Sports betting did not arrive to replace gambling. It arrived to replace the word. One listener’s text put a fine point on it: kids watching sports with their parents should be picking up lessons about teamwork, not learning what a…
Contagious yawning remains one of the most studied and least understood reflexes in human biology. A new finding about yawning in the womb just made the mystery harder to explain. Thirty-eight pregnant women at 28 to 32 weeks watched videos…
Quantum computers could break the encryption protecting every cryptocurrency on the planet. That is not a distant theory. It is an active scramble. Blockchains link transactions through cryptographic algorithms built on large prime numbers. A quantum computer does not brute…
Dunkin’ Donuts Canada is happening: a master franchise has been secured with plans to open one location per week up to 200. Tony Chapman has questions. The operator already owns Second Cup and Milestones. Chapman’s read: look at how Second…
Alberta voter data leak is the story Matt Gurney says everyone is trying to minimize. The fake names baked into the voter list have already identified who did it. What happened next is the problem. The “it’s just a phone…
Dunkin’ Donuts is coming back to Canada, a Canadian chain is bringing it in, and the team has thoughts on what this does to the Starbucks and Tim Hortons of the world. The opening question is what actually makes a…
Good news Tuesday comes from a simple observation: the bad is loud and the good needs to be found. Two stories this week prove the finding is worth the effort. The first: a pair of adult kids, 19 and 21,…
Blue dot fever is the new term for half-empty arenas and cancelled concerts. The data behind it is specific and the team has the numbers. Concert ticket prices for the top 100 global tours went up 37.2 percent between 2019…
What makes a good concert is a question Kelly Alexander answers with a specific recent example. The show felt, she says, like being taken to church. Nothing about that had to do with the lighting cues. The artist was genuinely…
Star Wars trading cards were fun in 1977. One of them just sold at auction for $687,500. The seller did not have the Canadian bilingual version with nicks. Kris Abel has the Luke Skywalker card, the first in the 1977…
Butterfly population decline is measurable, documented, and connected to something most people eat every day. Federico Riva of Carleton University helped lead a global analysis to figure out how bad it actually is. The UK has been counting butterflies since…
FIFA World Cup 2026 is landing in Canada at a moment when ticket prices are disconnected from what fans are actually willing to pay. Bob Addison has been to Euro 2024. He knows the difference. Vancouver’s cheapest group stage ticket…
Stress and burnout start with a word. Dr. Sohan Mansingh says should is the word. It carries shame, it carries guilt, and it keeps people exactly where they don’t want to be. The deeper issue is the nervous system. Mansingh…
Generational trend names are everywhere, and the argument on the table is whether they reflect real experiences or just make it easier to stop trying. Life stretching. Quiet quitting. Bare minimum Mondays. At some point, the label becomes the permission…
AI home projects are changing how people tackle everything from clogged sinks to room redesigns. The question of who controls the technology making that possible is a lot more complicated. Your Wrench Now Has a Co-Pilot Gen Z and millennials…
