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What if Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy kissed? How fan fiction is picking up steam
Audiences love a fan fiction, from a romance between the Hermoine Granger and Draco Malfoy — a pairing that never happened in the Harry Potter books or films — to expanding on Bella and Edward's relationship from Twilight. And publishers, along with Hollywood, have taken notice.
This company wants to cool the planet one balloon at a time. Some scientists aren't buying it
Luke Iseman and Andrew Song have a plan to cool the planet, inspired by a science fiction novel, using balloons full of heat-reflecting sulfur dioxide launched into the Earth's stratosphere. But some scientists aren't buying it.
These aren't your Granny's Smiths: Why we have more apple varieties than ever before
The apple game has changed, right under our very apple tree. It’s no longer just Red Delicious and Granny Smiths. There are now more apple options than ever before, from Cosmic Crisps to SweeTangos.
Baby-shaped bars of soap and other wacky political campaign novelties
Over the last year, Claire Jerry, a curator of political history at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, has been out in the field collecting buttons, signs, clothing and other campaign items to add to a collection of artifacts documenting the evolution of Presidential elections.
Leafs fans 'deserve the Stanley Cup,' says Hall of Famer Mats Sundin
The Swedish hockey player spent 13 seasons in Toronto, including 11 seasons as the team's captain. Sundin is detailing his career and life in a new memoir, Home and Away.
'We weren't giving up': How this Manitoba town fought to reopen its ER
Carberry, a town of fewer than 2,000 people, is one of many rural communities across Canada that has struggled to keep its emergency room open and its hospital fully staffed. But Mayor Ray Muirhead says the community has fought and advocated for itself to make sure its health-care needs are met.
This engineer built a functioning Remy from Ratatouille
Christina Ernst of Chicago designed a functioning version of the rodent from the Pixar classic Ratatouille.
How to inspire neighbourhoods to fight climate change? It's all about taking action
A new program in Edmonton called Neighbouring for Climate is meant to bring people together and give them the tools they need to fight climate change in their own community. It can be as simple as working together to complete action items, such as helping a next-door neighbour put solar panels on their roof.
How Dungeons & Dragons went from 'satanic panic' to pop culture fixture
A lot has changed in Dungeons & Dragons since its inception in 1974. What once had parents panicking about whether their children were part of the occult is now the subject of Lego sets and blockbuster movies.
This camel desperately needed a pair of shoes. A cobbler came to his rescue
It’s far from typical for a camel to sport shoes around the yard, but then again, it’s far from typical for a camel to be trotting around the United Kingdom. So when cobbler Stuart Moss got a call from a woman named Lady Chichester about making a shoe for a camel, he thought it was a prank.