“Once more with Feline!”
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The CBC is looking for pet cats with “adventurous and unusual characters”,[which would be everyone’s pet cat!], to star in its Feline Documentary: “The Lion in Your Living-room”.
CBC Star Bob McDonald becomes an Asteroid
Bob McDonald, host of CBC’s celebrated science show “Quirks and Quarks”, has had an asteroid named after him.
It ain’t easy being me!
A University of Virginia study showed that people would prefer to give themselves electric shocks rather than simply sit quietly alone with their own thoughts!
Giving new meaning to”Star”bucks coffee!
The International Space Station will be getting a real Italian espresso machine! [It will still have to be served in pouches with straws though]
“Go on, Eve. Try this GMO Arctic Apple.”
The genetically modified “Arctic Apple”, which doesn’t turn brown after being cut, is about to receive approval in the USA and Canada; a decision which, because of cross-pollination, could destroy the B.C Organic Apple Industry.
Something Fishy!
A 1970 study which claimed to show the Inuit had very low rates of heart disease and stroke and attributed this to fish-oil consumption has been shown to be “deeply flawed”.
A new study shows that the Inuit have similar rates of heart disease and higher rates of stroke compared to other cultures.
Polio: No “sugar-coating” the bad news
The World Health Organization has declared an International Emergency as the deadly Polio disease, once thought eradicated, makes a resurgence.
Zonkey: Khumba-Ya!
“It is a pity you only inherited your mother’s pyjama bottoms!”
A rare zebra-donkey cross, named “Khumba” has been born at a Mexican zoo.
Harp[er]ooning the Humpback Whale
Stephen Harper’s Conservative Government has downgraded protection for the endangered Pacific Humpback Whale in order to remove environmental obstacles from the proposed project to ship oil from the Northern Gateway pipeline
24 Skidoo!
A recent SFU study has concluded that our brains re “over the hill” by age 24. Sadly, another study has shown that our brains don’t reach maturity until age 25!
Hung, Drawn and Cultured 