The cyberattack that spread malicious software around the world, shutting down networks at hospitals, banks and government agencies. What is ransomware? The virus or malware behind the latest cyber-attack has been identified as “ransomware”. This is a virus that locks down either your computer or your web browser, and a message on the screen demands you make a payment in …

According to WHO, nine suspected cases — including three deaths — have been reported since April 22 in an area more than 800 miles north of the capital of Kinshasa. WHO have recently developed an Ebola vaccine to be used in emergencies. There are 300,000 doses of the vaccine ‘Gavi’ available which health authorities say they’ll use “if needed to …

Leading hospital “superbugs,” known as the enterococci, arose from an ancestor that dates back 450 million years — about the time when animals were first crawling onto land (and well before the age of dinosaurs), according to a new study led by researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear, the Harvard-wide Program on Antibiotic Resistance and the Broad Institute of MIT …

Researchers have detected two massive waves sweeping across the largest lava lake on Jupiter’s moon Io. The lake is called Loki Patera. lo is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. Infrared images from the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory captured differences in surface temperature on the Jovian moon that suggest that lava waves oscillate through Loki Patera, a …

BMW has updated its smallest two-door model for the 2018 model year. The 2018 BMW 2 Series coupe and convertible gain a revised front end and new exterior lighting as well as revised wheel choices. Drivetrain: 248-horsepower, turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder (230i); 335-hp, turbocharged 3.0-liter inline six-cylinder (M240i); 365-hp, turbocharged 3.0-liter inline six-cylinder (M2); eight-speed automatic, six-speed manual or seven-speed automatic …

For the first time, narwhals have been caught on video using their tusks to hit and stun their prey before eating them. The video confirms just one popular theory on the use of the tusk, which is actually a large, narrow tooth. Research has suggested that appendage is a sensory organ, and that it could be used in sexual selection. …

An massive unidentified sea creature is decomposing of the coast of the Seram Island in Indonesia. The colossal carcass was found on Hulung Beach on the westside of Serum Island on Tuesday night by a local man. In the darkness, Asrul Tuanakota, 37, initially mistook the huge fleshy blob for a stranded boat. Close-up footage shows a twisted mass of …

Four people are dead after the car they were travelling in burst into flames early Thursday following a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 401 near Joyceville in the Kingston area. At approximately 1:25 a.m. emergency services were called to the westbound lanes just west of Joyceville Road, says an Ontario Provincial Police news release. The crash involved seven vehicles including four …

Nasa has released video footage taken by astronaut Peggy Whitson during her record breaking spacewalk on March 30. The video was taken by astronaut Peggy Whitson on a helmet cam. Whitson and fellow astronaut Shane Kimbrough were performing maintenance on the spacecraft when they captured the stunning shots.

Fossil evidence of early life has been found in old hot spring deposits in the Pilbara, Western Australia, that date back almost 3.48 billion years. The rocks — hot spring deposits — were originally collected from Pilbara Craton in Western Australia, and they contain microbial biosignatures that serve as clues for early life on Earth in the presence of hot …

Way back in 2011, Shawn Funk was digging in Alberta’s Millennium Mine, when he hit “something much harder than the surrounding rock.” And upon closer inspection he discovered that it was actually a dinosaur fossil — but not like other fossils discovered. This fossil was almost completely intact. The fossil is said to the 110 million-year-old remains of a Nodosaur, …