Dirty Money Did the Heir to the Red Bull Empire Get Away with Murder?

In 2012, a member of one of Asia's richest families killed a Bangkok police officer in a hit and run. Seven years later, he's still free | Continue reading


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Don't Blame the Internet for Bad Slang

Language is always changing. How has technology forced it to evolve? | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 4 years ago

The Whistle-Blower Who Got It Wrong

Six years ago, seven health care researchers were fired by the BC government for alleged misuse of data. They're still trying to understand what happened. | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 4 years ago

We Are Garbage

Humans generate about 45 million tons of waste every year. Where does it all go? | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 4 years ago

David Finkelstein: The Physicist Who Thought About God

David Finkelstein taught the world about black holes | Continue reading


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Personality Tests – Using Pop Science to Build the Perfect Workforce

How personality tests took over corporate Canada—and might be keeping you from the job you want | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 4 years ago

What It’s Like to See the World Through a Lazy Eye

From Harry Potter to the Lion King, pop culture equates people who look like me with ugliness and eccentricity | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 4 years ago

Neighbourhoods Are Built to Keep Out Single Women

If we want more affordable housing, then we need to stop designing communities for traditional families | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 4 years ago

I Saved My Kids from Sugar (2018)

The overconsumption of sugar has became a normal part of our culture. A recipe for fighting back | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 4 years ago

The Power of a Good Sentence

Why writing a great sentence isn't as easy as you think | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 4 years ago

Why Being Bored Is Good

Technology keeps us constantly stimulated. What do we lose when we no longer have nothing to do? | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 4 years ago

Why It's So Hard to Find a Doctor in Toronto

We talk a lot about food deserts. It's time to start talking about health care deserts too | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 4 years ago

China, Prosperity, and Stereotypes That Won't Die

Today's prejudice is just an updated version of the same old racism | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 4 years ago

If You Give a Shark a Twitter Account, Will People Care About Conservation?

In a campaign to protect sharks, a controversial research group is disrupting the traditional world of science | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 4 years ago

How Five Different Communities Mourn Their Dead

From blessings to vultures: The Walrus presents one-minute videos featuring different funeral practices | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 4 years ago

Will Millennials Be the First Generation to Stop Fearing Death?

Why an increasing number of young people are writing their wills and arranging their funerals | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 4 years ago

When Is Dead Actually Dead?

As a doctor, I can keep somebody breathing even after brain death. How do I make the final call? | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 4 years ago

The Rise of Junk Science

Fake publications are corrupting the world of research—and influencing real news | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 4 years ago

When Women Outrun Men

Conventional wisdom has long asserted men outperform women in long-distance races. Ultramarathon results prove that assumption wrong | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 4 years ago

Is a Walk in the Forest Better Than a Trip to the Doctor?

New medical research confirms an old maxim: fresh air really does do the body good | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 4 years ago

Can the North Quit Its Diesel Habit?

The territories use diesel to power everything from lightbulbs to Netflix binges. But saying goodbye to dirty fuel may prove to be impossible | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 4 years ago

What the Death of Local News Means for the Federal Election (Canada)

In the absence of media scrutiny, politicians have started to spin their own stories | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

Are You Afraid of Google? BlackBerry Cofounder Jim Balsillie Says You Should Be

The entrepreneur who made billions putting BlackBerrys into pockets is now sounding the alarm about Big Tech's creep toward surveillance capitalism | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

The Loneliness of Infertility

I never felt more isolated than when I talked to other women about trying to have a baby | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

Could the Russians Decide Canada's Next Prime Minister?

Why the upcoming federal election isn't safe from manipulation by Moscow | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

The Bleak Reality of the Instagram Experience

Pop-up attractions like the Happy Place are built for selfies, but does anybody actually enjoy going to them? | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

Canada's Toughest Border Crossing

How one government policy makes it near impossible for Indigenous people to travel through their own community | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

Analytics Will Help Win the Next Stanley Cup

A new generation of data nerds is redefining what makes a great hockey player | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

One of the world’s biggest toy makers races to engineer the perfect lullaby

One of the world’s biggest toy makers races to engineer the perfect lullaby | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

Social Media, Online Accountability, and the Meaning of an Apology

When I saw my online troll in person, I demanded he apologize. Instead he invited me out for coffee | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

The Greatest Mathematician You’ve Never Heard Of

Robert Langlands's work may have no practical applications—and he doesn't mind at all | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

The Greatest Mathematician You’ve Never Heard Of

Robert Langlands's work may have no practical applications—and he doesn't mind at all | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

She Kept Every Letter

How words kept my grandparents connected during the Second World War | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

The Search for the Great Canadian Novel

Our national life is exciting, dramatic, and unpredictable. Why don't more Canadian novelists write about it? | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

Bringing Extinct Animals Back to Life?

The world's last passenger pigeon died in 1914. Now a team of scientists wants to resurrect the species | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

Why Is an Icicle Shaped Like an Icicle?

One physicist thinks if he can understand the patterns that form on ice, he can understand the universe | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

America’s Next Civil War

The United States shows all the warning signs of impending social and political collapse | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

The Canadian Bonsai Star of YouTube

When my amateur attempts at the art weren't working, I went to YouTube star Nigel Saunders | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

The New Old Age

Longevity is now our reality. Are we ready for it? | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

The Other Side of Fentanyl – The Walrus

I have terminal cancer, and without the powerful painkiller, I live in agony | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

The Charmed Life of Esther the Wonder Pig – The Walrus

What one celebrity pet can tell us about our curious and complicated relationship with animals | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

Why Recycling Doesn't Work

You may use the blue bin, but it doesn't mean you're helping the environment | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

The Future of Biography

Social media is breathing new life into an esteemed literary genre | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago

The Democratic Notion of Nudity

Documenting bathers was a way to free myself—and others—from attitudes about body image | Continue reading


@thewalrus.ca | 5 years ago