The Budapest Zoo welcomed a rare baby Bactrian camel last week on April 9. The young male, named Ilias, made his first public appearance yesterday, having spent the last week bonding with his mother, an eight-year-old, named Iris. According to the zookeepers, Iris had a little trouble caring for her newborn at first as this was her first baby and ... Read More »
Researchers in London have found that a higher body mass index could increase a pregnant woman’s risk of stillbirth and infant death. They found this to be true with even modest weight increases. According to researchers, being overweight or obese increases the risk of several conditions, like type-2 diabetes, that are strongly linked to the risk of fetal and infant ... Read More »
Becoming a dad can be emotionally tough for any guy, but especially for young, first-time fathers. A new study finds that the first five years of parenthood — key attachment and bonding years for a child — may be the riskiest for young dads when it comes to developing depression. Symptoms of depression increased on average by 68% over the ... Read More »
The FDA has approved Tanzeum to treat type 2 diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association, type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes, accounting for 90-95 percent of diabetes cases. “Tanzeum is a new treatment option for the millions of Americans living with type 2 diabetes,” posited Curtis Rosebraugh, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Office of Drug ... Read More »
A late solo goal from Gareth Bale secured Real Madrid the 2014 Copa del Rey title in a 2-1 win over Barcelona at the Mestalla. Just one goal separated the two sides at the interval, with Angel di Maria’s low strike beating Jose Pinto. Barcelona were level in the second period through Marc Bartra, but Bale’s late effort secured the ... Read More »
Model Candice Swanepoel says she tries to gain weight before Victoria’s Secret runway appearances. Speaking to the Telegraph.co.uk shortly after Victoria’s Secret announced it would produce its annual runway show in London this year, the South African supermodel admitted that she gets serious stage fright. Read More »
The University of Missouri’s College of Veterinary Medicine conducted a study that determined your genetics could be to blame for your unwillingness to go to the gym. Researchers Franck W. Booth and Michael D. Roberts placed 50 rats in cages with exercise wheels. They recorded how often the rats used the wheels and sorted them on a spectrum of lazy ... Read More »
New York’s attorney-general has sent subpoenas to six high-frequency trading firms as its investigation into whether certain traders have an unfair advantage over others widens beyond the stock exchanges. The office of Eric Schneiderman last week sent subpoenas to six trading firms, including Tower Research, Chopper Trading and Jump Trading, a person familiar with the matter said. The identity of ... Read More »
Canadian police have arrested a 19-year-old man and charged him in connection with exploiting the “Heartbleed” bug to steal taxpayer data from a government website, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said. In what appeared to be the first report of an attack using a flaw in software known as OpenSSL, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) said this week that ... Read More »
An analysis of temperature data since 1500 all but rules out the possibility that global warming in the industrial era is just a natural fluctuation in the earth’s climate, according to a new study by McGill University physics professor Shaun Lovejoy. The study, published online April 6 in the journal Climate Dynamics, represents a new approach to the question of ... Read More »
Rescue boats and helicopters scrambled Wednesday to find almost 300 passengers, including scores of high school students, missing after a ferry sank off the southwest coast of South Korea. Of the 459 people on board, 164 have been rescued, the security ministry said. Read More »
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