Mark Colley
Staff Reporter, Sports and News at The (Toronto) Star
staff reporter @torontostar. i cover pretty much everything.
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2 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Mark Colley
An asteroid about the size of a 15-story building that earlier this year threatened to collide with Earth may now be headed for another target: the moon. NASA has upgraded asteroid 2024 YR4’s odds of hitting the moon in 2032 to 4.3 per cent, an unlikely collision that, if it happens, may be visible from Earth and would leave the moon with a crater up to a kilometre in diameter. There’s no risk to humans, astronomers say, and the moon’s orbit won’t be impacted.
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2 weeks ago |
flamboroughreview.com | Mark Colley
When Sam Maglio, a marketing and psychology professor at the University of Toronto, began his research into abbreviations in texting, he thought they might be a good thing. They could signal a close relationship — a kind of shorthand between friends — and indicate social connection and comfort. His research proved him wrong.
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2 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Mark Colley
When Sam Maglio, a marketing and psychology professor at the University of Toronto, began his research into abbreviations in texting, he thought they might be a good thing. They could signal a close relationship — a kind of shorthand between friends — and indicate social connection and comfort. His research proved him wrong.
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3 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Mark Colley
Everyone kept telling Jason Bright that the kid down the street was the next big prodigy. He didn’t believe them. Bright saw him rollerblading, shooting pucks in his driveway and working out in the park. He knew the kid’s parents. But it wasn’t until Connor McDavid was 14 or 15 that Bright started believing what he was told. Now 28, McDavid has staked his claim as a generational player and Bright, a father of four, can tout living on the same street as the McDavids in Newmarket, Ont.
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3 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Mark Colley
There’s more to fingernails than hangnails and nail polish. In fact, your nails can reveal surprising facts about your health, if you’re paying close enough attention. They can be clues to problems with your blood, thyroid gland, immune system, heart, liver and gastrointestinal system. “Be vigilant for changes to the nails in general,” said Kendall Billick, a dermatologist at UHN who runs Canada’s only medical clinic dedicated to nails.
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