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Animal behavior research is getting better at keeping observer bias from sneaking in – but there’s...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoLike all people, the way scientists see the world is shaped by biases and expectations, which can...
From eerily prescient to wildly incorrect, 100-year-old predictions about 2024
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoWell, we’re finally here. Is this the future that you envisioned? Nearly 100 years ago, a group of...
M. Night Shyamalan's twist endings, ranked (and spoiled)
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoWarning: This article contains spoilers for several of M. Night Shyamalan's movies. With The Sixth...
Sleepy tea, counting backwards and dense earplugs: Inside the lives of insomniacs
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 9 months agoIN FOCUS: Short-term ‘hacks’ for falling asleep faster can provide brief respite for those...
When my husband was laid off, we tried to reassure our kids everything would be OK. Meanwhile, I...
INSIDER via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoLiz Alterman and her husband reassured their kids it would be OK after job loss.Courtesy Liz...
Stockton Rush's recklessness was an open secret that nobody could do anything about
INSIDER via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoStockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate exhibitions.Shannon Stapleton/Reuters OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush...
‘House of the Dragon’ Recap: Coup Runnings
Rolling Stone via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoIt starts quietly. Through the halls and stairways of an empty palace just before daybreak, a serving boy brings news: The King is dead. It ends...
The 2,700-year-old rock carvings from when Nineveh was the most dazzling city in the world
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoSennacherib -- his face deliberately damaged in antiquity -- presides over captives from the...
How Verbal Irony Works: Examples and Practical Uses
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoVerbal irony is a clever twist of language that keeps conversations interesting and adds humor by contrasting what is said with what is meant. Whether it's Michael Scott from "The Office" declaring ...
John Mulaney's 'Everybody's in L.A.': A guide to the hyperlocal references
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoJohn Mulaney, a Chicago native and former New Yorker, is a recent transplant to L.A. In his latest project with Netflix, "Everybody's in L.A.," the stand-up comedian explores the city he describes ...