Argentina’s former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been indicted for corruption. A federal judge accused them and other officials of the Fernandez administration of crimes “including the deliberate seizure of funds principally meant for public road works.” Two former aides – ex-Planning Minister Julio de Vido and former Public Works Secretary Jose Lopez – were also named, along with …

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization or CALIOP is a giant laser in the sky. No, it won’t eradicate humankind, but it helps us see and understand our oceans better. “CALIOP was a game changer in our thinking about ocean remote sensing from space,” said Chris Hostetler, a research scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center. “We were able to study the …

A necropsy has revealed the deceased orca suffered blunt force trauma to the head, according to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. That could indicate J34, a member of the endangered southern killer whale population, was struck and killed by some kind of vessel, spokesman Paul Cottrell said. The orca was found floating near the Sunshine Coast community of Sechelt …

US actress Carrie Fisher, famous for playing Princess Leia in Star Wars, has died aged 60. Paramedics rushed Fisher to a nearby hospital after she went into cardiac arrest moments before the plane touched down at LAX, the Los Angeles Times reported. “It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed …

Afrah Shawqi al-Qaisi, a veteran journalist and employee of the Iraqi Culture Ministry, was taken from her home in Baghdad’s southwestern Saydiyah neighborhood. Afrah Shawqi al-Qaisi was seized around 10pm Monday in the Saidiya neighborhood, say security officials. “Eight armed men burst into her house in Saidiya dressed in plain clothes and entered by pretending to belong to the security …

Researchers have been aiming sensors and giant microphones at space hoping to catch some sort of signal that would signify the existence of extraterrestrial beings for years. It’s basically a decades-long version of waiting by the phone for a call that never came. Now, it would seem that they have had enough. A group called the Messaging Extra Terrestrial Intelligence …

Elton John is among the stars mourning George Michael, who died at the age of 53. Just minutes after word of Michael’s death got out, the iconic singer and songwriter took to social media to weigh in on the heavy, tragic news.

Every year, researchers discover thousands of new species. Scientists at the The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco have added 133 to the family tree this year. The new species include one bee fly, 43 ants, 36 beetles, one sand wasp, four spiders, six plants, 23 fishes, one eel, one shark, seven nudibranchs, five fossil urchins (and one fossil …

Canada joined a handful of other nations Wednesday in declaring high-speed internet as basic a necessity as electricity, clean water, and sewage. But bringing ultrafast internet to the most northern parts of its provinces could cost the country tens of billions of dollars. “The future of our economy, our prosperity and our society — indeed, the future of every citizen …

The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has reached an agreement on funding for a new Canadian Health Accord. The agreement will see targeted funding over ten years for investments in home care and mental health. The province was joined by Nova Scotia in the announcement. The federal government will support better home care, including addressing critical home care infrastructure requirements, …

Roman Fedortsov works on a fishing trawler based in Murmansk, a port city in the extreme northwest part of Russia. Earlier this year, he started tweeting photographs of his most unusual catches. Among the many creatures brought to light is the frilled shark – an elusive eel-like shark with rows of terrifying teeth. The frilled shark is often called a …