Vonnegut mentioned his “canary-bird-in-the-coal-mine theory” again in a 1973 interview with Playboy. Artists, he explained, ...

A Memorial University researcher says the jaw-dropping amount of fentanyl police say they've seized from a St. John's trailer ...

Early special elections are a great indicator of how the political parties are doing after a presidential contest has been held the previous year. They are a bellwether of what we can expect. A ...

Nance. Shrinking kelp beds are just another “canary in the coal mine” trying to tell us to pay attention….DANGER AHEAD! But don’t feel down and helpless, we can all “kelp” ourselves!

coal miners relied on canary birds rather than fellow miners to detect increasing levels of colorless, odorless carbon monoxide and other toxic gases in the mines that could sicken or even kill ...

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Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

The Powder River Basin’s two largest producers continue to be the canary in Wyoming’s coal mining industry. Peabody and Arch/Core mines still ...

O'Brien shared a few samples with the Wall Street Journal, including, "He's going to be so happy he'll be like a canary in a coal mine!" Canaries didn't work in coal mines because they enjoyed it.

While investors worry about the markets, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia is raising the alarm about another economic indicator: credit-card payments. According to the central bank, more ...

She added that the administration is using illegal immigrants as “the canary in the coal mine” and “proxies to see how much the American people are going to fight back.” The “canary in ...