EEarth’s creatures are on the brink of a sixth mass extinction, comparable to the one that wiped out the dinosaurs. That’s the conclusion of a new study, which calculates that three-quarters of today’s animal species could vanish within 300 years. “This is really gloom-and-doom stuff,” says the study’s lead author, paleobiologist Anthony Barnosky of the [...]
The tiny island nation of Malta is rallying behind a stray dog that defied the odds and miraculously survived a horrible act of animal cruelty at the hands of an unknown assailant. Officers investigating an unrelated case near the city of Birzebbuga last week heard faint whispers from under a plank with a tree stump [...]
BEIJING – A Chinese zoo official says two rare cubs born to a male lion and a female tiger are being nursed by a dog after they were abandoned by their mother. Cong Wen of Xixiakou Wildlife Zoo in eastern China says four cubs called ligers were born to the lion and tiger earlier this [...]
FAMED theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking finds no room for heaven in his vision of the cosmos. In an interview published today in The Guardian newspaper, the 69-year-old says the human brain is a like a computer that will stop working when its components fail. He says: “There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; [...]
Last year Andrew Linn, of Nevada, crashed his car into a fence and was struck in the mouth by a metal pole that went right through the back of his neck. Surprisingly, he’s alive to talk about it. Linn doesn’t remember much of anything about the crash. The accident happened on November 29. “You can [...]
(Reuters) – Unbelievable as it may sound, not all young men want more sex. According to a survey of Australian men, 12 percent between the ages of 16 and 24 said they wanted less sex — the highest proportion of any age group. “Although it’s a minority, it’s still interesting that it’s more of them [...]
LA MESA, Calif. — A 91-year-old East County grandmother is getting national attention for making suicide kits. The woman, who we’re calling ‘Charlotte,’ started making the kits after watching her husband die a slow, painful death from colon cancer. “I’m doing what I can to improve the world,” she told 10News. “There’s a lot of [...]
A Chinese couple raised a few eyebrows when they attempted to stage their own version of the royal wedding. Groom Wang Lu and his bride Yi Lin wanted their wedding to be just like the forthcoming nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton. But they didn’t quite get everything right. They couldn’t find a Union [...]
Swearing after injury may be good for your health, new research suggests. Scientists from Keele University, in northern England, found that letting forth a volley of foul language can have a ‘pain-lessening effect’. To test the theory, students placed their hands in a bucket of ice cold water while swearing repeatedly. They then repeated the [...]
ERIE, Colo. (CBS4) – Formal charges may be filed this week against an Erie man suspected of planting a webcam in his neighbor’s home. Woman Describes Confrontation With Neighbor After Webcam Discovery Gordon Schumacher (credit: Erie Police) Gordon Schumacher, 35, faces charges of second degree burglary and unlawful sexual contact in the case. Nicole Bernard [...]
When Chidi Ogbuta renewed her wedding vows, it wasn’t so much getting spliced as getting sliced. The 35-year-old went that extra layer when it came to the cake – by ordering a life-size replica of herself. Mrs Ogbuta and husband Innocent , also 35, celebrated their ten years of married life with the 1.5m-tall (5ft) [...]
(Relaxnews) – A new survey conducted in the name of market research by daily deal company Eversave revealed some surprising and some not so surprising statistics about what women really think about their Facebook friends. The results of the survey, which was conducted among 400 women in the USA, were published on technology blog Mashable [...]