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Current Affairs / Politics

It’s Not in Your Head: The World Really Is Getting Worse

August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 - by Andrew Potter

Since the 1970s, wages, infrastructure, and the pace of technology have all stagnated. Can it be reversed?

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Business

What Do You Do with a Billion Grams of Surplus Weed?

August 5, 2021October 18, 2021 - by Kieran Delamont

Cannabis legalization was supposed to be a licence to print money. Three years on, nobody is turning a profit

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Politics / September/October 2021

One Doctor’s Fight to Provide Abortion Care in New Brunswick

August 3, 2021October 18, 2021 - by Jessica Leeder

Decades after Henry Morgentaler started offering his services, doctors are still struggling to help their patients

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Business

Have We Been Thinking about Inflation All Wrong?

July 30, 2021December 6, 2021 - by Max Fawcett

For decades, governments have done all they can to keep inflation down. But maybe letting things run hotter is exactly what we need

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Science

Smell You Later: The Weird Science of How Sweat Attracts

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 - by Sarah Everts

Smell is often dismissed as the least important sense. But it’s the funk that draws us together

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July/August 2021 / Politics

Mark Carney Was the World’s Rock-Star Banker. Now He’s Ready for His Encore

June 22, 2021October 18, 2021 - by Curtis Gillespie

Carney led two central banks through two world-shifting crises. Does that make him a political contender?

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Science

Affected Development: Will Kids Ever Recover from Isolation?

June 8, 2021October 19, 2021 - by Skyler Ash

For many children, our panicked pandemic lives are the only lives they’ve ever known

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Science

Having More Nightmares Lately? You’re Not Alone

May 14, 2021May 19, 2021 - by Carla Ciccone

Swarms of bugs, inescapable crowds, and moments of maskless horror are the new normal. Will we ever sleep soundly again?

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June 2021 / Science

Blue Space Is the New Green Space

May 10, 2021October 19, 2021 - by Dan Rubinstein

Why being near water can be a boon for our health and wellness

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Science

Blah Blah Blah: The Lack of Small Talk Is Breaking Our Brains

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 - by Hannah Seo

Chit-chat is often dismissed as mindless and boring. But its absence over the past year is affecting you more than you think

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