A Scientist’s Quest to Decode Vermeer’s True Colours

A vermeet painting of a woman wearing pearls looking to her right.

Arts & Culture / September/October 2024

A Scientist’s Quest to Decode Vermeer’s True Colours

July 9, 2024July 22, 2024 - by Adnan R. Khan

New techniques reveal hidden details in the Dutch master’s paintings

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Society

Canada’s Emergency Shelters Are Failing

July 8, 2024July 8, 2024 - by Rhiannon Russell

Four deaths at a Whitehorse facility underscore the need for housing reform

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World

What Would a Two-State Solution Mean?

July 5, 2024July 5, 2024 - by Raja G. Khouri

Every attempt to partition land between Israel and Palestine has failed. There are other options

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Mindful Travel with justfly.com

July 4, 2024August 13, 2024 - by The Walrus Lab

Insights for enhancing mental health on your journeys

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Books

Alice Munro Was Bigger than Canada

July 4, 2024July 4, 2024 - by Tajja Isen

Here artists are celebrated by virtue of their nationality. Munro showed me I could escape those tropes

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A Beautiful Mind

July 3, 2024July 5, 2024 - by The Walrus Lab

Alicia Elliott, author of And Then She Fell and this year’s winner of the Amazon Canada First Novel Award, explores the method in her character’s madness.

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Part 1: Why Do We Travel?
To Meet the Neighbours

July 3, 2024July 12, 2024 - by Pico Iyer

Author Pico Iyer says we live in a world of shared destinies – it’s up to us to start the conversation.

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Health

The Ozempic Era Is Distorting What We See as Healthy

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024 - by KC Hoard

Fat people are constantly told they have to shed pounds. What will weight loss–inducing medicines really cost us?

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Business

Facial Recognition at Checkout: Convenient or Creepy?

July 2, 2024July 5, 2024 - by Monika Warzecha

I don’t want to pay for things with my face

A photo of Pierre Poilievre wearing a mask of his own face.

Politics

Who Is the Real Pierre Poilievre?

July 1, 2024July 3, 2024 - by Andrew Lawton

The growing conservative uncertainty over Poilievre’s stance on moral issues

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A Scientist’s Quest to Decode Vermeer’s True Colours

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Who Is the Real Pierre Poilievre?

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