Elizabeth May apologizes for bizarre press gallery dinner speech | Toronto Star
Green Party leader said her rambling comments, ending with praise for Omar Khadr, followed a gruelling trip that left her “overtired” and ill-prepared to be funny.
Source: Elizabeth May apologizes for bizarre press gallery dinner speech | Toronto Star
Elon Musk Says Self-Driving Tesla Cars Will Be in the U.S. by Summer – NYTimes.com
The automaker’s chief executive says a software update will allow the Model S to navigate highways without the driver’s touching the wheel or pedals. But is it legal?
Source: Elon Musk Says Self-Driving Tesla Cars Will Be in the U.S. by Summer - NYTimes.com
The mud-wrestler no-one wanted to touch – BBC News
Wrestling is popular across India, and in Maharashtra many poor farming families train at least one son in maati kushti, or mud-wrestling, hoping it will provide an escape from poverty.
Triumph of the Unthinking – NYTimes.com
It is easier to appeal to voters with nonsense economics than to think things through.
Tom Brady Probably Knew Footballs Were Doctored, N.F.L. Finds – NYTimes.com
Ted Wells’s report, released on Wednesday, found that “it is more probable than not” that Patriots personnel deflated the footballs in the A.F.C. championship game to gain an edge.
Source: Tom Brady Probably Knew Footballs Were Doctored, N.F.L. Finds - NYTimes.com
Under the Sea, a Missing Link in the Evolution of Complex Cells – NYTimes.com
The business of swallowing organisms as a source of energy (discussed below) seems similar to corporations swallowing up workers and consumers in evolutionary adventures.
A number of researchers have proposed that the ancestors of eukaryotes swallowed up free-living bacteria. The bacteria became mitochondria, providing fuel for their host cell.
Scientists have discovered microbes that have many — but not all — of the features previously only found in eukaryotes.
Source: Under the Sea, a Missing Link in the Evolution of Complex Cells - NYTimes.com
Elizabeth May Third Reading Speech on Bill C-51 – elizabethmaymp.ca – May 7, 2015
Mr. Speaker, I want to begin, of course, by thanking all parties in this place and all members. If even one voice had said no, I would not have had th
Source: Elizabeth May Third Reading Speech on Bill C-51 – elizabethmaymp.ca – May 7, 2015
Pacquiao could face disciplinary action for not disclosing injury before Mayweather fight | Toronto Star
The state attorney general’s office will look at why Pacquiao checked “no” a day before the fight against Mayweather on a commission questionnaire asking if he had a shoulder injury.
Astronomers Measure Distance to Farthest Galaxy Yet – NYTimes.com
The exceptionally luminous galaxy, EGS-zs8-1, is already about one-sixth as massive as the Milky Way and making stars 80 times faster than our galaxy.
Source: Astronomers Measure Distance to Farthest Galaxy Yet - NYTimes.com
That Old-Time Economics – NYTimes.com
The United States and Europe are on different paths to recovery from the 2008 financial crisis. Bad new ideas have perpetuated depression in Europe.