‘Toxic masculinity’ Role Model:

Woke critics use Sean Connery’s death as chance to remind us he was ‘problematic.’

Things Fall Apart in the United States — And Canada Takes a Hard Look in the mirror

We assume we’re immune to the forces now threatening the American experiment. We shouldn’t.

Art After the Plague

How painters through the ages have responded to contagion, pestilence, and deadly epidemics.

How Much Is Acceptable?

$285 waffles, $412 hot towels, $23,000 catering on Trudeau's luxurious private jet.

The Need to Touch

The language of touch binds our minds and bodies to the broader social world. What happens when touch becomes taboo?

The Former Attorney General Bought me Breakfast

Seychelles opposition wins presidency for first time in 43 years.

Cape Town’s Garden of Good and Evil

The Kirstenbosch botanical garden was created through forced removals and used as a tool of propaganda for the apartheid state. How can black South Africans relate to it today?

NASA Breakthrough

Humans could travel to Mars in half the time after major development.

China Makes Waves

Seeking to control world shipping.

Breaking Taboos

 Japan’s tattoo fans bare their ink.

Underwater Drones Could Be the End of Submarines

Swarming systems are small, lightweight, cheap, numerous—and networked together to cooperate like bees from the same hive.

Just Like the Good Old Days

 Covid: Belgian doctors with coronavirus asked to keep working.

How the Awful Stuff Won

Andrew Marantz’s and Megan Phelps-Roper’s books explore the dark and far-reaching consequences of our dependence on the Internet.

How to Be an Epicurean

A philosophy that values innocent pleasure, human warmth and the rewards of creative endeavour. What’s not to like?