Egypt’s sun temple tradition unearthed
Written by By Ellen Barber, CNN In the ancient Egyptian town of Tharwa, local residents used to expect a warm breeze to filter through the leaves of date palms during the warmer months. They…
Vaccination figures in the U.S. differ widely. How does that compare with Canada?
What makes Canada’s position unique? In the United States, a new report published Monday by Pew Research Center found that the public is divided on the relative importance of vaccinations. But a PEW analysis…
Get ready for July’s Great Northern Lights with this new app
Forget the eclipse. To star gazers, firework show to track most of them. If you’ve logged too many hours scrolling through Facebook (or Twitter, or Instagram or…?) in the last few days, you may…
Pete Buttigieg shot up the polls following record tweets
!–StartFragment–> If Pete Buttigieg seemed like a long shot when he launched his campaign last year, suddenly he’s looking better to some after his campaign went viral in a way that no other campaign…
El Niño making season ‘challenging’; just what you need to know
The Washington Post called the prediction “one of the most incredible forecasts ever made for the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season.” We agree. The last time there was a devastating hurricane in the Atlantic basin…
Ontario Premier Wynne promises to vaccinate kids in group at highest risk of measles
Ontario is poised to vaccinate kids in the age range of five to 11 who fall into a federal health program as soon as first-child doses of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine arrive in bulk from…
Why are coups making a comeback in Africa?
African heads of state have seized power more than 170 times since the end of the cold war Why are coups making a comeback in Africa? Up until the end of the cold war,…
Cops on the hunt for pair of brazen robbers who left town on N.Y.P.D. vehicle after theft
Two brothers from Elmhurst, Illinois, are on the run after a pair of daring armed robbery on Saturday, according to authorities. The suspects drove a blue 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass limousine into CVS on Roosevelt…
Leo Nocentelli Gets a Solo Career, 50 Years Late review – rapturous pianist revisits extraordinary era
Jazz Leo Nocentelli Gets a Solo Career, 50 Years Late Listen to an interview with the Meters’ Nocentelli in this new 60-minute recording The Meters’ Nocentelli Gets a Solo Career, 50 Years Late from…
Golden child of the basketball court? Twitter thinks so when school buddy beats rotator cuff surgery
Twitter user @alecgirlie had just logged off from seeing her favorite basketball team, the Wichita State Shockers defeat the Oregon Ducks 81-77 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, and decided to fix…