Police have laid criminal charges against a Toronto-area man after a eight-year-old boy died in a canoeing incident in the Muskoka River near Bracebridge, Ont., on Friday. Bracebridge OPP and emergency services were called to the river near High Falls after a canoe with a man and eight-year-old boy overturned. Both canoe occupants were thrown into the river and were …

Peggy Whitson, NASA’s first female astronaut to have spent more cumulative time in space than any other, is en route to breaking another record. It seems that she is not satisfied with her record so far and is planning on staying for three more months at the International Space Station (ISS), surpassing her own numbers. On April 24th, Whitson will …

Canadian billionaire and Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz has been accused of luring Brazilian model and actress Greice Santo into hotel rooms on multiple occasions and offering her money for sex, according to documents filed in a recent lawsuit. According to Variety, the allegations first surfaced when Santo’s husband, R.J. Cipriani, filed a defamation suit against a crisis consulting firm …

Microsoft has revealed the final specs of its upcoming Project Scorpio console, promising true 4K gaming at 60 frames per second. Project Scorpio has a custom x86 Jaguar Evolved for its architecture and has a frequency of 2.3GHz, 0.55GHz higher than the Xbox One. The console also boasts 12 gigabytes (GB) GDDR5 RAM, which is 4GB higher than the Xbox …

In addition to keeping the house clean of fallen Cheerios, the family dog may also be a boon to babies’ health. Man’s best friend can help protect kids from allergies and obesity later in life, a new study suggests. Research conducted at the University of Alberta showed that infants from families with pets, especially dogs, had higher levels of two …

In a breakthrough, scientists have found a new way that could help protect Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef by using the powers of attraction to decimate one of the reef’s fiercest enemies. Scientists at the University of Queensland in Australia have revealed that crown-of-thorns starfish gather in large numbers due to a release of pheromones — a scent they have …

Astronomers have found an Earth-like planet with an atmosphere for the first time. The planet, GJ 1132b, is cloaked in a thick layer of gases composed of water, methane or a mixture of both, new research found. The exoplanet is 1.4-times the size of Earth and 39 light years away. Researchers observed how light from GJ 1132b’s host star interacted …

Three people have been killed after a vehicle was driven onto the busiest street in the center of Stockholm, according to the Swedish Security Police. The Swedish broadcaster SVT additionally reports that shots were fired at the scene.

A 7-year-old girl who lost her hair from Alopecia celebrated “Crazy Hair Day” at school– with bling! The little girl has alopecia, an auto-immune disease that causes her hair to fall out. According to the National Alopecia Areata Foundation, the disease affects nearly 6.6 million people in the United States alone. Currently, there is no cure. Gianessa Wride was diagnosed …

YouTube will no longer place ads on videos will less than 10,000 total views, the company told the Wall Street Journal. YouTube is changing how its partner program operates. Previously, anyone could sign up for the platform, create videos and share them with the world in the hopes that views would make money as a result of ad revenue. Unfortunately, …

Octopus, squid and cuttlefish don’t always follow the rules laid out in their DNA. Straying from prescribed genetic instructions may have increased the cephalopods’ thinking prowess, but comes at a cost, a new study suggests. Scientists have found several species of octopus, cuttlefish and squid can rewrite their RNA, the molecular middle men in the manufacture of proteins. The finding, …