Joseph Brean
National Post
Toronto, ON, Canada
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True Crime Byline: Out of the Ordinary: The Tragic Story of Brandon Truaxe
Brandon Truaxe built the hugely profitable cosmetics empire Deciem — and then plunged it into chaos before his tragic death → Read More
'I feel alive ... I'm in love with you': The unhinged things Bing's AI chatbot has been saying
Even though Bing’s chatbot might seem to be thinking and passing as a person, the Turing test is not actually being administered. → Read More
Dramatic photos show how roads shifted in Turkey as earthquake now ranks as worst since Haiti
Rail lines suddenly bent into S-curves. Roads split laterally. And a 200-metre-wide chasm opened between rows of trees in an olive grove. → Read More
Russian refugee says Canada deporting him to face fighting in Ukraine or torture in jail
Canada has dismissed the Russian Muslim's fears about being used as 'cannon fodder' by relying on an article from the RT propaganda outlet → Read More
An Anthropologist in Davos: 'A pleasure dome of power-lust, high finance and big dreams'
Some anthropologists study how human societies work by examining the bones and stones left lying around in caves. Others go to Switzerland → Read More
What is the Kraken COVID variant, and what’s with the monster nicknames?
The Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, known as the Kraken, is ripping through the U.S. and is now in Canada. Here's what you need to know → Read More
Space is back! From asteroid collisions and moon journeys to stunning telescope images
For decades, the faintest hint of cosmic pessimism has been limiting expectations if not dreams. Now, we're in the midst of a new space race → Read More
Only one-in-five Canadians has a New Year's resolution because many are pretty happy: poll
The new Leger poll aimed to gauge the national mood and outlook at the end of this third pandemic year → Read More
From Syria to Nova Scotia, this refugee chocolatier says he's really selling peace and joy
Cheese is tasty, and candy is sweet, but only chocolate means something more → Read More
Ideal penis size is on the rise in fine art, and this change is accelerating, study shows
The penis started out 'rather small' in the Renaissance, stayed that way for a long time, and grew significantly on contemporary canvases → Read More
Waiting for Annie Leibovitz: Why 10 years after donation, N.S. still hasn't displayed famous photos
Canada has ruled that donated Leibovitz’s photographs are not of national importance. As a result, Canadians cannot see them → Read More
'A national priority': Naming Canada's Great War dead with DNA
There is still work to be done in military archives and genetics labs — prying into the small forgotten corners of Canada’s war story. → Read More
Exclamation inflation!!! Why Millennials and Gen Z want to emphasize everything!
The story of the rise of the exclamation mark is also the story of the decline of the period, whose meaning has taken a sarcastic direction → Read More
King's speech, deconstructed: What Charles implied about his reign and future of royal family
The experts agree the speech hit all the necessary points, but they saw some curious hidden implications about Charles’s personal vision for his kingship → Read More
How the world held its breath as Queen Elizabeth II's family first learned of her death
The world spent several hours in a strange common limbo, an interim period during which the news was being shared with those who needed to know first → Read More
How the Parole Board decides to release violent offenders like Myles Sanderson
A psychologist was supportive of both day and full parole, provided Sandereson 'maintained positive institutional behaviour' → Read More
Parole board saw high risk of violence in Myles Sanderson, but approved his release anyway
'It is the Board’s opinion that ... your release will contribute to the protection of society by facilitating your reintegration into society as a law-abiding… → Read More
B.C. is Canada’s favourite province, but not because of the people, poll finds
Worryingly, from a national unity perspective, Canada’s least favourite province is Québec, a new Leger poll for Postmedia finds → Read More
Concern about monkeypox highest among young people: poll
About one in five, or 22 per cent of Canadians, said they would get a vaccine right now. A similar proportion said they would never get it → Read More
'Happy wife, happy life' is wrong. Women are not relationship 'barometers,' study finds
As a predictive diagnostic indicator of the health of a relationship, women’s sense of satisfaction is no better than men’s, study finds → Read More