Surveillance cameras in China caught mysterious images of three vehicles at a busy intersection, seemingly levitating off the street. A video emerged last week of cars being lifted up by an “unseen force” in Xingtai, China, which showed three cars at a busy intersection being lifted into the air for a few seconds before falling back to the ground.
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VTech Data Breach Affects Five Million User Accounts
It’s been a year of hacks — from major retailers to Ashley Madison — but the latest impacts our most vulnerable: our children. A popular toymaker was hacked last week, exposing the personal information of millions of customers. VTech Holdings, a Hong Kong-based company that makes electronic toys for kids, says hackers have obtained personal information of almost five million …
Read More »Dinosaur nesting research at the U of C shows similarities to birds, Report
The way dinosaurs nested could very well be the reason behind the evolutionary success of birds, according to new research from the University of Calgary. Kohei Tanaka, a PhD student in the Faculty of Science, recently published a paper in PLOS ONE where he and his co-authors demonstrate, for the first time, the link between dinosaur eggshell porosity and different …
Read More »2016 Toyota Prius has distinctive image, personality
Over the past two decades, Toyota has invested substantial resources in developing the hybrid powertrain that is used in the Prius, which has become one of the world’s best known vehicles. The Prius gets off to a good start. It’s not just the architecture that takes up less space, it’s the hybrid part of the powertrain – featuring a battery …
Read More »Scientists simulate storms on Jupiter and Saturn
Storms on Jupiter and Saturn are being 3D simulated by researchers at the University of Alberta. “Since the pioneering telescope observations of Giovanni Cassini in the mid-17th century, stargazers have wondered about the bands and spots of Jupiter,” says Moritz Heimpel, a physics professor at the U of A whose study produced the simulations of the observable phenomena. The bands …
Read More »Asthma can make occasional migraines a chronic condition, new study says
Episodic Migraines when found along with asthma attacks is a strong predictor of migraine evolving into a chronic illness in the future, according to a study. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Montefiore Headache Center examined the link between migraines and asthma. Both health issues are the result of inflammation. “If you have asthma along with episodic or occasional …
Read More »Robert Dear: Planned Parenthood shooting suspect due in court
Robert Dear, the man suspected of killing three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs is due in court Monday in a case that has united even staunch opponents in the abortion debate. Robert Lewis Dear, 57, is accused of killing a police officer and two civilians who were accompanying separate friends to the clinic. The rampage touched …
Read More »Mohammad Abu Khdeir: ‘Israeli youths’ convicted over Palestinian teen’s burning death
A Jerusalem court has convicted two Israeli youths over the killing of 16-year-old Palestinian Mohammad Abu Khdeir, who was burned to death in east Jerusalem. Mohammad Abu Khdeir was taken from his home in east Jerusalem on 2 July, 2014. After being forced into a car, he was driven to a forest where he was beaten with a tyre iron …
Read More »Two women suspected of attack at Granville SkyTrain station: Transit Police
Transit Police are looking for two women they say attacked another at the Granville SkyTrain station two months ago. It happened on September 19th just after midnight. The attack apparently happened after the victim politely asked the two women to stop yelling racial slurs at passengers.
Read More »BK Manager: “Police Erased Video of Chicago shooting”
A BK manager who accuses Chicago police of erasing surveillance video in the case of a black teen shot last year by a white officer now charged with murder says he has testified before a federal grand jury investigating the case. Jay Darshane accused police of erasing the restaurant’s surveillance tape and the FBI of confiscating the restaurant video recorder …
Read More »Adele’s “25” album sales smashes record
Adele’s “25” album just broke the 15-year record of NSYNC of 2.4 million sales of its “No Strings Attached” album established in 2000 for first-week sales of an album. Adele’s new album 25 has sold 3.38 million copies in the US its first week. As reported by Billboard, 25 is the first album to sell more than 3 million copies …
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