Synchron’s Stendrode is a small brain implant designed to enable patients to control digital devices using their thoughts. A brain computer interface (BCI) has been implanted in a human patient for the first time in the U.S. to help patients with severe paralysis. It comes from a company called Synchron and the procedure was done…
It is believed the gunman is still at large with police declaring a PSPA. Source: Shutterstock. Queensland Police are reporting that multiple people have been shot on a rural property near Collinsville in the Whitsunday Region. Police have made an emergency declaration under the Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA) at 11:30 am with boundaries encompassing…
The game was suspended immediately after the incident. Source: Sunday League Footy, Twitter. A player from a regional football team in Argentina has been arrested after punching a referee in the back of the head after he was awarded a foul. 34-year-old Cristian Tirone was arrested after he ran up behind 30-year-old Dalma Cortadi and…
Kansas is the first state to vote on abortion rights since the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in June. Source: Douglas Co. Dems, Twitter. Voters in Kansas soundly rejected a state constitutional amendment which would have declared there is no right to abortions. The results saw 59% voted no to removing protections of…
The incident is alleged to have happened outside LaSalle Catholic College. Source: LaSalle Catholic College, Twitter. Update – 04/08/2022- Police now say that five more teenage boys are wanted over the stabbing of a 15-year-old outside LaSalle Catholic College. It’s now been confirmed by Superintendent Adam Johnson that two boys had a disagreement over a…
The support of the Greens came despite Bandt saying he is “bitterly disappointed” over the government not banning new coal and gas projects. Source: Adam Bandt, Facebook. The Greens will support Labor’s climate change bill that legislates a 43 per cent emissions reduction target by 2030. Greens leader Adam Bandt said the party will give…
“It is also an offence to smoke at public transport waiting points (bus stop, taxi rank, limousine rank, ferry terminal or transit terminal) and within a five metre buffer zone beyond the waiting point, whether such facilities are located on major sports facility land or on other land such as a public footpath,” according to…
Nancy Pelosi has long been a vocal critic of Chinese leadership and alleged human rights violations. Source: Wikimedia Commons. The arrival of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan has prompted an angry reaction from China. Nancy Pelosi and her delegation landed at Songshan Airport in downtown Taipei and were greeted by Taiwan’s…
Jarlsberg is a mild cheese made from cow’s milk, with large, regular eyes, originating from Jarlsberg, Norway. Source: Shutterstock. New research has suggested that daily consumption of Jarlsberg cheese could be beneficial in warding off osteoporosis. Results from a clinical trial published in BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health say that eating a small amount of…
Security guards were notified of his presence when he set off several alarms and was seen on CCTV. Source: Wikimedia Commons. The 20-year-old was charged under the Treason act after he entered the grounds of Windsor Castle while the Queen was having breakfast on Christmas Day last year. Jaswant Singh Chail from Southampton was charged…