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At 93, Italian sprinter Emma Mazzenga is giving scientists a rare look at just how…
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Tom Cruise piles on prosthetics for Digger. It might be the best movie of the year
Tom Cruise is almost unrecognisable under piles of prosthetics as Digger Rockwell, but his performance isn’t the most shocking aspect of the searing satire. Source link
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Quiz: How well do you know these fictional places in pop culture?
Think you know some of the made-up places where popular books, films and television shows are set? Let’s test your knowledge. Source link
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Meet the bizarre toad that 'sees' with its fingertips and gives birth through holes in its back
For nearly two centuries, scientists have puzzled over how the Surinam toad manages to be such a deft and fierce hunter despite its tiny eyes, poor vision and the low visibility of its turbid environment. Now a new study is pointing to an answer that’s been right under scientists’ noses all along. Source link
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Why preserving untranslatable Indigenous language matters
First Nations language speakers share how words and phrases carry so much identity and context that they are almost impossible to convey in English. CBC’s Terri Trembath travelled to visit elders who explained what is lost in context, essence and even humour when translating long-held words for people, plants and locations. Source link
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PSA: Trump Continues To Commit Crimes
Elie Mystal While the president is unlikely to face any consequences for his patently illegal, taxpayer-funded ads, it’s essential to remember he should. The post PSA: Trump Continues To Commit Crimes appeared first on The Nation. Source link
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Clues to Why a Breakthrough Pancreatic Cancer Drug Eventually Stops Working
Researchers are asking why patients, like former Senator Ben Sasse, inevitably develop resistance to the drug daraxonrasib. Source link
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘Close Your Eyes’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Source link
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Michael Sheen campaign on toxic waste sites wins Senedd backing
All parties urge Welsh and UK ministers to ensure polluters pay to clean up contaminated land. Source link
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Conservative MP Scott Aitchison officially signals his intent to resign later this fall
Ontario MP and former Conservative leadership candidate Scott Aitchison said Wednesday that he intends to resign his seat at the end of the fall sitting. Source link
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Stelco's U.S. owner to face 'fullest extent of the law' over layoffs: PM Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government will use “all powers” at its disposal to pursue Stelco’s American owners “to the fullest extent of the law.” Source link