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Arts & Culture

The Decade in Food

December 25, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From Canada’s farming crisis to our love of Kraft Dinner, here are the ideas, people, and conversations that helped define Canada

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Conjoined twins chilling on a couch
Film

How Conjoined Twins Are Making Scientists Question the Concept of Self

November 6, 2017December 2, 2019 - by Michael Harris

A new documentary asks what it means to share your consciousness

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Illustration by Justine Wong
May 2017 / Science

Inside Canada’s Secret Potato Laboratory

April 13, 2017April 29, 2020 - by Karen Pinchin

When they’re not taste-testing french fries, scientists are building a spud that will outlast us all

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Photograph by Roger LeMoyne
Feature

Attack of the Budworms

November 15, 2016November 19, 2019 - by Patti Sonntag

An infestation in northern Quebec threatens to transform Canadian forests as we know them

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Illustration by Michael Byers
Feature / October 2014

When Killer Whales Got a Rebrand

October 6, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Mark Leiren-Young

Fifty years ago, killer whales became known as orcas—and launched the modern conservation movement

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Illustration of Rob Ford on the front page of the Toronto Star
March 2014 / Technology

The Case of the Pink Dolphin

March 5, 2014April 14, 2020 - by David Hayes

Trent University’s wildlife DNA lab equips conservationists with new forensic tools

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