London: Adventure can’t get better than this! We are talking about George Kourounis, a Canadian adenturer who ventured to go where no one ever would imagine- inside the Ambrum Volcano. This extreme feat of his has gone viral after he uploaded a video of it to YouTube last month. And not only that, he managed to take one of the coolest selfies ever as he dropped himself into the erupting […]
Paul Mukisa was born with eight limbs in Nabigingo, eastern Uganda He was referred to Mulago Hospital in the Ugandan capital of Kampala There, surgeons operated on the three month old for three hours He is now said to be recovering well and is breastfeeding once again A baby boy born with eight limbs is said to be recovering well after doctors removed his ‘parasitic twin’. Three-month old baby Paul […]
Long-term use of pills for anxiety and sleep problems may be linked to Alzheimer’s, research suggests. A study of older Canadian adults found that past benzodiazepine use for three months or more was linked to an increased risk (up to 51%) of dementia. NHS guidelines say the drugs should be used for eight to 12 weeks at most. The French-Canadian team says while the link is not definitive, it is […]
The federal government has quietly tightened the rules for travel on special and diplomatic Canadian passports. It comes after Prime Minister Stephen Harper ordered a review amid alleged misuse for travel and personal business. Additional changes could flow out of an ongoing review of who should be eligible for government-sanctioned travel documents. Diplomatic passports, easily identified by their distinctive red cover, are issued to high-ranking government officials, diplomats and representatives, […]
A surge in atmospheric CO2 saw levels of greenhouse gases reach record levels in 2013, according to new figures. Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere between 2012 and 2013 grew at their fastest rate since 1984. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says that it highlights the need for a global climate treaty. But the UK’s energy secretary Ed Davey said that any such agreement might not contain legally binding […]
The moment you enter home your fist thought is to get rid of your clothes and head to the shower. The thought of being naked with no layers of clothing on, relieves you, especially in the summer. Guess what? Stripping down to your birthday suit is actually helpful and full of health benefits. If being naked is a problem, then hop into minimalistic or loose clothing. Here’s why! Health Benefit […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold two days of meetings with President Barack Obama in his first visit to the US since being banned in 2005, US officials have confirmed. Mr Modi will visit the White House on 29-30 September. The two leaders are expected to discuss issues “to expand and deepen the US-India strategic partnership”. Mr Modi was denied a US visa in 2005 after religious riots in […]
n June, Sheila Sillery-Walsh, a British tourist visiting the historic island-prison of Alcatraz in San Francisco, claimed that she captured an image of a ghost in a picture she snapped on her iPhone. In the frame of what was otherwise supposed to be a picture of an empty prison cell was a blurry black and white image of a woman. The story, which was printed in the British tabloid the […]
Washington: A new study has observed that infants who sleep on animal fur in the first three months of life are less likely to suffer from asthma in later childhood. The study at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress in Munich suggested that microbial environment in animal skin and fur could have a protective effect against asthma and allergies. The researchers collected information on exposure to animal skin during […]
London: British theoretical physicist and Professor Stephen Hawking has recently warned that the “God” particle could destroy the universe. He says that the Higgs boson could cause a ”catastrophic vacuum decay” that undermines space-time and destroys the universe. He has unveiled this information in the introduction to a new book of scientist lectures called Starmus . He writes, “The Higgs potential has the worrisome feature that it might become metastable […]
