"While the existence of the star was already known, scientists were not able to calculate its brightness until NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope pierced the dust in the surrounding nebula with its infrared eyes. ...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly Canadians and Americans have witnessed foreign ownership in our prospective countries.Statistics posted the left of this story from US Government agencies can...
" Throughout history, intelligence has often been considered a quality unique to humans, but that conventional wisdom has been shattered over the years as research continues to turn up examples of animals, birds and fish that can develop vocabularies, communicate and even...
"Sir John Templeton is a remarkable billionaire investor, and even at 95 years old he is still making calls that put the brightest young hedge fund managers to shame. But based on his brilliant past record we can only hazard a guess at what this legendary investor is up to now. "
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know if someone told me they discovered a Black Hole and a Parallel Universe, and it was in my dryer, I would honest to God believe them, no questions...
Trevor Boddy warns against downtown Vancouver's steady conversion to luxury housing: "With our forestry industry in decline, and our real estate boom losing its steam, B.C.'s economic health will increasingly depend on its creative and cultural industries. Up to now,...
"Finland's biggest astronomical association, Ursa, says that a light phenomenon seen over much of northern and eastern Finland on Friday night was a meteor -- the brightest seen in the country in more than 30 years. "
"Bennett Porter is wickedly busy these days. She has just been promoted to Yahoo's head of marketing for Southeast Asia, so she's frequenting the parabola between Singapore and corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Yet Ms. Porter still is in the process of disengaging...
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RED ZONE ROVING
The 'dirty thieves' of Sadr City
By Pepe Escobar
BAGHDAD - This was once the pinnacle of world culture. Al-Mustansariya University is older than the Sorbonne. During Saddam Hussein's time, even with United Nations sanctions, it was still churning out the...
"A massive star around 150 times the size of the Sun has exploded in what is the brightest supernova ever seen, Nasa scientists have said. Supernovae occur when huge, mature stars effectively run out of fuel...
"When WNBC in New York reported Monday night that David Halberstam had died, the shocking news nearly knocked me over. Just this past Saturday, I had seen Halberstam deliver a wise and feisty speech for a conference at the University of California—Berkeley's Graduate School...
"Ever stop and wonder why the Earth is really, at once ... so big, and yet, so small?
Tonight and tomorrow we will all have a chance to wonder and realize that this Blue Orb is a special platform on which to observe...