Science & Technology

Articles in Science & Technology

In-depth examinations of the issues that matter in the realm of science, technology, and society.


June 2009

How Google Unconquered The World

Google’s new Android mobile phone, and why Apple lost the ball (again)

Off the Rails

How Canada fell from leader to laggard in high-speed rail, and why that needs to change


April 2009

Perimeter’s Heart

World-renowned physicist and social innovator Neil Turok brings his mission to Waterloo


January 2009

Getting It, Together

A path to mental health recovery in Toronto

The Future Has Begun

Vertical farms will take eating local to the next level — but are they safe?

Change of Pace

Former tobacco farmers have a bumper new crop to exploit: ginseng

Feed-In Frenzy

A simple green tariff has transformed Germany. Why isn’t Canada following suit?


December 2008

Selective Testing

Does Big Pharma stand to gain the most from new genetic tests for drug therapy?


September 2008

Cellphone Games

Does radio frequency radiation pose a cancer risk? Researchers in the largest study to date won’t say


July 2008

Skype Love

Are we drawn closer by being farther away?

Shelley Ambrose, Executive Director of the Walrus Foundation,
talks about how you can support The Walrus. Email Shelley for
more details at shelley.ambrose@walrusmagazine.com.
(Video courtesy of BNN.)

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July/Aug 2009
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