Burnout can sit behind the reputation for always getting things done. Registered psychotherapist Erica Mills offers a way to examine the beliefs attached to being dependable, including what happens when appreciation becomes expectation and helping starts to cost a sense…
Prediction markets can look familiar to anyone who has opened an investing app. Anita Bruinsma offers a way to distinguish a wager from an investment, starting with the language and presentation that can blur the difference. A winning prediction makes…
Relationship investment gets personal when you picture the good moments as deposits. If you make a mistake, what does that history count for? Test the bank-account metaphor against another way of seeing the life you’re building with someone. You don’t…
Online voting could put your ballot within easy reach, but what should casting it require? Jimmy Zoubris gives you a practical question to consider: how do you make participation easier while keeping the decision meaningful? You don’t need a financial…
Inside Copy starts with a Manitoba resident removing 30 snakes a day. That makes the usual Canadian complaints about weather and mosquitoes sound like a different conversation. What’s the right name for this many snakes, especially when they intertwine to…
This weekend watch list separates films still on the wish list from favourites already worth defending. A transformed Tom Cruise, a younger Tony Soprano and a surprisingly comic Jason movie each offer a different reason to press play. Eighty-Seven Minutes…
Marriage problems can occupy so much space that the relationship becomes hard to see beyond them. Dr. Laurie Betito offers questions for distinguishing a difficulty within a marriage from one that has come to define it. The Same Incident, a…
AI adoption might already be part of your working day, even if you haven’t chosen a new tool. Mohit Rajhans helps you recognize where familiar software is changing and separate using a feature from actually wanting it. An assistant offers…
The robot bartender Kris Abel describes gives you a reason to reconsider what automation does to a job. The customer sees a machine, but the opportunity it creates depends on a human connection you might not expect. You want music…
A fruit fly brain map took years to make. Then the internet turned it into videos of a fly playing Doom and solving a Rubik’s Cube. Dr. Samantha Yammine helps you see the achievement behind the joke, and what those…
Is your pumpkin spice latte a favourite drink or a favourite fall ritual? Put your own order to the test in a debate about what makes autumn feel good, and whether the coffee deserves all the credit. You’ve waited for…
Grocery property controls raise a question you won’t find on a price tag: who gets to sell food near your supermarket? Dr. Sylvain Charlebois helps you see how location can limit competition, and where you might still find alternatives. You…
The International Space Station won’t last forever, but what would it take to replace it? Dr. Elaina Hyde helps you understand why that question involves more than designing a newer, nicer place to live in orbit. An ageing station still…
Pumpkin spice has escaped your coffee cup, and some of your favourite foods are in its path. Find out which seasonal creations might test your appetite, especially if you already think the latte gets more love than it deserves. You…
An Alberta pipeline announcement puts the “Ottawa doesn’t care” argument under pressure. Rob Breakenridge helps you gauge whether this moment could change the minds of Albertans frustrated with Canada, or whether optimism still has too much to prove. Smiles at…
