Relationship Deposits: What Happens When You Slip Up?

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 have to do something dramatic to put goodwill …

NEW - Friday Round-Up: Your Vote Deserves More Than a Swipe

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 stake to take an election seriously. Jimmy wan…

SHIFTHEADS: Thirty Snakes a Day: Manitoba’s Seasonal Houseguests

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 keep warm? Last year’s Fat Bear Week champ…

NEW - Movies and Streaming: Which Pick Earns the Weekend?

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 at Crystal Lake A short runtime isn’t the…

Shiftheads - Marriage Problems: What Is There to Build On?

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 Different Meaning A damaged car might be an accident or …

ICYMI - AI Adoption: Your Apps May Already Be Ahead of You

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 to take another task off your hands. But what if doing that…

NEW - Kris Abel New Smart Glasses - Your Music Without the Earbuds

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 on your walk, but your earbuds won’t stay put. Glasses could offer …

Scientists Mapped a Fruit Fly Brain. Then Came Doom

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 videos actually show. Researchers mapped 167,000 neurons in a male fruit fly brain,…

Your Favourite Fall Drink Has Some Explaining to Do

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 jacket weather. The leaves are turning, the toque is ready, and something warm s…

Who Gets to Sell Food Near Your Grocery Store?

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 hear that food margins are thin, then learn a grocer can …