The world’s oldest dog is dead. Chanel, a wire-haired dachshund was 21 or 147 in dog years. A New Yorker, Chanel enjoyed butter sticks, chocolate, barking at people and giving them the paw.
Japan Takes a Deep Bow
Japan has elected a new coalition government led by the Democrats who defeated the former government led by the Liberal Democrats. The new government, which campaigned on promises to increase social welfare and do away with American-style, pro-market reforms, is expected to bow deeply and do nothing.
UK Teens Big Drinkers
British teenagers - girls in particular - are more likely to get drunk than anyone else in the industrial world according to a new report. Not surprisingly, the report also found that this has led to unusually high rates of teen pregnancy.
Engineering Climate Change
A UK Royal Society study has concluded that many engineering proposals to reduce the impact of climate change are "technically possible" although the society also agrees some of them might be really harmful. One bad idea, they say, is tossing iron filings into the oceans to create CO2-absorbing algae because the filings (and maybe the algae) might kill other things. Another bad idea is having a royal society decide anything.
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