A man has been taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after being shot in Scarborough on Wednesday. Shortly after 5 p.m., officers received reports of people shooting at each other from two vehicles near Warden and Sherwood avenues, south of Lawrence. When officers arrived they found an abandoned vehicle as well as some blood inside.

A toronto has been accused of killing a Mexican woman who was slain in a hotel room at a Cancun resort last month. Gabriela Janeth Jaramillo, 24, of Saltillo, Coahuila, was beaten to death in a room at the Gran Caribe in Cancun on April 22, according to local news reports. Local media are also reporting that the suspect in …

Some of the largest fossil dinosaur eggs ever discovered have revealed a new species: a giant bird-like dinosaur, named Beibeilong, thought to have been common around 90 million years ago.. At one time, many fossil eggs collected in Henan were being exported out of China to other countries. “This particular fossil was outside the country for over 20 years and …

A mother has shared the heartbreaking story of how her firstborn son died, after she accidentally starved him while breastfeeding. Jillian Johnson said believing the myth that “breast is best” killed her firstborn Landon, who died just 19 days old, after he was exclusively breastfed from birth. “We took all of the classes. Bought and read all of the books. …

The paleontologists who discovered a previously unknown line of human ancestors in South Africa say that they’ve found more fossils — and that the species, known as Homo naledi, could have lived alongside our own species 250,000 years ago. The anthropologists with Johannesburg’s University of the Witwatersrand published their findings in the journal eLife. Homo naledi was first discovered in …

Cannabis supposedly has a rejuvenating effect on the brain, as scientists got to know after experiments on lab mice. Scientists at Germany’s University of Bonn, along with colleagues from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, report that low doses of THC can help reverse some of the effects of brain aging and assist in restoring memory, according to a …

New study has revealed eating bogies may be good for your health. Researchers and multiple universities including Harvard and MIT recommend that parents should not discourage children from nose-picking. The study shows that ingesting the snot could be good for your teeth and overall health, being packed with good bacteria. The research, published in the journal of Applied and Environmental …

Humans need to populate a new planet within the next century or face possible extinction, Professor Stephen Hawking has warned. Stephen Hawking — the cosmologist, author, and physicist who holds more awards and honorary titles than should even be allowed — says that we have about 100 years until Earth is a big old pile of gross, and that if …

Worried about your thinning strands? You’re not alone: By the time guys hit 35, two-thirds of them will experience some degree of hair loss. Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Texas have discovered the cells in the body that directly give rise to hair as well as the mechanism that causes it to turn grey. “Although this project was …

Scientists in Scotland believe they’ve found one of the most contaminated killer whales on the planet. The Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme, managed by SRUC, has found that a killer whale found dead on Tiree had one of the highest levels of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) pollution ever recorded. The adult killer whale – identified as a well-known animal named ‘Lulu’ …

The biggest X-ray laser in the world, the European XFEL, has generated its first X-ray laser light and is now considered ready for its official opening in September. The laser’s light is a billion times brighter than the typical light sources normally used in particle accelerators. As X-rays have a wavelength of 0.8 nanometres, almost 500 times shorter than visible …