Supermassive black hole set a record for longest lunch ever
By Rob LeFebvre From engadget The feeding frenzy enriches our understanding of the universe. When a black hole eats a nearby star, the resulting X-rays typically fade within a year or so. That’s why astronomers are excited about a giant…
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Vacation Nightmare: Woman returns from Caribbean with this strange infection
From David Wolfe. Com Imagine a relaxing vacation to the Caribbean—beaches, sunshine, and…parasitic worms infecting your body?!? The unlikely grouping became a nightmarish reality for one 45-year-old Pennsylvania woman who, upon returning home from vacation, noticed a strange rash forming…
Nearby ‘super-Earth’ may be our best shot yet at finding alien life
By Jon Fingas From engadget LHS 1140b is in just the right orbit for atmospheric studies. Scientists are finding potentially life-bearing planets at a surprisingly high rate, but the latest may be more tantalizing than most. A research team has…
Scientists successfully grew fetal lambs inside ‘uterus-like’ bags
By Andrew Dalton, From engadget Doctors at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have developed a new artificial womb that could benefit the tens of thousands of critically preterm (younger than 26 weeks) births in the US each year. According to a…
This ram is so on trend with its fused ‘unicorn’ horns
BY SASHA LEKACH From Mashable Just when you thought we’d reached peak unicorn, a sheep in Iceland has been discovered masquerading as the real thing. A ram, born last spring to family farmers Erla Porey Olafsdottir and her husband, Bjarni…
Gadgets openrov PowerRay is an underwater drone for filmmakers or fishermen
By Lora Kolodny From TechCrunch The creator of the PowerEgg, an ovoid flying robot, has begun accepting orders for its newest creation, a submersible camera drone for home use. Dubbed the PowerRay, the waterproof device can find, attract and record…
new study reveals psychedelic drugs may actually heighten consciousness
By Rafi Letzter From Business Insider Many people who have used psychedelic drugs will tell you that the substances expanded their consciousness. That might sound like mystical garbage, but a new paper published in the journal Scientific Reports suggests it…
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Spiders coat entire field in glistening, terrifying ‘bum parachute’ webs
BY JOHNNY LIEU From Mashable If the sight of spiders freaks you out, well, just cast your eyes on this massive 30-metre (30 yard) cobweb that was found by Tracey Maris and her daughter on a field in Tauranga, New…
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Gay people not persecuted in Barbados, says attorney general
By Malissa Brathwaite From BGIS BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) — Persons who identify as gay in Barbados are not persecuted for their sexual orientation, attorney general, Adriel Brathwaite, made clear on Tuesday, while dispelling the notion that homosexuals and lesbians were…
Emergency Services Standby Landing for Cayman Airways plane
Unusual Odour Prompts Emergency Services Standby Landing for CAL On Thursday, April 13, 2017, Cayman Airways flight KX793 arriving at Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA) in Grand Cayman from New York, requested the airport emergency services to be on standby…
