Golfer Dustin Johnson has announced he’s taking a leave of absence, effective immediately, from the PGA tour to deal with “personal challenges I have faced.” Here’s his full statement: “I am taking a leave of absence from professional golf, effective immediately. I will use this time to seek professional help for personal challenges I have faced. By committing the time …
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Kim Kardashian wears teeny bikini, totes North West (Photo)
While Kanye West clocks in the hours at the studio, Kim Kardashian takes off with baby North West to frolic in the sands. The reality TV star took to her Instagram account and shared with nearly 17 million fans and followers #TBT pics of her donning a string bikini. While playing with her one-year-old at the beach, Kim shows off …
Read More »Christina Aguilera poses nude for V Magazine (Photo)
She’s on her way to having her second child and Christina Aguilera is all about showing off her growing baby bump. In a new photo shoot for V magazine, the “Ain’t No Other Man” singer poses in her birthday suit, barely covering up her naughty parts.
Read More »B.C. First Nation chief paid nearly $1M last year, Report
The chief of the Coquitlam First Nation whose $914,000 remuneration has sparked outrage says most of it is a bonus for bringing economic development to his people, including an $8-million partnership with the Evergreen Line rapid transit system.
Read More »US : Large increase in West Nile mosquitoes
The number of mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus in east Fort Collins increased dramatically this week, county health officials said.
Read More »Researchers map evolution of dinosaurs to birds
Massive meat-eating ground-dwelling dinosaurs shrunk over 50 million years and evolved into agile flying birds, according to new research from the University of Southampton. Scientists there have presented in the journal Science a detailed family tree of dinosaurs and their bird descendants, which maps out the evolutionary transformation.
Read More »Giant shark fossil was in museum’s storage (Photo)
The fossilized remains of a crow shark that is believed to be 80 to 90 million years old has the experts talking at a Manitoba fossil museum, 39 years after it was unearthed at a mine site. The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre in Morden, Man., had the Squalicorax remains in its collection room since 1975, but it wasn’t until this …
Read More »Blackberry Introduces BBM For Windows Phone, Report
BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is now fully available to Windows Phone users following a period of beta testing as the company looks to boost its presence in the mobile market.
Read More »Velella Velella : Mysterious Jelly Creatures Wash Onto Californian Beaches
Small blue sails the size of an adult’s hand are covering the pure waters of California’s Monterey Bay as thousands of velella velellas are blown from the ocean to the shore.
Read More »Researchers find binary star system with misaligned protoplanetary discs
Unlike our own lone Sun, most solar systems contain a pair of binary stars; scientists recently observed a pair of “wildly-misaligned” planet-forming disks in a young binary system called HK Tau. The findings, published today in the journal Nature, were made using the Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the National Radio Astronomy Observatory reported. The results reveal the clearest-ever picture of protoplanetary …
Read More »US : Florida preserve brings wolves, people together
Owners of Seacrest Wolf Preserve in northern Florida have been raising their wolves to become accustomed to humans – and for a $25 fee, visitors can mingle with a pack. Cynthia and Wayne Watkins’ preserve is billed as the largest such facility in the Southeast. It lets wolves become ambassadors for their species, they say, and helps people become advocates …
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