United Kingdom – Weather experts have said that the freezing, snowy conditions are likely to remain until after the weekend. Many parts of Europe are suffering from blizzard conditions and heavy snowfall that even just getting about has been made a difficult task. England is continuing to suffer what has spread across almost the entire [...]
Saturn, Outer Space – Recent research has shed new light on where Saturn’s rings may have actually come from, changing what has been the preferred notion among stargazers. The most likely scenario now believed is that it was caused due to the destruction of an unnamed moon, which belonged to the planet almost 4.5bn years [...]
United Kingdom – According to the Met Office Hadley Center in the UK, the proof of a man-made warming of the planet has been revealed after substantial data has been received and studied by Oceans expert Matt Palmer from the Met Office and other scientist from across the globe. “It is clear from the observational [...]
Originally launched in 2005, Deep Impact, a spacecraft by NASA, can still be used after five years of tracking down two comets. On November 4, this explorer cruised near Comet Hartley 2. It went as near as 435 miles (700km) from the comet and has captured thousands of photos of the icy comet. The pictures [...]
World – Rising levels of acidity in the world’s oceans due to global warming and climate change seem to have no adverse effect on Sea urchins and they are in fact able to successfully able to adapt to the change. The particular type of creature also known as Echinoderms have been tested in waters that [...]
New York, US – A federal jury has awarded a man $18.5 million for being wrongly imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, after spending just over two decades in jail. The 49-year-old, Alan Newton, has been battling the courts since 2006 when he was released and cleared due to DNA evidence in his [...]
Florida, US – According to the latest research, which had studied several tooth marks that had been found on the bones of these notorious beasts, the T-Rex also feasted on its own kind. The fierce hunter that terrorised the land in the Jurassic period approximately 66 million years ago ate any kind of meat which [...]
University of Ontario, Canada – The latest research performed by doctors at the Canadian University have revealed how people who were born entirely deaf should be able to enhance their vision by their brain naturally using a different region of the complex organ. The auditory cortex, which is known to manage the peripheral hearing, is [...]
Washington, US – A man in his fifties from Bellevue, Washington has explained exactly how he cheated death following being savagely mauled by a female bear whilst he was out strolling with his pet dogs at his family holiday home in Lake Wenatchee. Mr Chelminiac had to reluctantly fight the animal to avoid being harmed [...]
Outer Solar System, Space – A planet has been discovered just beyond our solar system by astronomers in Hawaii, and it is believed that it could sustain or even harbour life. The new discovery is approximately three times the size of our planet and is in orbit of a dying star, the red dwarf star [...]
London, UK – According to the latest study by a team of researchers at the UK’s Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, London, almost 20 percent of the world’s plant population are in danger of extinction. The worrying facts have been recorded for the 380,000 species that are at threat in the ‘Sampled Red List Index [...]
UK – A recent book has brought to light what really happened that caused the Ocean liner Titanic to sink to the bottom of the ocean after it struck an iceberg. The author of the book, Louise Patten has revealed how her grandfather, Charles Lightoller, was the second officer on the white star line vessel [...]
Pitching legend Roger Clemens vows to clear his name following a federal grand jury’s indictment. The indictment alleges that Clemens lied to Congress about his steroid use. This latest development is yet another setback to baseball’s image, already at an all-time low with the revelations of widespread use of performance enhancing drugs by current and [...]
Following a less than ideal performance against Lithuania on Saturday night, the USA FIBA team led by Kevin Durant came out strong on Sunday, battling it out with a more than equal adversary in Spain. The US team did not look at all the dominant team that many expect them to be; however, this may [...]
“The Switch” is brought to you by Will Speck and Josh Gordon of Blades of Glory fame, and if you enter the theater expecting something profoundly enlightening or satisfyingly funny, prepare to be disappointed. This is a movie touted as a romantic comedy, as are all of Aniston’s movies, but it turns out that the [...]
Geneva, that Swiss city by the lake is renowned for its luxury and opulence, which sometimes translates to a splurge for would-be visitors. The city is teeming with Investment Bankers, diplomats of all sorts and finely engineered timepieces that fetch quite a few Euros. Given that, bargains are not abundant, but you do get what [...]
As the United States finished up an uninspired game against Lithuania, winning 77-61, thoughts shift to their upcoming opponent and most likely biggest challenge, Spain. The Spanish are the defending FIBA world champions, winning the honor in 2006 by dispatching the Greeks in a lopsided basketball win. In the semis, the United States was easily [...]
The Labor Department stated that initial claims for unemployment insurance increased last week to an adjusted half a million people. The last time the figures were this high was back in November 2009. Jobless claims shot up 12,000, to 500,000, relative to the previous week. Analysts had been expecting the seasonally adjusted claims to drop, [...]
Internal documents related to BP’s $20 Billion oil spill compensation fund are beginning to paint a clear picture as to how the payouts will be structured. The documents include e-mails, protocols, claims forms and legal notes; collectively, they also reveal that the fund emphasizes geographic proximity as a prominent factor in determining eligibility. Fishermen, including [...]
Mr. Dean’s over-the-top mansion, one of the biggest homes in Atlanta, finally sold on Friday. Hundreds of people attended the estate sale, which featured everything from cheap knick-knacks to a $60,000 dolphin fountain. The mahogany double front doors, a Chicago Cotton Exchange fixture, was hard to miss. Mr. Dean had no regrets with the sale, [...]
England Set To Expect More Heavy Snow As Europe Suffers Big Freeze
Mystery Of How Saturn’s Rings May Have Formed Revealed
Man-Made Warming Evidence Increases Say Scientists
Comet-Hunting Spacecraft Deep Impact Continues to Provide Value
Sea Urchins Tolerate Acid Oceans
Man Awarded $18.5 Million For 22 Years For False Imprisonment
