Boxer Amir Khan has taken a somewhat bizarre route on his latest barrage of insults to fellow Brit Kell Brook, telling the Sheffield native to open up about rumors of him being gay. It seems inevitable that Khan and Brook will meet inside the squared circle before long, and in advance of the match-up between […]
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SpaceX’s Failed Landing Still Ended With a Clean Plop
On its 20th flight this year, SpaceX failed to set its booster down on a landing pad. But this rare mishap also showed how many things went well. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c08534f5bb9802d7e317038/master/pass/falcon9booster.jpg
OBAMA: ‘There’s a pattern’ of Republicans running the economy ‘into the ground’ and Democrats having to ‘come back and clean things up’
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Former President Barack Obama pushed back on Republicans attempts to take credit for recent economic strength during a speech Monday. “So when you hear all this talk about economic miracles right now, remember who started it,” Obama said. Obama also made the argument that Democrats in general are forced to “clean up” […]
Clean your bong, pass it along and other expert tips on cannabis etiquette
Emily Post might not have been thinking about cannabis when she wrote down the rules of etiquette, but that doesn’t mean you should throw manners to the wind if you dabble in legal weed.
Can We Have Happy Cows and a Clean Climate?
If there’s one thing they don’t need, it’s more cowbells. Edith and Robert Albin’s tiny organic farm in the Swiss hamlet of Tersnaus is picture-postcard idyllic, with bell-bedecked cows roaming the Alps during the warmer months, then wintering in airy stalls. It’s a meat- and cheese-eater’s dream: Calm and happy livestock that spend their lives […]
WADA didn't put money above clean sport on Russia, says chief
The leader of the World Anti-Doping Agency insisted he cares about athletes but admonished them nonetheless during a fierce, sometimes-personal defence of the decision to bring Russia's suspended drug-fighting operation back online. "My question to athletes is: What, in practice, is the alternative action to all the statements you have made?" WADA president Craig Reedie […]
The BIG clean up boom in the Pacific Ocean
The boom in the Pacific Ocean, seen here off San Francisco, is designed to catch plastic (Image: THE OCEAN CLEANUP) Q: How large is the boom that has recently been placed in the Pacific Ocean to pick up excess plastic? And, dare I ask, is it made of plastic? Chris Schuman, Reading, Berkshire A: The […]
CA Gov. says 100% clean electricity not enough, state must go carbon neutral
(credit: Reyner Media / Flickr) On Monday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill mandating that the state’s utilities move to 100-percent zero-emission electricity generation by 2045. Brown also issued an executive order today requiring the state to become carbon neutral by 2045, that is, mandating that the state remove as much greenhouse gas from […]
How clean is your hotel? One in ten guests find this on their bed
Hotel rooms are supposed to be cleaned every day but worrying new statistics show that hygiene – even in expensive hotels and Airbnbs – can sometimes be questionable. A survey of 1,000 people has revealed the many disgusting things hotel and Airbnb guests have found in their rooms. Nasties range from blood and semen to […]
Greek bailout disaster: EU vultures picked bones clean & moved on to next victim – Keiser Report
RT’s Keiser Report looks into media reports hailing the end of austerity in Greece, contradicted by the harsh reality of decades of painful austerity still ahead. Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis posted a sobering tweet, pointing out that his country had “entered 32 years of permanent harsh austerity while the world media celebrated the […]