SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket has been in the works for so long that it almost feels like the stuff of legend at this point (Elon Musk first unveiled it in 2011), but there are signs that it might make that promised November launch. The private spaceflight outfit has just finished testing Heavy’s three first stage […]
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Melissa Bishop finishes 5th in 800m at track worlds
On a dreamy night two years ago at Birds Nest Stadium in Beijing, Melissa Bishop raced to a silver medal in the 800 metres — and it was just one of an extraordinary three medals for Canada on that day. Damian Warner had won decathlon silver, and Canada’s 4×100 relay, anchored by emerging star Andre […]
Vettel wins in Hungary as Ferrari finishes first and second
Sebastian Vettel won a tense Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday in a Ferrari one-two that stretched his championship lead to 14 points after Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton sportingly surrendered third place to his team mate. The German, savoring his fourth win of the season and 46th of his Formula One career, took the chequered flag […]
Vettel wins in Hungary as Ferrari finishes first and second
Sebastian Vettel won a tense Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday in a Ferrari one-two that stretched his championship lead to 14 points after Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton sportingly surrendered third place to his team mate. The German, savoring his fourth win of the season and 46th of his Formula One career, took the chequered flag […]
Rosie MacLennan finishes 1st in qualifying at nationals
Rosie MacLennan, the defending Olympic trampoline champion, made her return to competition Friday at the Canadian championships and didn’t disappoint, finishing in first after the qualification rounds. “I was really excited to come to nationals, especially with a strong field and a lot of up-and-coming girls,” MacLennan said. “I was excited to see what they […]
Terry Gilliam Defies the Universe, Finishes Filming His ‘Don Quixote’ Movie
Terry Gilliam is one of the most unique talents in the history of cinema…but he is also one of the most unlucky. The director of Brazil, Time Bandits, The Fisher King, and 12 Monkeys may be a visionary director with a few bonafide masterpieces under his belt, but it definitely feels like some kind of higher power has […]
Hyperloop One lists 11 potential US routes and finishes its test tube
Hyperloop One, the high-speed transportation project involving pods full of people being shot through air tubes, listed 11 potential US routes. The project’s organizers also said its 1,640-foot-long DevLoop testing facility was completed near Las Vegas this week. Hyperloop One has promoted itself as a transportation alternative that can ferry passengers and cargo at “airline […]
Marianne St-Gelais finishes second at Short Track World Championships
[unable to retrieve full-text content] This week’s Road To the Olympic Games Recap features Canadians climbing the podium in multiple events in Europe. We also take a look at the CBC Sports documentary “Building a Snowboarder’s Dream”. CBC | Sports News
Self-driving car race finishes with a crash
Fans attending Formula E’s Buenos Aires ePrix got a nice treat: the first ‘race’ between self-driving cars on a professional track, courtesy of a test from Roborace. Only… it didn’t quite go according to plan. Roborace’s two test vehicles (known as DevBots) battled it out on the circuit at a reasonably quick 115MPH, but one […]
Self-driving car race finishes with a crash
Fans attending Formula E’s Buenos Aires ePrix got a nice treat: the first ‘race’ between self-driving cars on a professional track, courtesy of a test from Roborace. Only… it didn’t quite go according to plan. Roborace’s two test vehicles (known as DevBots) battled it out on the circuit at a reasonably quick 115MPH, but one […]
