Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have imaged a planet that is, relatively speaking, in our galactic backyard — and that fresh data has led to new details about this massive “cold” Jupiter. The gas giant exoplanet has the unceremonious name of Epsilon Ind Ab. Epsilon (or “Eps”) is the fifth letter in the Greek … Read more
Josephine Mandamin, an environmentalist from Wikwemikong First Nation in northwestern Ontario, is one of three inspirational individuals featured in Canada Post’s 2024 Indigenous Leaders Stamp Series. The postal service unveiled the Mandamin stamp in Thunder Bay, Ont., this week, the latest in the three-stamp set to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21. “She never did this … Read more
There’s a perilous stunt at the heart of The Fall Guy. More dangerous than the record-breaking truck roll, or surfing a metal trash bin across the streets of Sydney. This is a movie torn between two tracks. Part is a super-charged satire on the excesses of Hollywood. Much of The Fall Guy takes place on the set of … Read more
As It Happens6:44AI used to create comedy special of dead comedian George Carlin A new comedy special starts with the quote, “I’m sorry it took me so long to come out with new material, but I do have a pretty good excuse. I was dead.” The voice sounds like comedian George Carlin, but that would be … Read more
As It Happens6:28Why do these mosquitos keep perching on the nostrils of frogs who want to eat them? John Gould had been snapping pictures of mosquitoes on frogs for years before he noticed a trend — the bloodsuckers always seem to land right on the amphibians’ noses. “You would think that a frog would be … Read more
