In June, Pikes Peak will hold the 100th edition of its world-famous hill climb competition. Its centenary will not be the only thing that will make the race special, but also a modified Tesla Model S that will take on the hill climb with its driver, Blake Fuller, having the record in mind. As for the driver, this will be …

Japan has a plan to make its Olympics opening ceremony unlike any other. A start-up, called Star-ALE, is designing a man-made meteor shower that could be seen over Tokyo during the 2020 games.

Trees droop and sleep? Trees have been seen to go to sleep and relax their branches for certain periods of time. Experts from Austria, Finland and Hungary are employing laser scanners to calculate the day-night rhythms of trees. As strange as it may seem, trees do go to sleep and need periodic rest time. Researchers have been studying the day …

San Francisco’s police chief, Gregory P. Suhr, resigned under pressure from the city’s mayor on Thursday, just hours after an officer’s fatal shooting a black woman sparked new outrage in a city whose storybook beauty has been overshadowed recently by high-profile police killings. Gregory P. Suhr is one of a growing number of police chiefs to lose their jobs in …

Kenneth Franklin Shinzato, a former U.S. soldier indicated that he killed a Japanese woman whose body was found in Okinawa Prefecture, police sources said, in a case that has fueled demands that the U.S. military leave the southern prefecture. Kenneth Franklin Shinzato, 32, was taken into custody Thursday after investigators found the body of Rina Shimabukuro, an office worker from …

The Egyptian Army says it has found wreckage of the missing EgyptAir Flight 804, which crashed after disappearing from radar over the Mediterranean Sea Thursday. The navy has also found some of the passengers’ belongings and is sweeping the area looking for the plane’s black box, the military said in a statement. Search teams have been scouring the Mediterranean Sea …

The exhibit opening Saturday, May 21, at EMP Museum, ‘Star Trek: Exploring New Worlds,” examines the show’s rich history in fascinating detail. “Star Trek: Exploring New Worlds” opens Saturday and is filled with geeky artifacts from all the Star Trek series and movies — from sections of the original Enterprise bridge to a costume worn by Benedict Cumberbatch in the …

Canada is an active global leader in advancing environmental protection, sustainable development, biodiversity conservation, and climate change. Canadian Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna has returned from a successful G7 Environment Ministers’ Meeting in Toyama, Japan. Working with Canada’s international partners and discussing environmental issues filled the two-day agenda. During her trip, Minister McKenna met with her American, European …

Skywatchers are in for a treat this weekend as spring’s third full moon will neighbor a bright red Mars in Saturday’s night sky. According to EarthSky, the May 21 full moon is known as a “blue moon,” not because it’s the second of two full moons in a month (as is usually dubbed a blue moon), but because it’s the …

Two of the four Oakland cops who were placed on leave as part of a sexual misconduct investigation have resigned, the department said Wednesday. In statement, Oakland Police Public Information Officer Johnna Watson confirmed the officers has resigned and that the Internal Affairs Division would continue to investigate all of the misconduct allegations. “The Oakland Police Department is committed to …

A Nigerian Army spokesman confirmed to Canada Journal that a second girl from the group of 276 schoolgirls kidnapped more than two years ago was rescued Thursday. The girl, identified as Serah Luka, was among 97 women and children “rescued” by troops in north-eastern Borno state on Thursday, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman said.