A crocodile shark, a marine creature normally found in deep tropical waters, has been discovered washed up on a beach in Devon, England. Steven Greenfields, who discovered the carcass, is quoted by the Plymouth Herald as saying, “We regularly visit this beach and have never seen anything like this before. My whole family was stunned as the animal had really …

Scientists based at the University of Sheffield have found evidence that stars are ripped apart by supermassive black holes 100 times more often than previously thought. Until now, such stellar cannibalism – known as Tidal Distruption Events, or TDEs – had only been found in surveys which observed many thousands of galaxies, leading astronomers to believe they were exceptionally rare: …

Despite the many advances in medicine over the last century, a cure for one of the most prevalent and devastating diseases in the world today continues to evade us. But thanks to new research, that could soon change. The gene therapy transforms a patient’s own blood cells into cancer killers but yielded extraordinary results in a major study, Daily Mail …

Apple and 52 other major U.S. corporations have signed a legal brief in support of Gavin Grimm, a transgender student whose case involving public bathroom usage rights is being heard by the Supreme Court. Fifty-three companies signed the brief supporting Grimm’s arguments. In Silicon Valley, that list includes Apple, Intel, eBay, LinkedIn, Box, NetApp, PayPal and Yahoo. Amazon and Microsoft …

Twitter has announced new updates to its safety features, It will be leveraging its own technology for reducing abusive content, allowing users to have more control over their experience on the microblogging site, and communicating more clearly with them regarding the actions it will take against abusers. In a blog post, the social network announced users will now be able …

Oscars balloting co-leader Martha Ruiz and her co-worker Brian Cullinan were embroiled in one of the biggest gaffes of The Academy Awards’ history this weekeend. Brian Cullinan and Martha Ruiz, the two PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants involved in the major Best Picture mixup between “La La Land” and “Moonlight” at the 2017 Oscars, won’t be returning to the ceremony in the future. …

When you think of a volcano erupting, your first thought is probably more “run for your life” than “good for life.” But according to a new study by Cornell University astronomers, planets with heavy volcanic activity might offer bastions for life throughout the cosmos, even if those worlds orbit outside the habitable zones of their stars. The further a planet …

A new research tracking wild African elephants revealed that they sleep an average of just two hours each day, less than any other mammal we know of. Fieldwork by Paul Manger and colleagues from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, found that adult female African elephants sleep just two hours a day – the shortest known sleep period of …

An “extraordinary” effort by the new U.S. administration prevented former CIA officer Sabrina de Sousa from being the first ever extradited for an alleged CIA misdeed, according to her spokesman. Sabrina de Sousa was found guilty of unlawfully kidnapping imam Abu Omar in Milan. The Italian president took one year off her sentence in light of the fact that the …

A new record high temperature for Antarctica was set on March 24, 2015, and just recently confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed Argentina’s Esperanza base recorded a record-high of 63.5 degrees Fahrenheit on March 24, 2015, beating out the previous record-high of 59 at Vanda Station on Jan. 5, 1974. “Verification of maximum and …

The Trump administration is preparing to ignore any rulings by the WTO that it sees as an affront to U.S. sovereignty, the Financial Times reported, citing a report prepared by officials. The United States is preparing to depart from its policy of following WTO guidelines, as the leaked report, initially cited by the Financial Times, says that from now on …