The U.S. hockey win last night was not a "miracle" or even an "upset". The Canadian team was considered the favourite, but not a shoo-in and not even a heavy favourite. The U.S. and Russia were also considered strong contenders for the gold medal, and it wouldn't be shocking if the… Read full post »

A recent article on OS about the Battle of York during the War of 1812 got me thinking about another War-of-1812 story that happened in the area where I was raised, involving a nifty deception.  This is the story as it was relayed to me by my father, so I can't… Read full post »

MIT's Technology Review has an article entitled "Fixing Lungs Outside the Body".

This video is amazing:

  From the article:

A new out-of-body lung-repair technique developed at the Toronto General Hospital may dramatically increase the number of lungs that can be used in transplants… Read full post »

I've just read a story about the US stimulus bill from a Canadian point of view.  The facts are:

• The stimulus bill, as passed by the US House of Representatives, includes a provision that any projects funded by the stimulus money need to buy only US-produced steel and iron
• The
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In US political discussions, health care in Canada, when it is mentioned, is usually referred to as a "nationalized system" or "national system".  This is wrong on two main counts.

1. There is not really one Canadian national health care system: there are at least ten or thirteen. Like the republi
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