The Colorado Department of Transportation says it will take until at least Thursday to make rock slide damaged I-70 safe to drive on through Glenwood Canyon. The rockslide occurred in Glenwood Canyon at mile marker 124.2, directly west of Hanging Lake Tunnel and eight miles east of Glenwood Springs. The Colorado Department of Transportation said it flagged traffic through the …
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Isle of Wight: Triceratops obstructs traffic on United Kingdom street “Photo”
ISLE OF WIGHT — Here’s something you don’t see every day: A triceratops blocking traffic. The 25ft triceratops was found in High Street, Godshill, Isle of Wight, in the early hours of Saturday. A local resident posted an image of the triceratops after he stumbled upon it during his drive home from work in the early hours of 13 February.
Read More »Cancer Treatment: Vaccine using patient’s own cells could stop disease returning “Report”
Vaccine-like treatments could one day be used to prevent people from developing cancer, new study has found. Researchers identified and tracked rare immune system cells that could be programmed to keep cancer at bay over a period of many years. The “stem memory” T-cells would keep patrolling the body looking out for enemy tumour cells. When any are encountered, they …
Read More »Vanity singer dies in hospital aged 57 after “years of ill health”
Vanity, the lead singer of Vanity 6 and Prince protégé, whose real name was Denise Katrina Matthews, has died. She was 57. Denise Matthews passed away in a hospital in Fremont, California on Monday. Following a lengthy battle with drug addiction which led to near-fatal renal failure in the 1990s, Matthews abandoned her entertainment career and became an evangelical Christian.
Read More »PlayStation VR To Release This Fall, says GameStop CEO Paul Raines
GameStop’s CEO Paul Raines has said that the company is gearing up to launch Sony’s virtual reality headset PlayStation VR in the autumn. Fox News had a chance to talk with Paul Raines who is the current CEO of Gamestop. Raines was talking about how VR is going to change the video game business and he gave an indication on …
Read More »Justin Bieber: Pop star wins his first ever Grammy Award
The Weeknd and Justin Bieber both marked milestone nights at the 58th Grammy Awards, where they picked up their first career Grammy trophies, nailed their first career Grammy performances, and mutually celebrated years-in-the-making career reinventions. Justin Bieber took home the best dance recording trophy as part of a collaboration with Skrillex and Diplo on the song “Where Are U Now.”
Read More »Jennifer Lawrence donates $2 million to Kosair Children’s Hospital
Jennifer Lawrence is donating $2 million to Kosair Children’s Hospital. In addition, she is challenging the community to step up and raise an additional $2 million. “As part of my effort to help these children and caregivers, I challenge the entire community to get behind this cause and help match my gift by raising an additional $2m to support all …
Read More »Amazon Echo starts talking to your thermostat, Report
If you have an Amazon Echo and an Ecobee 3 connected thermostat, starting today you can yell things like “98 degrees” without getting a crappy ’90s boyband as a response. The $249 Ecobee 3 is the first thermostat that works directly with the Echo, allowing you to set specific temperatures or just turn up the heat with simple voice commands.
Read More »Police find $900 million in meth hidden in bra inserts
Police in Sydney say they have seized methamphetamine with a street value of more than A$1bn, much of it hidden inside gel bra inserts. In a statement, police said 4 Hong Kong passport holders were arrested in Sydney last month over the import from China of 720 liters (190 gallons) of the drug, commonly known in Australia as “ice”.
Read More »University of Calgary research links junk food to overeating
Just one day of gorging on junk food could derail your best-laid diet plans for up to a week, according to a new research from the University of Calgary. A recent research using mice, conducted by the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the U of C, has discovered that a high-fat, sweetened diet can rapidly rewire the reward circuits in the …
Read More »IVF drug funding could be reduced in Quebec, Health Minister Gaétan Barrette says
Quebec could reduce funding for medications used in fertility treatments next month, four months after it ended publicly funded fertilization procedures, Health Minister Gaétan Barrette says. Health Minister says it’s possible the drugs won’t be reimbursed directly any longer under the provincial drug plan, with the cost of the medication possibly being folded into a tax credit. That’s what the …
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