Robotic scientists at Stanford University have invented OceanOne, a robotic “mermaid” that can go to ocean depths too dangerous for humans while a human being controls the robot from the safety of a boat. The OceanOne had its first real-world test recently when it surveyed the wreckage of La Lune, a 17th century ship that sunk near the southern coast …

Yuyun, a 14-year-old student from a small village in Sumatra, was walking home in her school uniform when she was dragged into a forest and allegedly gang raped and murdered by 14 males. The attack on the girl in Bengkulu province in western Indonesia occurred on April 2 and went largely unnoticed at a national level until social media users …

Labradors have a gene that makes them more likely to overeat than other breeds of dogs according to scientists at the University of Cambridge. The study found that they are obsessed with food thanks to a faulty gene that makes it more difficult for them to recognise they’re full and control their appetite.

Rescue crews in Nairobi have pulled a live baby from the wreckage of an apartment building that collapsed last Friday. Kenyan officials say the baby girl was found on Tuesday. She has no injuries, but needs food and water. Doctors are treating her for dehydration. The girl was identified as Dealeryn Saisi Wasike. She is almost six months old. She …

An international study published in the journal Science seems to suggest, however, that there could be a solution in a form of vitamin B3, niamcimide riboside—a vitamin that’s already been proven to boost metabolism, to boot. An international research team set out to look at exactly why increased age was related to the degeneration of bodily organs such as the …

Fort McMurray, Alberta is under a mandatory evacuation order after forest fires raged and took over the city. The mandatory evacuation order meant that about 80,000 people were told to flee their homes. Forestry manager Bernie Schmitte has warned that the worst of the blaze “is not over.” He told a late night news conference that today’s forecast calls for …

Yosef Haim Ben David, the ringleader convicted in the 2014 kidnapping-murder of East Jerusalem teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir, apologizes to the victim’s family. Yosef Haim Ben David, 31, was convicted over the murder of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir. He was also given 20 years for other crimes and ordered to pay $39,000 to the victim’s family.

A Montreal family is accusing their child’s school of doing little to stop a bullying problem that ended with their son stabbed in the eye with a pencil last month. The incident happened at the François-La Bernarde school in Pointe-aux-Trembles, after young Alexandro Baiamonte and the bully had an altercation just off school grounds during the lunch hour on April …

Kim Jong-un and the Worker’s Party of Korea has, in an entirely bat-shit move, banned weddings, funerals and free movement in and out of the capital, Pyongyang. Nationwide restrictions have been imposed ahead of a once-in-a-generation party congress, where Kim Jong-un is expected to declare North Korea a nuclear state and outline his vision for the nation’s economic and military …

Marine researchers have discovered a new type of jellyfish that looks more like an alien spaceship than a sea creature. The almost fake-looking jellyfish was spotted on the Enigma Seamount near the Mariana Trench, 2.3 miles underwater. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research vessel Okeanos Explorer is collecting data from the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument and the …

Ashton Carter, U.S. Defense Secretary said on Tuesday that an American serviceman has been killed in Iraq, describing it as a “combat death.” Ash Carter was informed of the news as he left the stage of the change-of-command ceremony for U.S. European Command based here, and told reporters at a press conference immediately after the event. “It shows you it’s …