A newly discovered alien planet may be one of the top contenders to support life beyond Earth, researchers say. The newfound world, a “super Earth” called Gliese 163c, lies at the edge of its star’s habitable zone – that just-right range of distances where liquid water could exist. “There are a wide range of structures and […]
Possibly the most lavish wedding the world has ever seen happened Friday, in Brunei, where the Sultan’s daughter Hajah Hafizah Sururul Bolkiah, 32, married a 29-year-old civil servant. The ongoing week-long celebration is estimated to involve 2,000 guests and will end this Sunday night when the newlyweds are presented at court. The ceremony itself, according […]
The burden, finally, is fully and entirely on Floyd Mayweather Jr. to make a fight with Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao agreed Thursday during appearances on two separate television shows on ESPN to give Mayweather a 55-45 advantage on a financial split should they fight, as the public has been demanding since late 2009. A match between […]
The timber trade and the growing demand for more transparent supply chains came under the spotlight at a workshop led by TRAFFIC and Reforestamos México at the IUCN last week. The workshop on International and national legal frameworks for logging and timber trade: In support of forest ecosystem resilience and legal prohibition of illegal timber in […]
A British team of pediatric specialists is being deployed to Afghanistan to attend to a female gunner who unexpectedly gave birth in an Afghan outpost that was the scene of a bitter battle just days ago. The soldier reportedly didn’t realize she was pregnant until she developed stomach pains two days ago. The baby was born five […]
A 66-year-old retired corporate lawyer in Florida jumped on top of a 7-foot alligator all in an attempt to save his “best friend,” a small terrier dog named Bounce. “I just knew that my best friend was going to be dead,” Steve Gustafson told the Orlando Sentinel. “And I took off.” The grandfather was hanging out […]
Guy Yocom and his group of anglers had seen a few large tuna leaping among dolphins, but did not know how large they were until Yocom hooked and landed one Tuesday off Cabo San Lucas. The behemoth weighed 421 pounds on one certified scale, and 427.5 pounds on another, and both tallies shatter the world […]
Sony Corp. is introducing a smaller, slimmer and lighter version of its PlayStation 3 home console ahead of the year-end holidays as it gears up for growing competition in games from smartphones. The announcement Wednesday from the Japanese electronics andentertainment company comes a day ahead of the annual Tokyo Game Show, where game makers show their wares. But the […]
A Harvard historian has identified a faded, fourth-century scrap of papyrus she calls “The Gospel of Jesus’s Wife.” One line of the torn fragment of text purportedly reads: “Jesus said to them, ‘My wife …'” The following line states, “she will be able to be my disciple.” The finding was announced to the public today […]
The daughter of the late actor Dennis Hopper has left her 9 year-old-daughter millions while leaving his wife with nothing. Galen Grier Hopper has inherited a trust fund of $2.25 million cash and $600,000 worth of property from the “Easy Rider” actor’s estate, TMZ reports citing legal documents. The millions are a fraction of Hopper’s […]
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