed value pleasure?

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December 2018 / Science

The Greatest Mathematician You’ve Never Heard Of

November 15, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Viviane Fairbank

Robert Langlands’s work may have no practical applications—and he doesn’t mind at all

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How One Canadian’s Math Could Help Us Understand the Universe

March 21, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Viviane Fairbank

The profound effects of Robert Langlands’s grand unifying theory

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Why I Don’t Read Rebecca Solnit

September 12, 2017April 23, 2020 - by Viviane Fairbank

It’s time to stop buying into the author’s brand of pop feminism

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The Pleasures, and Dangers, of a Fully Personalized World

May 2, 2017November 11, 2019 - by Viviane Fairbank

A millionaire mathematician spent fifteen years building his perfect home. After his untimely death, what can the house tell us about the man?

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How Canadian Scientists Are Leading the Hunt for Extraterrestrial Life

February 28, 2017June 15, 2020 - by Viviane Fairbank

If there are aliens on the newly discovered exoplanets, we may be the first to find evidence of them

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