Tag: World

  • Barbie Evolves

    Barbie Evolves

      With 4 body types, 7 skin tones, 22 eye colors, and 24 hairstyles, we proudly offer girls more choices than ever. Learn more at Barbie.com and share your favorite dolls. #TheDollEvolves Source: Mattel

  • Scott, Pacific Division win revamped All-Star Game

    Scott, Pacific Division win revamped All-Star Game

      NASHVILLE — John Scott‘s surreal, did-that-really-happen night might have been the most memorable part of the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game, but it wasn’t the only unpredictable storyline that played out at Bridgestone Arena on Sunday. The championship game between the Pacific Division and Atlantic Division All-Stars featured a level of intensity, of competition,…

  • Hybrid T8 LED Tube Plug and Play Lights: Are They the Best Fluorescent Replacements?

    Hybrid T8 LED Tube Plug and Play Lights: Are They the Best Fluorescent Replacements?

    Plug-and-play technology is not limited to websites or apps. Now, you can get plug-and-play LED tube lights that are as easy as 1-2-3 to install. No more swapping out the entire ballast, opting for an electronic over a magnetic one. Gone are the days of finding specific bulbs. No matter if your lighting is electronic…

  • HPV Vaccines: Research on Safety, Racial Disparities in Vaccination Rates and Male Participation

    HPV Vaccines: Research on Safety, Racial Disparities in Vaccination Rates and Male Participation

    By Farah Qureshi Since it became available in the United States in 2006, the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has been a source of debate, with proponents lauding it as a substantial gain in the fight against cancer, and opponents concerned with its implications for sexual activity among youth. With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s…

  • WHO to convene an International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on Zika virus

    WHO to convene an International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on Zika virus

    Committee to discuss Zika Virus as well as observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations WHO statement 28 January 2016 WHO Director-General, Margaret Chan, will convene an International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations. The Committee will meet on Monday 1 February in Geneva to…

  • Statement by Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan on Visit to NORAD

    Statement by Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan on Visit to NORAD

    COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO — Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan paid his first visit to the North American Aerospace Defense Command Headquarters (NORAD) at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado today. During his visit, he met with Admiral Bill Gortney, Commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, and Canadian Lieutenant-General Pierre St-Amand, Deputy Commander of NORAD.…

  • Sea Star Die-Off a Dire Situation

    Sea Star Die-Off a Dire Situation

      By Vancouver Aquarium Scientists are calling the decline of sea stars along the west coast the largest wildlife die-off ever recorded. The conclusion came at a gathering of marine scientists in Seattle last week. Hosted by Seattle Aquarium veterinarian Dr. Lesanna Lahner, the sea star symposium brought together 40 scientists from across the U.S.…

  • Flower Blooms in Space

    Flower Blooms in Space

    Here it is! A flower grown on the International Space station blooms. On Saturday (January 16, 2016), International Space Station (ISS) astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted out an image of what he described as the first flower grown in space. The orange zinnia – a plant related to the sunflower – is from a small garden…

  • Curling Canada: Team North America Prevails at 2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup

    Curling Canada: Team North America Prevails at 2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup

      LAS VEGAS — It was a nailbiter of historic proportions to the very end. So, it was only fitting that in the four-day roller-coaster that was the 2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup, presented by Boyd Gaming, it took three attempts to finally win it for Team North America in the final round of…

  • Key Facts about Canine Influenza (Dog Flu)

    Key Facts about Canine Influenza (Dog Flu)

    January 2016 Note: This virus is spreading west across the US with a confirmed case in Helena, Montana this month. Talk to your vet if you are concerned. Questions & Answers What is canine influenza (dog flu)? Canine influenza (also known as dog flu) is a contagious respiratory disease in dogs caused by specific Type…

  • Paul Pitcher, First Down Funding and Bret “Hitman” Hart; Tag Team Champions in Business

    Paul Pitcher, First Down Funding and Bret “Hitman” Hart; Tag Team Champions in Business

      WASHINGTON, DC–(Marketwired – January, 2016) – A leading entrepreneur has joined forces with one of pro-wrestling’s bona fide legends to form an exciting new tag team in the world of corporate finance and business development. Paul Pitcher, who is a managing partner at First Down Funding, joins forces with actor, author and former WWE…

  • Silk Road Trading Helped Produce the Modern Horse

    Silk Road Trading Helped Produce the Modern Horse

    By William Feeney, Australian National University The Silk Road snaked across continents for more than a thousand years, shaping civilisations in East and West. Famously trodden by Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan, the trade route brought riches to Europe and plagues to Asia. But it is not just humans who hold its legacy. For new research…

  • See all Five Bright Planets Simultaneously!

    See all Five Bright Planets Simultaneously!

    All five bright planets will appear together in the morning sky from about January 20 to February 20, 2016. That hasn’t happened since 2005. An EarthSky reader asked us: When will all five visible planets be seen simultaneously? The last time that all five visible planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) appeared in the…

  • Montana Sage-Grouse will Migrate North this Spring

    Montana Sage-Grouse will Migrate North this Spring

      The State of Montana will work with Alberta in translocating up to 40 sage-grouse this year to help stimulate population growth. The Alberta government applied to the State of Montana to translocate up to 40 sage-grouse hens to Alberta in early April. It is the first of three such possible transfers proposed over the…

  • Parachute Canada: Catch our New Concussion PSA at Your Local Theatre!

    Parachute Canada: Catch our New Concussion PSA at Your Local Theatre!

      Concussion, the new Will Smith movie that opened in theatres on Dec. 25, shines a light on the invisible injury. The biographical sports medical drama tells the real story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, a Nigerian forensic pathologist who was the first to publish his findings about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative disease that…