Volunteering two to four hours weekly slows cognitive decline by 15 to 20 percent, according to data from 31,000 adults. Dr. Samantha Yammine, neuroscientist, explains why researchers are stumped by their own findings. The study controlled for wealth, education, physical…
Adam Sorenson beat stage 4 brain cancer at 13 using an extreme ketogenic diet and metabolic approach. He stayed in remission for 10 years, unheard of for glioblastoma multiforme, the same cancer that killed Gord Downie and Neil Peart. When…
Four astronauts are about to fly past the moon… further from Earth than any human has ever traveled. No landing. Just… past it. Why? Dr. Sarah Rugheimer breaks down what Artemis 2 is actually for, and why restarting lunar missions…
Switchbot’s Onuro H1 humanoid robot costs $10,000 and launches by December 2025. Kris Abel explains how elevator-track arms let it pick clothes off floors and why that price might not be as crazy as it sounds. Abel reflects on why…
Acknowledging parents are human doesn’t mean your childhood was toxic. Shane Hewitt and Ryan O’Donnell take on the generational blame narrative and ask a harder question: would you even be here without your parents’ mistakes? The team unpacks why gratitude…
You can’t win a war without an air force, but you can absolutely lose one without cyber defenses. Richard Shimooka unpacks how warfare has evolved to include everything from space systems to biotech threats, and why militaries that ignore these…
Someone in London, Ontario just won $80 million. In California, coworkers were asked to sign a contract before buying a group lottery ticket detailing who gets what percentage, who bought it, all of it. Would you sign? Or would that…
Good News Tuesday brings personal wins from the team: Ryan’s swapping TikTok scrolling for reading (starting with a Stephen King horror novel at bedtime… bold choice), Shane’s booking trips with actual dates after watching retired friends map out their year,…
Most people avoid their credit card statements in January because the numbers are terrifying. Financial planner Anita Bruinsma says that’s exactly why you need to open them—but not for the reason you think. Bruinsma introduces a simple question that changes…
Maduro’s gone. The vice president, security minister, and defense minister are still there. So what actually changed? Shane and Joe Varner dig into the geopolitics behind Venezuela’s seizure—how a country became the Western Hemisphere hub for Russian money laundering, Iranian…
What happens when you promise permanent residence to 50,000 students, then pull the rug out? Immigration lawyer Guidy Mamann breaks down how Canada’s sudden policy reversal is creating a costly backlash no one predicted. Students who spent six figures and…
Stranger Things started in 2016. You were dating someone different, living somewhere else, chasing completely different dreams. Ryan reflects on watching the Stranger Things finale in a sold-out theatre next to people he hadn’t even met when the show first…
The Photo Backup Strategy You’re Probably Not UsingYou’ve been meaning to back up your photos for months. Maybe years. The dongle you bought for Christmas is still in the box. Carmi Levy explains why physical backup solutions never work—humans aren’t…
Game of Thrones fumbled so badly that the creators lost their Star Wars deal. The Sopranos cut to black and people thought their cable boxes broke. Lost sent everyone to the afterlife and viewers are still confused. Shane and Ryan…
The TV Finales That Left You Feeling BetrayedGame of Thrones spent seven seasons building Daenerys as a complex character. Then she unraveled in minutes. Shane, Jimmy Zoubris, and Lesley Kelly dig into what makes a finale land or crash—from How…
