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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created software that uses changes in radio signals to recognize human silhouettes through walls and track their movements. The device tracks a person’s movements and displays the signals on a screen. A red ball indicates the movements and shows what direction a person moves or whether someone just simply moves a chair …

Newborns who get prolonged skin-to-skin contact with mom while they’re in the hospital may have better survival odds, a new meta-analysis finds. The meta-analysis combined studies which examined the effect of kangaroo mother care (KMC) or skin-to-skin care, typically practiced with exclusive breastfeeding, on neonatal outcomes. The most dramatic reduction in mortality rates was for low birth weight or preterm …

A grand jury has decided not to indict anyone in the case of Sandra Bland, whose death in police custody raised questions of excessive force and the role of race. Sandra Bland was pulled over on 10 July by a Texas state trooper after allegedly making an improper lane change. Dash-cam footage showed the traffic stop quickly becoming confrontational and …

Kim Kardashian has apologised for Kimoji crashing the App Store. Kim Kardashian said that demand for her new emoji app, which unlocks tiny pictograms of the reality star, ran so high Monday that the Apple’s App Store struggled to handle the load.

A recall was issued on Friday for Dove-brand chocolate snowflakes that might be mixed in with Snickers, Milky Way or Twix pieces. The announcement states, this is a seasonal item only sold at one major retailer with stores across the U.S. The release states, the item is a purple 24 oz. bag clearly marked with DOVE® Chocolate Assortment Snowflakes branding …

Donald Trump is demanding an apology from Hillary Clinton for claiming that the Islamic State is using videos of his comments about Muslims to recruit fighters. Speaking on NBC’s “Today” show Monday morning, the billionaire businessman claimed that Clinton “always lies,” saying the former secretary of state would be a “disaster” as president.

For women with low-risk pregnancies, babies delivered at home with a midwife are at no greater risk of harm than those born in hospital with a midwife’s assistance, an Ontario study has found. The study, published by the CMAJ Monday, compared almost 11,500 planned home births and the same number of planned hospital births in Ontario over three years to …

Shane MacGowan has said he “dreaded” getting his teeth fixed despite having lost almost all of them, making it hard to sing and even eat. The Irish musician’s familiar toothless grin is gone for good, after McGowan – who co-wrote the band’s biggest ever hit, Christmas classic ‘A Fairytale of New York – underwent nine hours of reconstructive surgery on …

An Ottawa man will have a lot less cash for Christmas after being nailed for speeding and impaired driving on the weekend. Police say at approximately 2:40 a.m., a patrol officer stopped the vehicle – which was travelling 152 km/h in an 80 km/h zone.

Obama is neither a comedian nor, by most accounts, a car fanatic. But he’ll nonetheless make an appearance on Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” when the web series premieres later this month. In the episode, President Obama and Seinfeld drive a 1963 Corvette Stingray Split Window Coupe on the White House complex. The two reportedly talk it up …

Videos of “Stoner Sloth,” a cute but pathetic character who can’t handle life because of marijuana, are bringing in more laughs than self-reflection by cannabis advocates. When the New South Wales government decided to tackle marijuana use amongst teenagers with an ad campaign, legendary agency Saatchi & Saatchi came up with the concept of the ‘stoner sloth’ – dozy, confused …