Scientist Oliver Bendel has warned an audience at the Second International Congress on Love and Sex with Robots (sadly that is a thing), that it’s because they’ll never tire. If issues of robot ethics aren’t addressed before these sentient Fleshlights hit the market, they could either screw us to the point of physical exhaustion, or be so much better at ... Read More »
A truck plowed through a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany, on Monday, killing at least nine and injuring dozens of people, Berlin police said. Around 50 others were injured, including four seriously, and the suspected driver has been arrested, possibly close to the city zoo. A passenger reportedly died in the crash which happened at the popular market outside the ... Read More »
Astronomers studied the star, known as HIP68468, as part of a project to discover planets that orbit solar twins. An international team of researchers has discovered a planetary system with a host star similar to Earth’s sun, which could tell the history and connections between stars and their planets. The star, named HIP68468, is a twin star to the sun ... Read More »
Zsa Zsa Gabor — the woman who probably inspired the term “famous for being famous” — died on Sunday, according to multiple media outlets. She was 99 years old, just two months shy of her 100th birthday. “We tried everything, but her heart just stopped and that was it,” said husband Frederic von Anhalt. “Even the ambulance tried very hard ... Read More »
Leah Remini says Tom Cruise thinks she’s “literally the devil” for leaving Scientology, the actress said in an interview on “Larry King Now” on Friday. When asked hypothetically what the Jack Reacher: Never Go Back star might say to Remini now if given the chance, the actress responded that he wouldn’t dare speak to her because of the church’s striking ... Read More »
A pointy-nosed blue chimaera, also known as a “ghost shark,” is believed to have been filmed alive for the first time. Scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute repeatedly captured footage of numerous species while on dives up to 6,700 feet (2,042 meters) below the sea off the coast of southern California, central California and the Hawaiian islands, in ... Read More »
The 13-year-old Havanese Cuban sheep dog Daisy was reunited with her tearful owner Terra McCabe at the Winnipeg Richardson International Airport Friday afternoon, more than three years after she went from her family West End Vancouver home. Daisy’s owner says the dog was stolen while tied up outside a grocery store in Vancouver’s West End in September of 2013 – ... Read More »
New study conducted by researchers at the University of York and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona reveals for the first time that Europe’s earliest humans did not use fire for cooking, but had a balanced diet of meat and plants – all eaten raw. Studying dental plaque from a 1.2 million year old hominin (early human species), recovered by the ... Read More »
Princeton’s men’s swimming and diving team has been suspended from competition for the duration of the 2016-17 season, effective immediately, according to a Princeton University press release. Athletic Director Mollie Marcoux Samaan ’91 announced the suspension Dec. 15. According to a University release, a complaint made earlier this week alerted administrators to content that was “misogynistic and racist in nature,” ... Read More »
Montreal police launch raids against illegal marijuana stores opened on Thursday. Dozens of officers raided the stores at supper hour, arresting 10 people and confiscating an undisclosed amount of cash and equipment relating to the sale of marijuana. Local television outlets broadcast images of police taking away Marc Emery outside one of his stores in the city’s Plateau neighbourhood. As ... Read More »
Canadians plan to spend less than last year this holiday season, yet more than half expect to go over budget. According to a new CIBC poll, Canadians will spend, on average, $567 during their holiday shopping, compared to $652 last year. “The danger comes from what’s not wrapped — the entertaining, travelling, or even tempting Boxing Day sales and New ... Read More »
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