News of a potentially huge breakthrough in physics, that the Cosmic Speed Limit may have been violated, has taken the world by storm this past week. As a fan of science in general and physics especially, I am excited not only by the observations reported,

The debate on whether or not the goalie should be 'fair game' when he leaves his crease was recently rekindled in spectacular fashion when Boston Bruins forward hit Buffalo Sabres goaltender during their game on November 12th. It was a relatively common play that

February 12, 2010. After 2,400 days of buildup, anticipation, fatigue, and anxiety, the Olympics had finally arrived in Vancouver. Yet the sense of reality, the feeling that the wait was actually over, lagged far behind the pace set by the countdown clock. The torch was

"I know." Two words, famously ad-libbed by after many repeated takes of the scripted "I love you too" line. Two words that evoke love far more powerfully than any hallmarkian sentiment in this or any other galaxy. In all of cinema, in all its

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He prepared the explosives with slight care, quickly, casually, the ritual well-practiced, components proportioned more or less precisely, burner tuned just-so to an unmarked setting, the steel lid lowered for even heating and explosive containment. Sirens sang, foreboding shrieks and squawks and shearing sounds, as the