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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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Environment

As Temperatures Rise, So Does Pressure to Engineer the Ocean

June 6, 2024June 10, 2024 - by Moira Donovan

New technology might help us combat the climate crisis. But is it safe to tinker with the seas?

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Health / May 2024

Antibiotics May Soon Become Useless

March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 - by Monica Kidd

Doctors are looking to an experimental treatment for help

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Health / January/February 2024

Why Women Hate the Pill

December 6, 2023December 8, 2023 - by Nicole Schmidt

What birth control teaches us about the failure—and future—of women’s health care

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Society

What UFO Fears Tell Us about Trust in Government

February 17, 2023 - by Matthew Hayes

The horrors of the world wars shook public confidence in technical expertise and the state’s ability to ensure the safety of its citizens

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Health / March/April 2023

Taking It Slow: What Turtles Can Teach Us about Living Longer

February 3, 2023February 7, 2023 - by Rita Da Silva

A conservation demographer explains how the secret to a long life might be found under a hard shell

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Health

Why We Made Fewer Memories during the Pandemic

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 - by Jadine Ngan

Monotony and anxiety wrought havoc on our brains. Can we bounce back?

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Science / September/October 2022

Why Are We So Obsessed with Pumpkin Spice?

August 30, 2022June 27, 2023 - by Catherine Franssen

The craze for the cozy fall flavour doesn’t seem to be going away any time soon

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July/August 2022 / Memoir

How a Tourette’s Diagnosis Helped Me Understand Who I Am

July 5, 2022July 6, 2022 - by Leyland Cecco

I long resisted looking for the cause of my tics. Then I received a diagnosis that changed everything

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Podcasts

COVID-19 Two Years On: Episode 9 of The Deep Dive

March 17, 2022May 10, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

It was a moment that most people won’t forget any time soon: just over two years ago, the COVID-19 virus was declared a pandemic. But when will it all end?

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

As Temperatures Rise, So Does Pressure to Engineer the Ocean

Antibiotics May Soon Become Useless

Taking It Slow: What Turtles Can Teach Us about Living Longer

Why We Made Fewer Memories during the Pandemic

Why Are We So Obsessed with Pumpkin Spice?

How a Tourette’s Diagnosis Helped Me Understand Who I Am

COVID-19 Two Years On: Episode 9 of The Deep Dive

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