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There is an adjective that all too invitingly describes the wildly optimistic endeavours of the American book collector, the Hungarian-British explorer and the two Kashmiri pandits who, almost a century ago, took it upon themselves to translate Don Quixote into Sanskrit for the first time.Today, the same word might equally be applied to the efforts of the Bulgarian-born Indologist and Tibetologist who has rescued their text from decades of oblivion.In 1935, the wealthy American businessman and book collector Carl Tilden…

Holding a conversation with a five-year-old can be an adventure. One second you're sharing opinions on favorite breakfast cereals, the next they've jumped ship to something vague about a cartoon octopus.  What seems like a limited vocabulary or difficulty in keeping focused could actually be an inability to reconcile inferences with another person's perspective.Researchers are discovering these two critical cognitive skills make it all but impossible for kids around five years old or younger to read between the lines of…

Being tiny can certainly have its advantages. You need less food, don't take up as much space, and are harder for predators to spot.But researchers have just discovered there's a limit to how small a backboned animal can get, while still retaining the ability to balance. Pumpkin toadlets (Brachycephalus) have miniaturized well beyond this limit, resulting in hilariously awkward acrobatics whenever they try to leap.  They crash land on their butts, backs, bellies, and even face – often bouncing before their Skittle-sized…

For years scientists have been saying there's not much evidence to recommend vitamin supplements for most people, with a growing body of research suggesting most of the pills are useless and don't necessarily make us any healthier.  Yet the message has not been getting through. Over half of US adults regularly take dietary supplements, fueling an industry worth some US$50 billion annually.Enough is enough, researchers say. In the latest repudiation of vitamin supplements, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)…

Kid Cudi is hitting the road on a global headlining scale, giving fans in 27 different cities the chance to experience the Cudiverse in full effect.Announced Tuesday, Cudi’s headlining To the Moon World Tour begins in Vancouver in August and wraps in Milan in November. Support for all dates of the North American leg of the tour is provided by Don Toliver and Strick, while 070 Shake and Denzel Curry will also appear on select dates. For the international dates, per a press release, support is still be announced.For the…

Screenshot: Film Ventures International/Columbia PicturesThe blockbuster success of Jaws famously cleared the way for an explosion of animal-attack horror films. One of the most blatant rip-offs is also one of the best rip-offs, and it’s arriving on Shudder next week. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the woods, behold the terror of Grizzly!Admittedly, “terror” is a generous descriptor. Unlike Jaws, in which Stephen Spielberg took the time to build suspense (with a mighty assist from John Williams’…

Bill Taibe is about to be an empty-nester and when thinking about where he’d like to spend the second half of his life, Denver tops the list. The 46-year-old chef is getting ready to expand his restaurant chain to Denver from Westport, Connecticut. Next year, Taibe and his business partner Massimo Tullio are opening Kawa Ni, a Japanese pub, in the fall of 2023 in a former fire station at the intersection of west 32nd Avenue and Erie Street in LoHi. In 2023, the partners aim to open Don Memo, a creative take on Mexican…

Fadeke Adegbuyi / Every: Q&A with Don Caldwell, EIC of Know Your Meme, a 15-year-old online encyclopedia of memes with 10 full-time editorial staff, on uncovering meme origins and more — Think of any meme. It could be the scribbled image of party goers and one man—off alone to the side … Fadeke Adegbuyi / Every: Q&A with Don Caldwell, EIC of Know Your Meme, a 15-year-old online encyclopedia of memes with 10 full-time editorial staff, on uncovering meme origins and…

You're taking a stroll through the park on a cold winter's morning, when it hits you – the need to find a bathroom, and quick! This didn't use to happen in summer.Is there something about winter that makes us need to pee more?  We study the bladder and lower urinary tract. Here are two main explanations for what's going on.1. Our lifestyle changesIn summer, we tend to be outside and more active. We sweat more (to lose heat) and it's easy to become dehydrated if we don't drink enough water.This impacts the amount of free…

My father, Don Craine, who has died of lung cancer aged 76, was leader of a British R&B band, the Downliners Sect, which was influential in the early 1960s London music scene. Although it did not achieve big commercial success – apart from a No 1 in Sweden – David Bowie told Q magazine that he was influenced by the band and Van Morrison referred to them in a book about his life.The Downliners Sect signed with Columbia Records and produced several albums, and played at many of London’s influential venues, including Eel…