Pica – Cravings to the Extreme
Defined as the consumption and craving of nonfood items over a period longer than a month, pica is a disorder that many may find overly bizarre and unrelatable. This disorder...
Improving Food with Fermentation – Superfood or superfad?
Depending on your tastes, you may find that many of your favourite foods are products of fermentation. Wine, cheese, bread, beer, and chocolate are just a few of these products...
Gene-unie disgust – why do we dislike certain foods
Why do we eat what we eat? People enjoy eating foods that are not just appealing to their taste buds, but more importantly, that are not unappealing to them. Whether...
Switching Off – The new movement defining the right to disconnect from work
Maintaining a healthy work-life balance has been made harder than ever as the line between workplace and home has started to blur. When you hear a notification ping from your...
Universal Basic Income
Imagine a world in which you were guaranteed $2,000 per month, regardless of your work status or other income. Where everyone from a working single mother of three to Drake...
The Life, Death and Afterlife of Lab Hustle
As graduate students, we often hear the admonition, “This PhD can’t be just a 9-to-5!”—sometimes justified with “Science should be your passion!” This “hustle” attitude extends beyond the scientific sphere...
Virtual Reality: Traversing the Boundaries of Classroom Learning
We live in a world that is continuously transforming as technological advancements integrate into the seams of society. Will the education system also conform to these changes, and push past...
Accessible Healthcare in a Capitalist World
At some point in our lives, a situation like this might become a reality. If and when that time comes, we want our answer to each of those questions to...
Neuralink – A Small Innovation with Big Potential
When thinking of the future and the radical cutting-edge technology that might define such an era, one might picture things like flying cars, casual space travel, and the close coupling...
Lockdowns Around the World
No one knows life under lockdown better than people living in Toronto. The city has spent most of the pandemic under strict public health restrictions and has experienced one of...