Yachtsman and Beloved Terrier So one reads that a yachtsman first saved his dog from his sinking boat, and only thereafter swam back to rescue his wife: Graham Anley, his wife Cheryl and their 9-year-old Jack Russell Rosie were sailing from East London to Madagascar for a holiday when their yacht hit a reef in…

Over at the Huffington Post, there’s a story about a taste test of civet-poop coffee. Civets eat coffee beans, but digest them only imperfectly: It comes from a bean that’s been swallowed and partially digested by a civet, a mammal native to parts of Asia and Africa that looks a bit like a cat but…

Martha, the last passenger pigeon, 1914 Scientists just might be able to bring back the now-extinct Passenger Pigeon. As though a story about Jurassic Park (but with harmless bids instead of carnivorous dinosaurs), Sarah Pruitt writes about the possibility of reviving that now-extinct species: The last known passenger pigeon, named for Martha Washington, died in…

In this world of Kindles, iPads, etc., would you choose a traditional print book or an e-book for reading? I’ll go with e-book. What do you think? E-Book or Print Book?

Yesterday, in the NHL playoffs, Eric Gryba hit Lars Eller, leaving him bleeding on the ice: Montreal Canadiens center Lars Eller was taken off the ice on a stretcher after being leveled by a hit from Ottawa Senators defenceman Eric Gryba on Thursday night. With 6:37 remaining in the second period of Game 1 of the first round Eastern Conference playoff…

Heinenken is considering illuminated beer bottles, that glow when you toast or sip. Really (at least, I think really). So, good idea? I’ll say — no. What do you think? Illuminated Beer Bottles?

The Science Channel has a new series, Are We Alone?, beginning this month that considers whether there’s extraterrestrial life in the galaxy.  One of the the episodes even assesses how humanity would fare during an invasion of creatures from outer space. Let’s set a question broadly, including the possibility of any alien life, even simple organisms: Do you think there’s life elsewhere in…

All America’s been watching the return and disembarkation of the Carnival Cruise ship Triumph, after days without power, in conditions of filth, for about four-thousand passengers and crew. The line has offered a compensation package for those so distressed these last few days: As a third tug boat was dispatched to assist in towing Carnival…