24 Jun 2020

Post Checkout Snooping

Q. Hotels. Remember those? Other than soggy towel mountains, what do hotel staff find after guests leave their rooms for good? . A. First, the abandoned bric-a-brac. A Choices Hotel Canada survey found the items most commonly left in hotel rooms are… Abandoned or Forgotten items i. Toothbrushes ii. Phone

12 Jun 2020

Fighting Hiring Bias

You were passed over yet again for that promotion. You weren’t even granted an interview, despite being an objectively strong fit. And now, much to the surprise of your co-workers, you were amongst the first pandemic layoffs. Not all career slights are due to bias. Applicants might be misinformed, deluded,

03 Jun 2020

Greatest Leaders In History

Q. Who – we ask in the face of wicked counterexamples – are some of the greatest leaders in history? A. BBC World Histories Magazine asked a panel of historians to nominate particularly great leaders from the past, leaders who had real power and/yet had a positive impact on humanity.

22 May 2020

Famous Dreams

Q. What are some historically famous dreams? And what does it all mean anyway? A. Frankenstein first came to Mary Shelley in a dream, Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to Robert Louis Stevenson. Prior to his assassination, President Abraham Lincoln dreamt of a corpse and the ‘subdued sobs of mourners.’

15 May 2020

It’s A Small Say World So

Q. Why can’t I get that song out of my head?! . A. What do Doja Cat, Nicki Minaj and 300 audio-animatronic dolls have in common? They all take starring roles in songs which, once they get in your head, are not so willing to get out. Say So exerts

01 May 2020

Fast As A

Q. It’s incredible to watch animals take back their environs as we non-essential worker humans shelter safely at home. Lions sleeping in the middle of the road, bears frolicking in trees, wild boar eating their way through city greens. But, if and when we start intermingling again, it would be

11 Apr 2020

Online Covid Buying

Q. Which online products are people buying more during the 2020 pandemic? . A. Researchers from Stackline and Visual Capitalist compared purchases in March of 2020 to those of March 2019. The greatest increases they find are in disposable gloves, bread machines (that explains the empty flour aisles) and cough