Sims 5 Rumors Point to VR Features and 2019 Release
As one of the most popular game franchises in the world, The Sims has a lot of eyes keeping track of any news or plausible rumors. Sims 4 came out in 2014, which is just long enough ago for the…
Raw Water Turns Out To Be a Scam In More Ways than One
When the newest health craze hit the Silicon Valley health nuts, scientists vigorously shook their heads. We’re of course talking about the new “raw water” fad, claiming that unfiltered, untreated, “unsterilized” water brings many health benefits, whereas normal, treated tap…
All-Butter Kirkland Signature Croissants Recalled Due to Possible Plastic Contamination
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency warned consumers in the Barrie, London, Newmarket and west Toronto to throw out any Kirkland Signature brand all-butter croissants they might have purchased from Costco. The recalled products may contain traces of plastic, and should…
University of Regina, Canada, Conducts First of Its Kind “Institutional Betrayal” Study
Western culture is very reliant on individuals’ trust in institutions, particularly when it comes to hospitals. We are so used to thinking of doctors as infallible, that each time evidence to the contrary is revealed, reactions can get extreme in…
Winners’ Weekend in US Lottery – Two Jackpots in Two Days!
Han Solo may never want to know the odds, and he might very well be right about that. Because it’s really hard to even calculate the odds of two winning jack-pots being drawn in just one weekend. One came Friday,…
Surprise Eruption from Dormant Volcano in Papua New Guinea Forces Mass Evacuation
Sometimes humanity gets reminded in the most shocking way of how little predictive power and knowledge we actually have on the workings of the Earth on a geological level. Today offered one such reminder, as a volcano on the Kadovar…
Sydney Scorched by Highest Temperatures Recorded in 80 Years
While much of the US is in deep freeze, Sydney is smouldering under its most severe heat wave in 80 years. In fact, meteorologists thought they had the highest temperatures ever recorded, until coming across data from a now-closed weather…
Scientists Make Breakthrough Towards Non-Addictive Painkillers
Researchers at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill have succeeded in mapping the way an opioid receptor in the brain binds to a molecule similar to morphine. The receptor protein, known as the kappa opioid receptor, is one…
Woman Turns 104, Thanks Diet Coke. Scientists Emphatically Disagree
Theresa Rowley turned 104 on New Year’s Day 2018. She’s as surprised as anyone by her unusual longevity, but unlike most everyone else, she thinks she found the explanation. For the past 36 years, she has been drinking at least…
Hot Air Balloon Crash Near Luxor Kills One Tourist, Injures Several Others
A hot air balloon carrying twenty tourists on a sky-high ride over the ancient city of Luxor, Egypt, crashed today, after being blown off course and into the nearby mountains by powerful winds. One South African tourist died during the…
Items Abandoned at Festival Campsite Repurposed for the Homeless
One organization is making the most of people’s wanton disregard for the environment, by gathering things left behind at a South Wales festival site, and giving them to homeless people in dire need. Hawkesbury’s Helping Hands spent New Year’s Day…
Flu Claims 3 Lives in Dallas County This Week, 9 In Total So Far This Season
After recent news of flu cases spiking to alarming levels in California, Dallas County is also reporting significant numbers of sufferers in this year’s flu season. Three people, aged 37, 69 and 78, have perished because of influenza this week,…
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Makes It Crystal Clear that Marijuana is Federally Illegal
In a one-page memo issued Thursday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rolled back long-standing Obama-era guidelines concerning the way Federal prosecutors should approach cases related to marijuana consumption and sale. The conflict between state and federal law has been a hot…
It’s Raining Iguanas in Florida. And They’re Probably Alive!
No, it’s not the plot of some schlocky horror movie from the ’70s. In fact, this is a phenomenon already well known by residents of Miami and surrounding areas, and it happens mostly when a cold spell hits the region.…
Ancient DNA Traces Genetic History of All Native Americans to One Founding Population
DNA samples found in the remains of a child found in Alaska suggest that during the last ice age, there was a population of humans called Beringians. These ancient ancestors were the first to populate and cross the Beringia land…