World sacred forests mapped out
By David A Gabel, ENN A team of scientists from the University of Oxford are working on a world map which shows all the land owned or revered by various world religions. This “holy map” will display all the sacred sites from Jerusalem’s Western Wall, to Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, to St. Peter’s Basilica in […]
Half of European men are descendants of mummy
By Alice Baghdjian, Reuters LONDON — Up to 70 per cent of British men and half of all Western European men are related to the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, geneticists in Switzerland said. Scientists at Zurich-based DNA genealogy centre, iGENEA, reconstructed the DNA profile of the boy Pharaoh, who ascended the throne at the age of […]
Turns out, there is water in outer space after all
By Roger Greenway, ENN Did you think that the Earth was unique in having vast amounts of water? Not that much fresh water, or pure water, but lots of water nonetheless. Water is formed when two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom get together, so in theory, there could be lots of water in outer […]
Smart meters: Privacy, security of information now under review
A message from BC Hydro’s Greg Reimer: The BC Information and Privacy Commissioner has announced a review of the security and privacy of customer data collection through the smart meter program. As we take the responsibility of protecting the privacy and security of personal information very seriously, we’ve made it a top priority of the […]
Making history: first all-electric car hits market in Canada
Today Nissan Canada made history when it delivered the first all-electric Nissan LEAF in Canada, signaling the arrival of sustainable mobility to the Canadian mass market. PowerStream, the second largest municipally-owned electricity distribution company in Ontario, received keys to its two white Nissan LEAFs MY11, at an event at its head office in Vaughan, Ontario. […]
Six dead in shooting at Texas roller skating rink
Six people have died after a shooting at a roller skating rink in Grand Prairie, Texas. The shooting happened at a children’s birthday party on Saturday at around 7:10pm after a domestic dispute. The gunman is among the dead after a self inflicted gunshot. Four other people were injured in the shooting. John Brimmer, a […]
Six dead in shooting at Texas roller skating rink
Six people have died after a shooting at a roller skating rink in Grand Prairie, Texas. The shooting happened at a children’s birthday party on Saturday at around 7:10pm after a domestic dispute. The gunman is among the dead after a self inflicted gunshot. Four other people were injured in the shooting. John Brimmer, a […]
The world at seven billion: Can we stop growing now?
By Robert Engelman, Worldwatch Institute Demographers aren’t known for their sense of humor, but the ones who work for the United Nations recently announced that the world’s human population will hit seven billion on Halloween this year. Since censuses and other surveys can scarcely justify such a precise calculation, it’s tempting to imagine that the […]
Behold, the floating ice island
By Kieran Mulvaney, Discovery News The trawler’s crew could scarcely believe their eyes. They had seen icebergs before as they fished off the coast of Labrador, but never anything quite like this, what was described as “a dazzling white ice island five kilometres long and alive with mountains, valleys, brooks, waterfalls, ponds and seals.” A […]
The most efficient energy star
By Andy Soos, ENN Energy Star is an international standard for energy efficient consumer products originated in the United States of America. It was first created as a United States government program during the early 1990s, but Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Taiwan and the European Union have also adopted the program. Devices carrying the […]
