JONATHAN MANTHORPE November 7, 2014. The world would be a different place if Francis Fukuyama had been right in the essay he wrote, shortly before the demolition of the Berlin Wall 25 years ago this weekend, arguing that the Soviet Union collapse was
Canada’s government released photos today of the bell from HMS Erebus, the doomed ship from the British Franklin Expedition that was discovered in September in Nunavut, Canada. View photos and read our brief here: “Heart and soul” of HMS Erebus revived (free story.)*
November 6, 2014 Canada’s government released images today of the bell from HMS Erebus, the doomed ship from Britain’s legendary Franklin Expedition, found in Nunavut territory in September. Erebus was named after the Greek god of darkness, whose sire is Chaos. (You might have thought
BRIAN BRENNAN: BRIEF ENCOUNTERS November, 2014 Before I met Shari Lewis, I was under the impression – probably like a lot of people – that she was just a popular children’s entertainer; a ventriloquist with a cute sock puppet named Lamb Chop.
The United States, which from afar seems to be in a frenzied, polarized and non-stop election battle, saw the Republican party prevail Tuesday over the Democrats in mid-term elections. The Republicans will now control both houses. For the country that often claims
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change today published the trailer for a the video of its fifth report, to be released at an international climate meeting in Lima next month. Its message: “We either continue on the path that we are on and possibly
America’s highest court on Monday freed the character of Sherlock Holmes, from copyright restrictions sought by the estate of his late creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes is now legally in the public domain, described by a judge as “fair game” for future
Climate change caused by humans will result in food shortages, mass extinctions and flooding, warns the world body of climate experts, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in its most comprehensive report yet. The report, signed in Bonn today, says the science is now
WHAT: Climate change caused by humans will result in food shortages, mass extinctions and flooding, warns the world body of climate experts in its most comprehensive report yet, signed in Bonn on November 2, 2014. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says
Introducing a new three-part series: The Global Implications of Oil Price Renormalization Part 1: A Quick Look at its History and Technology By Jim McNiven To understand the global oil market, it helps to grasp the history and makeup of the commodity.
