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TheScore Sports App to Start Covering eSports, Report

TheScore Sports App to Start Covering eSports, Report

In addition to live hockey and football scores, sports fans can now get similar updates for professional League of Legends video game tournaments, via a new mobile sports app from theScore. The shares climbed as much as 14 percent to 66 Canadian cents in Toronto, the highest intraday price since October 2012. TheScore, which has a market value of about …

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Researchers Find More DNA and Extra Copies of Disease Gene in Alzheimer’s Brain Cells

Researchers Find More DNA and Extra Copies of Disease Gene in Alzheimer's Brain Cells

Alzheimer’s patients have brains with significantly more genetic variation than normal brains, including extra copies of a gene linked to the disease, according to a study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute. “Our findings open a new window into the normal and diseased brain by providing the first evidence that DNA variation in individual neurons could be related …

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Kai Finds A Home : Dog Dumped At Railway Station Finds New Owner

Kai Finds A Home : Dog Dumped At Railway Station Finds New Owner

Kai the dog finds a new home after being abandoned at train station, Kai attracted worldwide attention after he was dumped at Ayr station last month, prompting offers from dog lovers around the globe to take him in. He was rescued by the Scottish SPCA, and the charity chose Ian Russell, 52, from a list of hundreds to give the …

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