Canada experienced a very high number of reported UFO sightings in 2015, according to an annual survey released by Winnipeg, Manitoba-based Ufology Research. In March, there was a report of someone who said “star like light appeared to change shape.” Then in May, there was a report of “bright orange lights moving across the sky.” In August someone said they …
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Alberta Father not convinced meningitis was cause of his son’s death
For the third straight day, David Stephan made his way to the witness box in Lethbridge Provincial Court to be cross-examined by Crown prosecutor Clayton Giles. David Stephan and his wife Collet are on trial on connection with the death of their 18-month-old young son, Ezekiel, who died of meningitis in 2012. The toddler was sick for about two and …
Read More »Inky the Octopus Escapes New Zealand Aquarium, Finds Freedom In Ocean!
A common New Zealand octopus called Inky has escaped from his enclosure and bolted for freedom during a daring nighttime escape. Aquarium staff believe Inky escaped at night by squeezing through a tiny gap at the top of its tank before sliding across the aquarium floor into the sea via 50m long drainpipe. In addition to being considered intelligent, octopuses …
Read More »First scans show how LSD affects the brain, Study
The first brain scans of people on LSD have revealed that the drug causes different regions of the brain to become more entangled and connected. In a series of experiments, scientists have gained a glimpse into how the psychedelic compound affects brain activity. The team administered LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) to 20 healthy volunteers in a specialist research centre and …
Read More »Donald Trump, Megyn Kelly Meet at Trump Tower
Longtime foes Donald Trump and Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly reportedly sat down for a private meeting Wednesday to talk things out. “The meeting was at my request and Donald Trump was gracious enough to agree to it,” Kelly said on her show, The Kelly File, Wednesday night about her face-to-face with the GOP candidate at his Trump Tower building.
Read More »Katy Perry: ‘Pop Star’ wins round in bid to buy convent
Katy Perry must be losing a spot in heaven while singing “Roar” after she won a legal battle against a group of nuns on Wednesday about buying a convent owned by the church. Katy Perry, who was a Christian rock singer before she was a pop star, wants to buy a convent. This was first reported last summer, but on …
Read More »Bed Bugs Beat Insecticides With Thick Skin, New research
Bed bugs – the blood-sucking bane of backpackers everywhere – are notoriously difficult to stamp out once they take hold. Not only can they survive a year without feeding, but they’re also rapidly developing resistance to insecticides. David Lilly at the University of Sydney has found that the outer shells, or cuticles, of these bugs are getting thicker. And bed …
Read More »Humans Developed Monogamy To Protect From STIs, Study
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis may be responsible for the development of monogamy in humans, researchers claim. Scientists Chris Bauch, an applied mathematician at the University of Waterloo, and Richard McElreath, an evolutionary ecologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, suggest that early civilizations feared what sexually transmitted infections could do …
Read More »Actor Warren Beatty confirms plans for Dick Tracy sequel
Warren Beatty is seriously considering making a sequel to his 1990 film Dick Tracy, he revealed on Wednesday (April 13) at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. In the years since the 1990 original, Warren Beatty has been talking up the possibility of a Dick Tracy sequel. He’s even been to court to keep the rights and stop other people making other …
Read More »Toronto startup Flixel Partners with Facebook on ‘New Profile Video Integration’
Facebook users around the world can now add a literally all-singing and dancing extra layer of personalisation to their profile with the social network’s introduction of moving profile pictures. Announced today at the F8 Facebook developer conference, the integration will allow users to easily create high-quality cinemagraph profile videos and easily upload to Facebook directly from Flixel Cinemagraph Pro for …
Read More »HPE Offers Converged Hybrid System for SMBs; Report
HPE is looking to capture a larger share of the SMB market with the launch of the ProLiant Easy Connect Managed Hybrid solution, the first in a new series of plug and play devices for small and mid-sized businesses sold exclusively through the channel. “Small businesses want to focus on growing their core businesses, not spending their limited resources on …
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