Jonathan Black arrested and charged with assault causing bodily harm and mischief. Jonathan Black, 38, was arrested Thursday and charged with assault causing bodily harm and mischief under $5,000, Toronto Police Const. Jenifferjit Sidhu said Friday. CBC News reported Black is accused of breaking his girlfriend’s wrist. His defence lawyer, Robb MacDonald, told the Sun he is under instructions to …
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Schiaparelli: New pictures show Mars lander crash site
The European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli Mars lander, plummeting to the surface of the red planet last week after a malfunction during the final stages of its descent, hit the surface at some 180 mph, possibly exploding on impact and gouging out a shallow eight-foot-wide circular crater, officials said Thursday. The ESA says it’s confident the image shows the front heatshield …
Read More »Apple MacBook Touch Bar: Big Step Forward for New High End Laptop (Video)
Apple revealed a new range of powerful laptops, unveiling three updated MacBook Pros at a keynote event last night. The new MacBook Pro is created from aluminum and is housed by metal on all sides, and as we learned from a recent promotional image leak, Apple is making some big changes to its popular laptop. The laptop will feature a …
Read More »University Research Income Sees Minimal Growth of 0.6 percent, Report
The new annual ranking of Canadian research universities has been released. Combined research income reported by the country’s top 50 leading universities expanded by just 0.6% in Fiscal 2015 to $6.71 billion from $6.67 billion in Fiscal 2014, according to Research Infosource Inc., which today released its annual ranking of Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities.
Read More »Paleontologists identify first fossilized dinosaur brain tissue
The first fossilised dinosaur brain has been found on a beach in East Sussex and could show that the extinct giants were more intelligent than first thought. The fossil had been found ten years ago by a fossil hunter by the name of Jamie Hiscocks near Bexhill in Sussex, in 2004. The fossil has now been confirmed as a fossilized …
Read More »Canadians now spending more on Internet than television, According to CRTC
Canadians spent more money on Internet access than television subscriptions for the first time last year as the demand for data exploded and the desire for traditional TV packages waned, says a report from the federal telecom regulator. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has released it’s 2016 Communications Monitoring Report and it revealed 2015 communications service industry revenues.
Read More »Scientists develop 3-D printed structure that shrinks when heated
Scientists from MIT and the University of Southern California 3D printed tiny, and quite beautiful, sculptures out of two different materials that usually expand when heated. In a study published in the Oct. 21 edition of the journal Physical Review Letters, LLNL engineers, along with scientists from the University of Southern California, MIT, and the University of California, Los Angeles, …
Read More »One dog killed, one injured in beating in Minnedosa
RCMP Are investigating after two dogs from Clanwilliam went missing before one of them was discovered dead days later. The dogs went missing from the community, roughly 230 km northwest of Winnipeg, on October 19. Dog kennels on the property were damaged when police arrived. Two dogs, a Norwegian Elkhound Husky Cross named Duke, and a Norwegian Elkhound Border Collie …
Read More »Ontario Liberals should do more to protect species, Report
The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario released her annual report on the state of the environment in the province, and government ministries are not getting top marks for their efforts. The report covered two topics, the question of environmental rights and protection of biodiversity, said environmental commissioner Diane Saxe.
Read More »Eric Dossantos Defies Death After 90 MPH Wingsuit Crash (Video)
Eric Dossantos woke up in a French hospital with no memory of how he got there. Then he watched the GoPro video of his terrifying wingsuit crash, and all the painful details came flooding back. BASE jumper Eric Dossantos said he “should have died” in a recent wingsuit accident in Chamonix, France, which left him with numerous major injuries, including …
Read More »Singer Lady Gaga Goes All-In for Carpool Karaoke with James Corden
Fresh off her performances on Saturday Night Live last weekend, Lady Gaga hopped into James Corden’s passenger seat for another installment of “Carpool Karaoke” last night on The Late Late Show. The singer’s appearance been a long time coming, and this teaser gives a taste of what’s in store before the full segment appears on The Late Late Show on …
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