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The best series in the playoffs so far has been the Senators and the Canadiens, because they’ve declared all-out war. After one of their best forwards, Lars Eller, was taken out with a concussion courtesy of a hit by Senators defenseman Eric Gryba on Saturday night, nerves started to fray. … Read More
Starving Settlers in Jamestown Colony Resorted to Cannibalism – Smithsonian New forensic evidence sheds some light on the desperate situation in Jamestown during their first winter. Trials and Error – The Walrus Bad forensic evidence is putting innocent Canadians in jail; here’s why. Dens of Bureaucracy – The New Inquiry … Read More
Sean Dunne, the director behind such beautifully constructed and well-shot documentaries like American Juggalo (best described as an interesting film about appalling people), is back with Oxyana. Currently playing at Tribeca, Oxyana follows the epidemic of OxyContin in rural Appalachia. Epidemic is exactly the correct word: after over-prescribing led to … Read More
Getting ready to hit the trail? Even if you’re headed for someplace without service, we bet you’ll be taking along your smartphone. Who wants to go camping (or cycling, canoeing, climbing . . .) without the convenience of music, reading material, and all the distracting games our smartphones have to … Read More
Is equality an artificial concept, or do moral traits have a genetic component? Primatologist Frans de Waal belongs in the second camp; his TED talk, Moral Behaviour in Animals, lays out the case that the concept of fairness exists across species. Watch what happens when these two monkeys receive unequal … Read More
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