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"The mind is more powerful than anything.... If we were able to use our full minds we would probably destroy ourselves and the world."
- Justin Timberlake

November 2006

The Teenage Brain

by Nora Underwood

Why adolescents sleep in, take risks, and won’t listen to reason

Illustration by Josh Cochran

Alberta’s Gamble with Gambling

by Andrew Nikiforuk

The “crack cocaine” of gaming hooks a senior mandarin—and the provincial treasury

A Resonant Boom

by Charles Foran

How Shanghai’s citizens view their city’s seemingly unending growth.

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Scarce Heard Amid the Guns

by Murray Thomson

Does Canada’s war museum say enough about peace?

Made in Mexico

by Martin Parr

British photographer Martin Parr isn’t your stereotypical gringo. » View Photo Gallery «

Safe and Sexy

by Sarah Hughes

A photo essay on the choices women make about what they wear . » View Photo Gallery «

The Frozen Zoo

by Megan Ogilvie

As species disappear, natural history’s future is put on ice

The Bad Future

by Christian Parenti

Climate change vs. civilization

Ephemera

by Rita Leistner

The Israel Defense Forces dropped hundreds of thousands of leaflets on Lebanon. » View Photo Gallery «

Keeping Everest Honest

by Bernadette McDonald

Elizabeth Hawley, arbiter of Himalayan glory and shame, calls it like she sees it

“Chillax, Pops”

by Ken Alexander

I‘m not sure exactly when Canada struck me anew as a decent place worth fighting for, but it happened sometime

Banking on Catastrophe

by Jake Bogoch

Beneath an Arctic island, the seeds of a postapocalyptic garden lie buried

The Conspiracy Against Africa

by Gerald Caplan

Africa is a mess and it’s not going to get better any time soon.

A Walrus Online Special Feature: buzz

buzz is an urban storytelling project conceived of by Toronto resident Jay Pitter as a way for young adults from. » View Photo Gallery «

MARCH 2010

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