Researchers are reintroducing Alligator gar into a number of locations in a bid to help them win the war against invasive Asian carp. The alligator gar is being seen as a valuable fish in its own right. Specifically, it’s being seen as a potential weapon against a more threatening intruder: the invasive Asian carp. “What else is going to be …

The South Korean electronics giant will unveil a new Gear S smartwatch at the IFA 2016. A fresh report from SamMobile claims the third generation watch will be unveiled at Berlin’s IFA 2016 tradeshow at the beginning of September.

Canadian mobile users should expect a speed increase with today’s news that Bell Canada has been working with Nokia Corp. to successfully demo 5G network technology. Just don’t expect it anytime soon, according to the communications company. “Bell’s strategic focus on driving broadband network and service innovation has been key to our transformation into Canada’s wireless leader. The success of …

Singer Jojo is opening up about how her record label made her lose weight quickly by making her take dietary supplements. In a new interview with PopSugar, the “Too Little, Too Late” songstress addressed the pressures many young women in the music industry are facing, including weight loss.

A team of researchers from various locations around the globe, curious about ways to mitigate widespread world hunger, offers a questionable alternative: cockroach embryo milk. Researchers from India, France, Japan, Canada and the US have published a paper detailing the identification of high-value protein crystals inside the Pacific beetle cockroach embryo. While it might not taste like much – at …

People with a wheat sensitivity, but not celiac disease or a wheat allergy, are not imagining symptoms they feel after eating wheat, according to a new research. “Our study shows that the symptoms reported by individuals with this condition are not imagined, as some people have suggested,” said study co-author Peter H. Green, MD, the Phyllis and Ivan Seidenberg Professor …

A slimy, thick blue-green algae is taking over Florida’s coasts and it just might be here to stay. In addition to posing a risk to human health, the algae-infested waters have a negative economic impact on local tourism in the Sunshine State and are taking a toll on the ecosystem. The algal blankets on Florida’s coastline are so thick that …

Astronomers announced today that they have discovered a new type of binary star, in which a rapidly-spinning white dwarf star sweeps powerful beams of particles and radiation over its companion red dwarf star, causing it to pulse across almost the entire electromagnetic spectrum from the UV to radio. This star system, called AR Scorpii, lies in the constellation of Scorpius, …

Canadian Armed Forces warn Pokemon Go users to stay off bases. The Department of National Defence says military police have responded to incidents this month of people trespassing on Canadian Armed Forces bases in Ontario and Nova Scotia while playing the popular smartphone game. A spokesperson said military police have reported “Pokemon Go occurrences” at three bases — CFB Borden …

Microsoft is working to fix some Surface Pro 3 tablets that have been plagued with extremely short battery lives. The good news, though, is that they should be able to fix it with a software update. Over the last few months, there have been scattered claims that some Surface Pro 3 systems are suffering from extremely poor battery life. Some …

An underwater sinkhole big enough to accommodate the Eiffel Tower has been confirmed by Chinese researchers as the biggest of its kind in the world. They announced Friday that 11 months of study have confirmed that an underwater sinkhole in the South China Sea crushes that record. At 987 feet, it could nearly swallow the Eiffel Tower, reports the Washington …