Articles by Alex Hutchinson

Theatre

The Puppet Master and the Apprentice

One of the world’s great puppeteers finds renewal — for himself and his art form — in mentorship

Sports

Faster, Higher, Sneakier

Does Canada’s “Top Secret” sports technology program undermine the Olympic spirit?

Frontier

Mind Over Matter

Keeping a place for thought experiments in an empirical age

Health

Global Impositioning Systems

Is GPS technology actually harming our sense of direction?

Frontier

Biblio Tech

The public library takes browsing back from Chapters

Science

Perimeter’s Heart

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

Technology

Human Resources

ReCAPTCHA: The job you didn’t even know you had

Law

The People’s Court

Doctors are paid for through our taxes. Why not lawyers? Alex Hutchinson examines a case for universal legal care

National Magazine Award Nominee

Breaking D-Wave

Has a small business in British Columbia start-up built the world’s first viable quantum computer? NMA nominee: Science, Technology & the Environment

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Small Worlds
NOVEMBER 2003
Small Worlds
by Saira Wasim
Pakistani artist Saira Wasim tackles the big picture in her tiny paintings

Dreaming a New Myth
JULY 2007
Dreaming a New Myth
by Andrew Westoll
A lost jungle cave reveals a secret