Talking in your sleep might be annoying, but listening may yet prove useful. Researchers have shown that sleeping brains not only recognise words, but can also categorise them and respond in a previously defined way. This could one day help us learn more efficiently.
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New iPhone preorders : How to buy the new smartphones
The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will be available for pre-order starting at 3 a.m. Sept. 12. If you want the latest and greatest from Apple in your hands on Day One and don’t want to wait in line, set an alarm clock and try to get in your online order before everyone else.
Read More »TJ Lane captured : Ohio high school shooter caught after prison escape
T.J. Lane, a remorseless killer who escaped from an Ohio prison where he was serving three life sentences for a school shooting, has been captured.
Read More »100-foot bratwurst cooked without breaking
A 100-foot-long bratwurst was successfully grilled by a team of about 50 volunteers in Illinois without the sausage breaking or burning, organizers said.
Read More »Researchers capture the sound of an atom
Scientists at Chalmers University of Technology have opened a new door into the quantum world by ‘talking and listening’ to an atom.
Read More »Haley Joel Osment sports surprising new look (Photo)
Haley Joel Osment has certainly come a long way since his starring turn in The Sixth Sense. The former child star, who shot to fame in the 1999 flick, looked almost completely unrecognisable during filming for his latest movie this week.
Read More »James Gandolfini shines in last role in The Drop (Video)
If The Drop were not James Gandolfini’s final film, we could appreciate it for what it is: a skillfully crafted, no-nonsense tale of small-time crooks scuffling along the puddled streets of Brooklyn. In his final film, James Gandolfini plays a guy whose name hangs above a grimy Brooklyn watering hole called Cousin Marv’s Bar. It’s a money-laundering front, but Marv …
Read More »Ebola case reported in Miami
An unidentified person suspected of having the deadly Ebola virus is being treated at a Miami-area hospital, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. The details of the case and the patient weren’t immediately known.
Read More »Cody Legebokoff : BC man convicted of four counts of murder
Cody Legebokoff has been found guilty of killing four women and a teenaged girl. After two days of deliberation, the jury found Legebokoff guilty of four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Jill Stuchenko, 35, Cynthia Maas, 35, Natasha Montgomery, 23, and 15-year-old Loren Leslie.
Read More »Six-year-old dies in Berens River : RCMP
A six-year-old boy is dead after going into respiratory distress at Berens River School on Wednesday. Foul play is not suspected, said RCMP.
Read More »Researchers ‘reset’ stem cells to study start of human development
British and Japanese scientists managed to “reset” human stem cells to their earliest state, opening up a new area of research into the start of human development and potentially life-saving regenerative medicines.
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