Stanford University scientists have worked with colleagues at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a form of concrete that humans could produce on Mars or the moon. NASA would like to send humans to Mars by 2030. Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, says his private launch company could do it as early as 2024. But …

China has a new rule that forces game creators to publish the drop rates for items in randomized loot boxes, and now we know a bit more about how a game like Overwatch works in that country. Divided into four different levels of rarity — Common, Rare, Epic, and Legendary — with drop rates that reflect levels, every loot box …

Porn star Molly Cavalli was bitten by a shark while filming a promo ad for a sex cam company. Molly Cavalli had just been lowered into the water in a protective cage, which proved to be ineffective, when the lemon shark attempted to savage the model’s ankle. The delights of the shoot, which took place just off the Florida coast, …

Climate Change Is Causing The Dissolved Oxygen In World’s Oceans To Plummet. A new study of decades of data on oceans across the globe has revealed that the amount of dissolved oxygen contained in the water – an important measure of ocean health – has been declining for more than 20 years. Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology looked at …

A WORRYING research claims there is a link between gadget use and speech development in toddlers. The research included nearly 900 children between 6 months and 2 years old. By their 18-month check-ups, a fifth of the children had used a mobile device every day for nearly 30 minutes, as reported by their parents. Researchers found that the more screen …

An Alabama baby was allegedly born holding his mother’s Intrauterine Device — the contraceptive that was supposed to prevent her from getting pregnant. Shared online by new mum Lucy Hellein, the photo has garnerd over 70,000 shares on Facebook. When asked if baby Dexter was actually born holding the contraceptive implant in his hand, Hellenin replied, “He was not.” – …

Egyptian national Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty who lost about 325 kilograms after undergoing weight-loss surgery in an Indian hospital left Thursday for the United Arab Emirates for long-term treatment. Eman Ahmed, said to have weighed around 500kg, was flown to India for treatment on a special chartered plane. She has left for Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, …

It’s another sign of just how out of control B.C.’s overdose and addiction crisis is getting. A photo posted to Twitter Wednesday by a Vancouver police superintendent shows a bird nest fashioned out of discarded needles, reportedly in a Downtown Eastside SRO hotel. “The image was captured yesterday by our Homeless Outreach Coordinator during an inspection of a vacant room …

In an upcoming TV documentary, British physicist Stephen Hawking revives his prediction that humanity will have to spread out a new home in space within 100 years in order to ensure the species’ survival. A hundred years is a lot sooner than Hawking’s previous predictions. In November, he gave a similar warning — but said we had a comparatively lengthy …

NASA has discovered a planetary system that looks a lot like our own, just 10.5 light-years away. The star is a promising one that may have alien life on some of the planets that surround it. Termed epsilon Eridani, the star looks to be similar in size and shape to our sun. However, it is a very young star. This …

Bogus claims about the risk of statins – the group of medicines that are said to fight cholesterol – may have resulted in tens of thousands of deaths, researchers have said, after a study found the drugs do not cause the claimed side effects that have deterred many from using them. Large studies have used randomised and blinded clinical trial …