Warning: Spoilers through season six, episode four, though none if you are caught up. After enduring five seasons plus of marital rapes, walks of shames, and numerous other degradations, “Book of the Stranger,” last night’s episode of Game of Thrones, showed the women of the seven kingdoms wielding true determination and power.

Scientists from McGill University in Canada and the University of Bern in Switzerland found that REM sleep, the phase where your eyelids twitch and when you dream, is critical for preserving memories, the BBC reported of the data reported in the journal Science. The sleep study, which was recently published in the journal Science, used sleeping mice to try and …

Scientists with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station have completed the first assessment of the state’s native bee population, providing wildlife experts with the first comprehensive list of the Granite State’s more than 100 native bees that includes nearly 20 bee species that had not been previously documented in the state. Sandra Rehan, assistant professor of biological sciences at the …

A Texas ranch owner is selling a 1,000-pound bison on Craigslist, boasting that the animal is both housebroken and loves to interact with humans. Karen Schoeve placed a Craigslist ad listing the tame, housebroken bison named Bullet for sale. The ad has since been removed, but The Associated Press reports that the asking price for the 8-year-old animal was $6,000.

Opening doors to development of new drugs to control weight gain and obesity, scientists have identified brain cells that play a crucial role in appetite control. “About twenty years ago there was a big step forward in our understanding of obesity when researchers discovered that our appetite is controlled by a key molecule called leptin. Leptin is a hormone which …

A Columbia University student is missing, authorities said. Nayla Kidd, 19, an engineering undergrad, was last seen on May 5, 2016, at about 5 p.m., the NYPD said. The Columbia University Public Safety Department said that on May 11 it was informed that her friends and family hadn’t heard from her in days. Columbia released a statement about Kidd’s disappearance …

Evidence has emerged of an ancient civilization of mastodon hunters that was extant 15,000 years ago in present-day Florida. The finding was made on the Aucilla River. It is a 45 minute drive from Tallahassee. This happens to be the oldest site where ancient human beings lived in the southeastern United States. It goes back some 15,000 years in the …

Samantha Broberg, A cruise passenger is missing after falling overboard in the Gulf of Mexico. 33-year-old Samantha Broberg was seen on ship surveillance footage tumbling into the sea, 195 miles away from the coast of Texas. She fell overboard in the early hours of Friday, around 2am, and the US Coast Guard is searching for her. The cruise ship was …

US police shot a pizza delivery driver after authorities say he struck an officer with a vehicle. The incident happened in the parking lot of the West Point Commons plaza on West Colonial Drive Friday. Police say the employee, who worked for Italian Garden Pizzeria, attacked the owner and then took off. He then called over and over about coming …

Disney Research has teamed up with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers to include standard radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags into game controllers. RFID tags are typically used for high tech inventory management in a variety of industries, but researchers concocted a way to make RFID technology feasible for interactive games using physical objects. Their technique makes it possible to use RFID …

From today through to the end of Sunday, Star Wars: Battlefront players will be able to play the Outer Rim DLC for free. You will have the opportunity to play with two additional characters, Greedo and Nien Nunb. The DLC also comes with four maps: the Jabba’s Palace and Palace Garage, both of which are in Tatooine, or the SoroSuub …