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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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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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Science

The Russian Flu: Was a Nineteenth-Century Outbreak Actually the Result of a Coronavirus?

March 1, 2022November 3, 2022 - by Dan Werb

Leading scientists are looking to history to see if coronavirus epidemics have been hiding in plain sight

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Health

Take Two Shrooms and Call Me in the Morning: The Medical Promise of Magic Mushrooms

December 1, 2021April 30, 2022 - by Brad Badelt

Psilocybin can treat depression, alcoholism, PTSD, and even cluster headaches. Why is it still illegal?

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December 2021 / Science

The Pigeon Puzzle: How Do They Figure Out Their Impossibly Long Routes Home?

November 19, 2021January 2, 2022 - by Trevor Popoff

You might consider them flying rats, but their odysseys stump scientists

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December 2021 / Health

New Brunswick’s Mystery Disease: Why Did the Province Shut Out Federal Experts?

October 22, 2021December 14, 2022 - by Matthew Halliday

The provincial government’s closed-door investigation has confused experts, stoked fears, and missed an opportunity to solve a possible new brain disorder

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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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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

Take Two Shrooms and Call Me in the Morning: The Medical Promise of Magic Mushrooms

The Pigeon Puzzle: How Do They Figure Out Their Impossibly Long Routes Home?

New Brunswick’s Mystery Disease: Why Did the Province Shut Out Federal Experts?

Smell You Later: The Weird Science of How Sweat Attracts

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