Microbes found stowed inside giant crystals in caves in Chihuahua, Mexico, may have survived there for tens of thousands of years. The extraordinary micro-organisms were found trapped in crystal in a volcanically heated Mexican cave system where temperatures reach 60C (140F). Some of them are believed to have been there for 60,000 years and were shut off from light or …

A newly unearthed essay by Winston Churchill reveals he was open to the possibility of life on other planets. The worldwide media was exercised over the surfacing of what was alleged to be an unpublished Churchill article, held by the National Churchill Museum in Fulton, Missouri, in which our author contemplates the possibility of extraterrestrial life. The Museum, which received …

His doctor called it a ‘miracle,’ but for Andy Sandness, a face transplant gave him his life back, 10 years after he’d tried to end it all. Andrew Sandness, 32, is from the small town of Newcastle. When he was 21-years old he was disfigured in a suicide attempt. After surviving a shot to the face, his recovery began with …

Actress Bijou Phillips, daughter of the late Rock and Roll Hall of Famer John Phillips, reportedly has been hospitalized in need of a kidney transplant. According to TMZ, the 36-year-old actress was rushed to a hospital in Santa Barbara, California, on Wednesday night due to a complication of her ongoing kidney disease. Phillips’ representatives revealed on Thursday that the actress …

Images of Kim Jong-nam’s final moments have emerged. According to the New Straits Times, one of Malaysia’s biggest newspapers, it is the final image of Kim Jong-Nam alive. The photograph on the front page appears to show the 45-year-old slumped in a chair inside Kuala Lumpur’s international airport, where he was attacked on Monday. He died on the way to …

A U of T Engineering innovation could make printing solar cells as easy and inexpensive as printing a newspaper. Dr. Hairen Tan and his team have cleared a critical manufacturing hurdle in the development of a relatively new class of solar devices called perovskite solar cells. This alternative solar technology could lead to low-cost, printable solar panels capable of turning …

There was a slight decrease in the number of illicit drug deaths in B.C. last month, though the issue remains a grave concern. The BC Coroners Service says illicit drug use accounted for 116 deaths in January, an average of more than seven deaths every two days – and still the third-highest number ever for a single month. The January …

BlackBerry may face a class-action lawsuit seeking more than $20 million in damages for allegedly misleading employees who accepted a transfer to Ford Motors as part of a strategic partnership. A notice of claim filed by local law firm Nelligan O’Brien Payne says Ottawa’s David Parker worked for BlackBerry for 14 years before being among more than 300 employees from …

Douglas Garland sentenced to 75 years in prison without parole for ‘meticulous’ triple murder. Justice David Gates sentenced the convicted triple-murderer to serve three 25-year sentences consecutively – meaning Garland would be 129 years old before being eligible to apply for parole. Garland was convicted of killing Alvin and Kathy Liknes and their five-year-old grandson, Nathan O’Brien in June of …

If those 30-second unskippable ads on YouTube have you down, then good news: they won’t be around for much longer. In an announcement today, Google said that it will stop showing unskippable 30-second ads before YouTube videos beginning next year. The advertising focus for YouTube will switch over to a 6-second unskippable “bumper ad” format in the coming year, which …

In 2015, the IAU organised the NameExoWorlds contest, which provided the first opportunity for the public to submit names for exoplanets and their stars. As a result, the names of 19 ExoWorlds (14 stars and 31 exoplanets orbiting them) were chosen by public vote, and accepted by the IAU. These names became the official designations of the exoplanets and stars. …