The discovery of ancient teeth in a Chinese cave dating back to 80,000 – 120,000 years is forcing scientists to reanalyze the theory that ancient humans only started leaving Africa to poplate the world 60,000 years ago. “This is stunning, it’s major league,” Michael Petraglia, an archeologist at the University of Oxford, U.K., who was not involved in the research …
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Deven Guilford: Teen’s family files federal lawsuit in fatal shooting by deputy “Video”
The federal lawsuit filed by the family of Deven Guilford against Eaton County and one of its police officers could cost the county “hundreds of thousands of dollars” and potentially millions if it goes to trial, according to a prominent civil rights attorney. Four months ago Eaton County Prosecutor Doug Lloyd cleared Sgt. Jonathan Frost of criminal wrongdoing after he …
Read More »Kia Recalls More Than 419000 Sorento SUVs to Fix Shift-Lever Problem
A break-shift defect has led Kia to recall 42,222 Sorento SUVs in Canada. Kia will recall more than 419,000 SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because the transmission can be shifted out of park when the driver’s foot isn’t on the brake, a violation of safety laws.
Read More »3rd baby in 3 months tossed from NYC window “Video”
3rd baby in 3 months dies after being tossed from NYC window. A BABY girl has died after being thrown from a sixth-story window moments after witnesses heard her mother screaming “we’re all going to die”. Police responding to a 911 call at about 14:00 found the baby unconscious and unresponsive lying on the pavement outside 2200 Tiebout Avenue in …
Read More »Drake: Rapper Explains Why He Was Kicked Off Degrassi
Drake Finally Reveals He Was Fired From ‘Degrassi’ — Find Out Why. In a recent interview with W, Drake, Toronto’s best import, shares that he was “kicked off” Degrassi. When he joined Degrassi: The Next Generation as the character Jimmy Brooks at 14, he was already making music, which he says “was part of the reason I was kicked off …
Read More »Tour guide records hippos chasing off hungry shark (Video)
A bull shark learned the hard way to never mess with a school of hippos. The hippos seem to be aware of the shark’s presence and the first real confrontation occurs 32 seconds into the video, with a large hippo rearing back and upward, as if bitten or nudged by the shark.
Read More »Jupiter’s ‘Great Red Spot’ storm still shrinking; researchers say
Jupiter’s “Great Red Spot,” a swirling atmospheric storm that’s twice as wide as Earth and contains winds as fast as 400 mph, is continuing to shrink, according to scientists with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. These new images and videos reveal several new features as well: a unique “filament” inside the core of the spot, and a rare atmospheric wave …
Read More »STI testing drops with fewer Pap smears, new study says
There was a decrease in screening for sexually transmitted infections, an unintended consequence of Ontario’s changes to cervical cancer screening guidelines, doctors have found. The study found that the guidelines not only reduced Pap smear tests by 60 per cent (from 42 to 17 per cent), but also resulted in decreased screening rates for gonorrhea and chlamydia – the two …
Read More »Bees get hooked on flowers’ caffeine buzz, Finds Study
Caffeine is the only way some people can start their morning, and as it turns out it could be the same for bees as well. Scientists say that honeybees find the energising drug so addictive that plants may be lacing their nectar with caffeine to boost their own flower pollination activity.
Read More »Methane plumes bubbling from the ocean floor raise climate concerns; New Study
Researchers found methane plumes to be significantly more common at a critical depth where it was projected frozen deposits would start to melt due to rising ocean temperatures. The study, to appear in the journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, shows that of 168 bubble plumes observed within the past decade, a disproportionate number were seen at a critical depth for the …
Read More »Kepler Telescope: Unusual signals from star lead to speculation about possible alien ‘megastructure’
The Kepler Space Telescope has spotted a star with peculiar characteristics that have some scientists speculating as to whether the anomalies could be the result of an extraterrestrial civilization. According to The Independent, it was caused by a cluster of objects around the star that astronomers are finding very difficult to explain. Scientists studying it found that the debris was …
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