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The City Is Not One Place
Francis Quang-Hai Dinh was an undergraduate at McGill. In his free time during his first summer there, he cycled to almost 200 parks around Montreal and recorded what he saw. Eastern grey squirrels, despite the name, sometimes have black coats, a melanism produced by an incompletely dominant MC1R mutation. Dinh observed over 800 animals, some grey and some black. The resulting analysis, covering 1,734 observations across the metropolitan area,...
The Symptom Nobody Files Under the Right Heading
Johnson & Johnson published a global survey of 6,000 women at the start of October. Most knew that menopause can affect mood and sleep. Only 40 per cent connected eye changes with the transition, even though 90 per cent said that seeing clearly and comfortably helped them feel confident, capable or like themselves. The gap widens in the next number. Seventy-five per cent had taken some action to manage midlife changes. Only 18 per cent had...
Yes to the Tool, Questions About the Address
A survey of 1,037 Canadians by Santis Health and Nanos Research found two things that look contradictory until you read them properly. Strong majorities support artificial intelligence helping doctors diagnose illness and reduce waiting times. Two in five respondents said they already use AI health tools, and Canadians were nearly twice as likely to say the benefits outweigh the downsides. More than eight in ten backed government funding for AI...
The Man He Replaced Came Back the Same Day
On Monday 28 September, Meta announced the Meta Enterprise Platform, a new business aimed at selling its artificial intelligence models, agents and tools to corporate customers. To run it, the company hired Chirantan "CJ" Desai from MongoDB, where he had been president and chief executive since November 2025. He becomes chief enterprise platform officer, reporting directly to Mark Zuckerberg. Desai resigned from MongoDB the same day. MongoDB's...
They Hired the Man Already in the Room
Mattel announced on 30 September that Ynon Kreiz would step down as chairman and chief executive after eight years, leaving for a senior leadership position at another public company. His replacement is Roger Lynch, who becomes chairman on 2 October and chief executive on or before 2 November. Lynch had been on Mattel's board since 2018, and most recently served as its independent lead director. He was also, until that morning, the chief...