Elephants are estimated to have only a five percent cancer mortality rate compared to 25 percent for humans. More light has been shed on why elephants experience such low rates of cancer, that could one day be used to help human treatments. The research from an international team of scientists published in Molecular Biology and…
According to Tass News Agency it’s the first time in the history of the Russian justice system that anybody has been fined for systemically failing to remove information. The tech company has been fined 21 billion Rubles with a Russian court ruling that they failed to take down illegal content from YouTube. It was found…
A Columbia Engineering team built a robot that created a kinematic model of itself and can plan motion, reach goals and avoid obstacles in various situations. Source: Shutterstock. For the first time, a robot has been created that can learn a model of its entire body from scratch without any human help. In a new…
Ukraine’s President said in a Telegram post that the two top officials were fired after members of their agencies were found to be collaborating with Russia. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired Ukraine’s head of security and top prosecutor, saying many of their employees were collaborating with Russia. Orders dismissing the head of state…
JLo has now legally changed her name to Jennifer Lynn Affleck. Source: On The JLo. The pair tied the knot in Las Vegas over the weekend after rumours swirled yesterday that they had obtained a marriage licence. Lopez made the announcement in her newsletter On the JLo, giving subscribers details of the intimate ceremony which…
The lawsuit is seeking class-action status and contends that Mars has long known about risks associated with titanium dioxide but continues to use it in their candy. Source; Wikimedia Commons. A lawsuit against Mars Inc. alleges that Skittles contain a known toxin called titanium dioxide that renders them unsafe for consumption. In a lawsuit filed…
“The rising popularity of e-scooters is a clear sign they aren’t going to disappear. We know that people are going to keep using them so the key is making sure that shared spaces like footpaths and bike-lanes are as safe as they can be,” said Transport Minister Mark Bailey. A teenage boy has died in…
Ivana married her first husband Alfred Winklmayr for Austrian Citizenship and to leave the then soviet Czech Republic. Source: Shutterstock. Updated- 18/07/22 The Chief Medical Examiner of New York has revealed that Ivana Trump died from blunt injuries to her torso. It was previously thought she died from a heart attack but authorities have now…
The beach near Augusta where the discovery was made. Source: Curtin University. Curtin University researchers have utilized laser technology to make a discovery that could “help explain the planet’s evolution”. According to the Western Australian university, they fired “lasers finer than human hair” at small minerals from a sand sample that was taken from a…
While NZ was the second worst place in the world for expats, Kuwait was the worst. According to the annual Expat Insider report, New Zealand is one of the worst places to move because of low wages and a high cost of living. Over 75 per cent of expats say that they’re unhappy with the…