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TORONTO — The Ontario Science Centre will suddenly close at the end of the day on Friday after engineers discovered a structural issue with its roof. The news from provincial infrastructure officials comes as the government plans to relocate the science centre from its current location in east Toronto to a new site at Ontario Place on the city’s waterfront, which isn’t scheduled to open until 2028. When the Ontario Science Centre opened in 1969, it was the world’s first interactive science centre, but years of limited capital investment have left the building with a variety of deficiencies. Now, an…
Israeli forces attacked Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip and other areas in the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing at least 45 Palestinians in close combat with Hamas fighters, residents and the Israeli military said. Residents said Israeli forces appeared to be close to completing their takeover of Rafah, which borders Egypt and has been the focus of Israeli offensives since early May. Tanks had already seized the eastern, southern and central parts of the city and were advancing into the western and northern parts. Aircraft, tank and ship bombardment off the coast had forced more than a million refugees…
Image: NEONAs anticipation grows for Osgood Perkins’ Long Legs, with word of mouth spreading about how dark, brooding, and terrifying the Nicolas Cage-starring feature film is, attention is beginning to gravitate toward his next project, the Stephen King adaptation The Monkey.David Dastmalchian talks about Mike Flanagan’s new film ‘The Life of Chuck’The filmmaker’s adaptation of King’s short horror stories featured in Skeleton Crew is set to be his next feature film. It stars Theo James (White Lotus), Tatiana Maslany (She-Hulk: The Attorney at Large) and Elijah Wood (Maniac). In an interview with Bloody Disgusting’s Boo Crew, Perkins previewed what to…
5 hours agoEmma Bowe, BBC News, CambridgeshireEmma Bo/BBC”The children who visit are able to experiment, fail, face their own challenges and feel a great sense of accomplishment,” John Bull said.A centre designed to encourage children to “dream of a future as a scientist” has moved to a permanent, more accessible location.Cambridge Science Centre is based at its new home in Cambridge Science Park, offering 20 interactive experiments and installations for young visitors. The charity, now celebrating its 10th anniversary, hopes this will inspire children and foster a lifelong love and interest in STEM (science, engineering, technology and maths).”Too many kids…
The NBA trade season unofficially began on Thursday with a trade between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Chicago Bulls that sent Alex Caruso west and Josh Giddey north. With the draft less than a week away and free agency starting soon after, teams are now beginning to get serious about making moves to finally prepare for the start of the 2024-25 season.As always at this point in the calendar, rumors are starting to fly. On Friday, Yahoo’s Jake Fisher dropped some bombshells about players we knew were available (Zach LaVine) and players we didn’t (Mitchell Robinson, Walker Kessler). Let’s take…
England’s seven-run defeat to South Africa in St Lucia ended their hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup.Jos Buttler’s side had begun their Super 8 campaign with a huge win over West Indies at the same ground but could only manage 156-6 on a slow surface while chasing 164 for victory. Harry Brook (53 off 37 balls) and Liam Livingstone (33 off 17 balls) put together an audacious 78-run stand off 42 balls in the 11th over to revive England from a slump of 61-4 to reduce the required run to 25 off 18 balls. Summary scores…
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a million times. I’m talking about a stereotype that seems to apply “very accurately” to my New Jersey hometown.Some are funny. You’ll find a funny GIF or meme that perfectly captures the basics of where you grew up. But some are so far-fetched they’re embarrassing. That’s what I’m talking about. They’re made by people who grew up out of state and *think* they know something about New Jersey. Then all of a sudden something comes along that has absolutely nothing to do with the town they’re trying to make fun of and…
Argentina has decided to withdraw from the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, becoming the third country that had been due to build its own pavilion to withdraw, Japan’s minister in charge of world expositions said on Friday. Hanako Jimi gave no reasons for the withdrawal at a news conference, but the country has long struggled with extremely high inflation and President Javier Milley has cut government spending since taking office in December last year. So far, Mexico and Estonia have decided not to take part in the Expo, which is due to run from April 13 to October 13 next…
All sorts of complications could emerge in the coming days as six teams compete for four bonus spots in the Euro 2024 knockout stages, but the equation for Scotland and Hungary is simple: win or go home. Scotland earned their first points of the tournament with a 1-1 draw with Switzerland in the second round, putting them ahead of Hungary, who lost by two points to both Switzerland and leaders Germany. Hungary is looking to reach the knockout stage for the second time in the last three Euros, but having lost both of their previous matches by two goals, they’ll…
If you’re a night owl, you might want to go to bed earlier.A recent Stanford University study published in the journal Psychiatric Research found that going to bed after 1 a.m. could lead to mental health problems.The researchers analysed data from more than 73,000 UK adults, looking at their chronotype (tendency to wake up early or stay up late) and how much sleep they actually got.Feeling hungrier than usual? Experts say your sleep schedule could be to blameThe study then investigated the association between the two and the prevalence of mental, behavioral, and neurodevelopmental disorders (MBN), depression, and anxiety.A study…