A lot of people who suffer from allergies hide inside their houses — especially in the spring. But your indoor air could be up to five times more polluted, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Startup Molekule believes it has the answer, and it’s all about a smarter filter. “Indoor air pollution is a global problem, resulting in deteriorating respiratory …

A news research says letting babies cry themselves to sleep helps reduce nighttime waking without causing emotional or behavioral issues. Scientists found “crying it out” helped babies fall asleep about 13 minutes sooner with fewer overnight awakenings compared to other infants. The scientists found that babies left to ‘cry it out’ did not produce any more signs of stress in …

Facebook has apologized for banning a photo of a plus-sized model and telling the feminist group that posted the image that it depicts “body parts in an undesirable manner”. Cherchez la Femme, an Australian group that hosts popular culture talkshows with “an unapologetically feminist angle”, said Facebook rejected an advert featuring Tess Holliday, a plus-sized model wearing a bikini, telling …

Nintendo has unleashed a rather cool commercial for its upcoming Kirby title, Kirby Planet Robobot. Planet Robobot trailer takes a closer look at each of the new Kirby amiibo. It shows what each amiibo will unlock when scanned into the game.

A Franklin husband and wife are now both in the same Warren County Jail after the March death of a 4-year-old boy who died after being scalded in a bathtub full of water. A Warren County grand jury returned two felony charges against Robert L. Ritchie, 31, on Monday for involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony, and child endangering, a third-degree …

The discovery hints at life after mass extinction and shows early marine reptiles did not evolved slowly after Permian-Triassic mass extinction 250 million years ago. The new species, an ichthyosaur named Sclerocormus parviceps, was a marine reptile dating to the Lower Triassic, and it looked nothing like other ichthyosaurs scientists have studied. Ichthyosaurs were a group of marine reptiles which …

The Earth is warmed by Solar superflares? Earth could have grown warm enough for liquid water as far back as 4 billion years ago thanks to massive and frequent solar flares. The study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, suggests that solar radiation — rather than meteor impacts — may have kindled organisms in Earth’s primordial soup. The results could …

An ABC/Washington Post poll released Sunday found Clinton and Trump each at 57 percent unfavorable–higher than any other party nominees since the history of the Post-ABC poll. According to Langer Research, Trump’s “enhanced competitiveness reflects consolidation in his support since his primary opponents dropped out”. While positive news for the Trump campaign, it was tarnished by the fact that such …

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of death row inmate Timothy Tyrone Foster on Monday in a case concerning racial discrimination in the jury selection process. Foster, a black man, is on death row in Georgia for the 1987 murder of an elderly white woman. An all-white jury convicted him after prosecutors unconstitutionally blocked African-American jurors from the trial. In …

New study has revealed that exposure to bright, blue-tinged light – similar to the kind emitted by your smartphone – can affect our metabolisms, potentially causing us to stack on weight, and mess with our bodies’ ability to regulate glucose. Northwestern researchers found bright light exposure increased insulin resistance compared to dim light exposure in both the morning and the …

Ronald Tarentino, an Auburn police officer was slain Sunday morning and the Worcester man who allegedly killed him was shot to death 18 hours later, the culmination of a chaotic, daylong manhunt that included the shooting of a Massachusetts state trooper. Jorge Zambrano, 35, allegedly shot officer Ronald Tarentino, 42, around 12:30 a.m. Sunday during a traffic stop in Auburn. …