While reading a book by an Akutagawa Prize-winning author, the expression 'canary in the coal mine' appeared.The context was ...

“Canary in a coal mine” is an idiom that refers to an early warning signal, a subtle but critical indicator that something is wrong or about to go wrong. The phrase comes from a practice used by coal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The true canary or canary of the earth, (scientific name: Sicalis flaveola L.), canary-da-horta, canary-canary, canary-chapinha, ...

Thomas Clarence “TC” Chapman (second from right) with a group of Iowa coal miners Credit: Courtesy Jesse Kreitzer Jesse Kreitzer’s great-grandfather, Thomas Clarence Chapman (known to many as “TC”), ...