A Russian cosmonaut and an American astronaut have arrived at the International Space Station, taking a toy dog for company. NASA astronaut Jack Fischer and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin lifted off from Kazakhstan on Thursday, bound for the International Space Station. About nine minutes into their voyage, the stuffed dog leaped into the air, then began to drift at the …

A regina woman has been charged with human smuggling after nine foreign nationals were intercepted crossing into Canada from the United States, shining a light on the predatory nature of the practice as illegal border crossings rise across Canada. The nine, who RCMP say are from West Africa, were safely transferred into the custody of the Canadian Border Services Agency …

Researchers from Ohio State University have now said they are able to accurately predict when humans are about to have a ‘learning epiphany’ before we even know we’re going to have it ourselves. Learning by epiphany is something that happens to almost everyone, but until now studying how the body reacts to an ‘a-ha’ moment has been challenging. Most research …

A joint group of astronomers from the European Southern Observatory announced on Wednesday that the group has found a planet 40 light years away from Earth that could potentially support life. The planet, which has been dubbed LHS 1140b, is roughly 40 percent larger than Earth, and is in its star’s habitable zone. The habitable zone is an area around …

Julia Roberts is more than just a “Pretty Woman.” People magazine has named her the “World’s Most Beautiful Woman” for a record fifth time. “I am very flattered,” Julia tells the mag, adding that, even at 49 years old, she thinks her best years are to come. “I think I’m currently peaking,” she jokes. The A-list star’s first time on …

A team of physicists from around the world have created a fluid they claim has negative mass. A negative mass fluid is unlike any other physical object in the world. Normally, pushing something moves it away from you, but if you push something with negative mass, it moves in the opposite direction. “That’s what most things that we’re used to …

Scientists have collected the first live specimen of a rare, giant shipworm, found in the Philippines. The long, black worm-like animals were found in waters near the Philippines. Actually a super-elongated mollusk, the giant shipworm is good company for the many hell-spawned, demon fish that roam darkened waters across the globe. It can grow up to five-feet long, and yes, …

The Massachusetts Department of Corrections has confirmed former New England Patriot and former Florida Gator Aaron Hernandez has died after committing suicide in prison. Hernandez had been acquitted of a 2012 double-murder just five days ago. Correctional officers at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley found Hernandez hanging in his cell around 3:05 a.m., according to a DOC statement. An …

A gunman who nicknamed himself ‘Black Jesus’ shot and killed three strangers in a bid to kill as many white people as possible, police said. A man who authorities said fatally shot three men, apparently chosen at random, had posted on social media a dislike for white people and government officials, Fresno, California, police Chief Jerry Dyer said. “We believe …

A team of researchers say a melting glacier in Canada’s Yukon has caused a river to completely change course. Last spring, its retreat triggered a geologic event at relatively breakneck speed. The toe of ice that was sending meltwater toward the Slims River and then north to the Bering Sea retreated so far that the water changed course, joining the …

A Woman born with two vaginas and two wombs is expecting a “miracle” baby, after doctors warned she was infertile. Medics believed Krista Schwab could never get pregnant, because of complications caused by her rare condition. “I always felt the separate sections during intercourse and smear tests but I just thought that feeling was a normal thing every woman had,” …