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ANOTHER African woman has broken the Guinness World Record for the most children delivered at a single birth to survive. Gosiame Thamara Sithole from Gauteng in South Africa delivered her decuplets (10 babies) by a caesarean section in Pretoria on Monday. She has broken the record previously held by Malian Halima Cissé, who gave birth to nine children (nonuplets) in Morocco in May. Sithole, 37, a retail store manager, had six-year-old twins before her new birth. She said her conception was natural. A US woman Nadya Suleman had, in 2009, given birth to eight babies, octuplets, (two boys and two…

This artist’s concept illustrates an imminent planetary collision between first generation planets whose orbits have been disrupted due to Jupiter sweeping through the nascent Solar System. The larger body has begun to crack under the tidal stresses caused by the gravity of the approaching smaller one. Image credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechJupiter may have swept through the early Solar System like a wrecking ball, destroying a first generation of inner planets before retreating into its current orbit, according to a new study published March 23rd in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The findings help explain why our Solar System is so different…

You would have to dig nearly 2,000 miles before reaching Earth’s core — and the 10,000-degree Fahrenheit temperature there would vaporize you anyway. Our Earth is structured sort of like an onion — it’s one layer after another. Starting from the top down, there’s the crust, which includes the surface you walk on; then farther down, the mantle, mostly solid rock; then even deeper, the outer core, made of liquid iron; and finally, the inner core, made of solid iron, and with a radius that’s 70 percent the size of the Moon’s. The deeper you dive, the hotter it…

Three Super-Earths and two Super- Mercuries, a type of planet that is extraordinarily rare and distinct, have been found in a star system by astronomers. Super-Mercuries are so uncommon—only eight have been found so far—that they are extremely rare. ESPRESSO’s spectrograph detected two ‘super-Mercury’ worlds in the star system HD 23472. Astronomers have discovered that these planets are extremely rare. This study, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, looked at how the composition of tiny planets varies with planet position, temperature, and star attributes. The reason for observing this planetary system, according to Susana Barros, a researcher at the Institute of Astrophysics e Ciências do Espaço (IA) who led the project, is to characterise…

A MELBOURNE woman wanted to give birth in a stream. She didn’t expect 52 million people to watch. WARNING: Nudity. A MOTHER-OF-FOUR who shared a video of herself giving birth in a stream and completely unaided has insisted she isn’t a “hippy drippy mum”, but wanted to show others how magical the experience is. Simone Thurber, 43, posted the footage of her youngest daughter Perouze, now four, being born on YouTube, where it’s been viewed a whopping 52 million times. Simone didn’t have any pain relief or a midwife or doctor with her. “I didn’t put the video online to…

DiCaprio played Josh in ‘Critters 3’ in 1991. Rotten Tomatoes score: 0% This straight-to-video movie was actually DiCaprio’s first credited appearance in a film ever, so not a particularly good start to his career, critically speaking. This was the third installment of the “Critters” franchise, if you can call it that. In 2000, he played Richard in ‘The Beach.’ Rotten Tomatoes score: 20% Danny Boyle’s movie is actually treated pretty harshly. It may not be a perfect film by any means, but it’s an intriguing story about a young man travelling to a solitary paradise on a beach in Thailand. There are…

Although Alabama sisters Mara Meighan and Jennifer Solis aren’t twins, they have that kind of crazy “twintuition” that makes for incredible stories. Not only did these women manage to give birth to their first children around the same time nine years ago, they both just welcomed their second children on the same exact day, hours apart, and next door to each other in the same hospital — and it wasn’t the least bit planned either time. Nine months ago, Jennifer had told her sister she was expecting, only for Mara to announce the same news just over a week later. “It was a surprise to everyone,” Jennifer…

No words could express the incredible joy of an old woman who met her great-grandchild for the first time. The first encounter was surreal as the granny could not hide her overwhelming emotions. Alyssa Cole Beseris shared the cute video of her mother holding the newborn baby in her arms. The Tiktoker, who goes by the name @alyssabeseris captured the heartwarming moment, which garnered over 11 million views, as reported by In The Know. Alyssa had just given birth to her fourth child, and she walked with her to her mother’s room, who was watching TV. Granny sees newborn baby…

On Sunday, Leonardo DiCaprio took to Instagram shed light on how the coral reef in the northern Red Sea could show scientists how other reefs might adapt to global warming. “In the Red Sea, coral reefs are still in relatively good shape compared to other reefs around the world. Scientists want to study exactly what about this area allows coral reefs to thrive and what the Red Sea can tell them about other coral reefs,” he said. “To date, ocean warming hasn’t really affected the coral reefs in the Red Sea. Warmer ocean waters bleach coral reefs elsewhere, a disturbance to…

A 50-year-old mom, Chalise Smith, gave her daughter the greatest gift of all when acting as a surrogate for her pregnancy. Surrogacy is becoming increasingly common these days and this story is nothing short of a stunning, blessed miracle! From the very beginning of her life, Kaitlyn Munoz felt the call to be a mom. Later when she found the man of her dreams and got married, they started planning for a family right away. But at the age of 25, Kaitlyn learned she couldn’t carry her own child. Doctors diagnosed Kaitlyn with several medical issues including endometriosis and Sjögren’s…

Uranus is an unusual planet with a humorous name and it has been discovered that the planet spins on an unconventional axis, which means its magnetic field essentially opens and shuts. In short, Uranus leaks gas every 17 hours. Uranus spins on its side at nearly 98 degrees from its plane of orbit, and this is unusual when compared to most planets which rotate relatively close to their plane of orbit. The magnetic field of the planet also deviates from the norm and is at a 59-degree angle from the rotational axis. The combination of all of these factors makes…

American actor Leonardo DiCaprio made a contribution to the Olena Zelenska Foundation. “We want to thank Leonardo DiCaprio for his recent contribution to the Olena Zelenska Foundation in supporting the people of Ukraine. His contribution is helping to support the young people whose lives have been torn apart by war,” reads the post published on the Foundation’s facebook account. The Foundation noted that the contribution, in particular, will help Vika from the Rodnykh family, who was diagnosed with a mental disorder. Together with seven siblings, she went through the occupation of Kherson, as well as evacuation under the muzzle of…

Out of all the exoplanets found by Kepler, this distant world is most similar to Earth in size and estimated temperature and is a perfect candidate to host life as we know it on its surface. There’s an alien world orbiting a star dubbed Kepler 1649. However, scientists missed the world when they initially went through the data. But now, after scientists reanalyzed data gathered by the now-retired Kepler space telescope, they found the exoplanet and say that it is similar to Earth and orbits its start in the so-called habitable zone. NASA reveals that a group of scientists using…

Doctors estimate that identical, spontaneous quadruplet births occur in 1 in 11 million or 1 in 15 million births. Jenny Marr and her husband Chris Marr had no idea what they were in for when they went to her first ultrasound exam. It was their first pregnancy and they were going through all the nervousness of first-time parents when Jenny noticed a strange look had crossed her doctor’s face. She immediately jumped to the worst conclusions and worried that something might be wrong with her child. However, when she asked Dr. Lauren Murray if there was a problem with the…

These films showcase his versatility not just as an actor but also as a producer with a keen eye for thought-provoking and socially impactful stories. Leonardo DiCaprio is a name that needs no introduction in the world of Hollywood. With a career spanning over three decades, he has proven himself as an actor with immense versatility and range. From playing the charming Romeo in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet to the enigmatic Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, he has given audiences unforgettable performances on the big screen. But there’s more to this talented artist than just his acting prowess. In recent years, Leonardo…

Relatives find baby girl tied by umbilical cord to mother who died in Monday’s massive earthquake A newborn baby girl has been pulled alive from the rubble of a home in northern Syria, after relatives found her still tied by her umbilical cord to her mother, who died in Monday’s massive earthquake. The infant is the sole survivor of her immediate family, the rest of whom were all killed when the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Syria and neighbouring Turkey flattened the family home in the rebel-held town of Jindayris, said relative Khalil al-Suwadi. “We heard a voice while we were digging,” Suwadi told…

The 48 year-old Hollywood actor is allegedly not pleased by how his romantic life has been portrayed by the media. Despite having never dated anyone over the age of 27, Leonardo DiCaprio believes his reputation for dating young women is unmerited. The Titanic and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star is fed up with how the media has covered his love life. After public uproar over being seen in public with 19 year-old model Eden Polani, a rumored relationship which was later dismissed, DiCaprio has expressed his dismay to those close to him. DiCaprio is upset after the fake Eden Polani rumor Speaking to Daily Mail, a source close to…

Leonardo DiCaprio instead worked opposite Claire Danes in a picture that was nominated for an Oscar. These days there is almost as much attention on the young ages of Leonardo DiCaprio’s girlfriends as on his acting. As a youngster himself, he was a force to be reckoned with in Hollywood in the 1990s. Not only did he star in the record-breaking Titanic, but he also took the lead in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, as well as The Man in the Iron Mask, Total Eclipse and The Quick and the Dead. In 1996 he began working with Baz Luhrmann to bring Romeo +…

Identical twin sisters gave birth to newborn sons on the same day, down the hall from each other in the same hospital. Sisters Jill Justiniani and Erin Cheplak, of Yorba Linda, California, gave birth to their sons on the same day, at the same hospital, hours apart. Their sons, born May 5, were born with the same exact measurements as well. Oliver and Silas were born weighing seven pounds, three ounces, and measuring 20 inches in length. Justiniani gave birth to Oliver at 6.39pm and Cheplak had Silas at 11.31pm. Cheplak’s told GMA that she married her husband Zach, who…

Astronomers have discovered the largest body of water so far known, a reservoir of water floating in space around a ancient distant quasar,  holding 140 trillion times the mass of water in the Earth’s oceans. Remarkably enough, the find was dated as being 12 billion light years away, only  1.6 billion light years farther from the Big Bang.“Since astronomers expected water vapor to be present even in the early universe, the discovery of water is not itself a surprise,” said the Carnegie Institution in statement, one of the groups behind the findings, said. The water cloud was found to be in…

Vickie and Jamie O’Donnell struggled to conceive their first child for years but miraculously fell pregnant again with triplets just four months after their son Phoenix was born A mum who gave birth to triplets after years of struggling to conceive with her partner has described parenting as “like a conveyer belt sometimes”. Vickie and Jamie O’Donnell said they had struggled to conceive for years before the birth of their “miracle baby” son Phoenix last year. But just a few months after their little boy’s arrival, 28-year-old Vickie was delighted to find out she was pregnant for a second time.…

Austin Butler is an American actor who started his career starring in dramas and short series like many others in the industry. He had a big break from his monotonous roles after he starred in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. But despite his huge role in the movie, Austin Butler is widely known for his portrayal of Elvis Presley in the movie Elvis.  Butler, during his early teenage days, used to look up to Leonardo DiCaprio as he was the talk of the town with his blockbuster movie Titanic and he used to think about what one would have to do to…

Scientists have recently reported discovering what they believe is the most massive black hole ever discovered in the early Universe. It is 34 billion times the mass of our Sun, and it eats the equivalent of one Sun daily. The research led by the National University of Australia (ANU) has revealed how massive the fastest-growing black hole in the Universe is, as well as how much matter it can suck in. The black hole, known as ‘J2157’, was discovered by the same research team in 2018. The study detailing the humongous black hole’s characteristics has been published in Monthly Notices of…

AS Angela Riello bounces her triplet babies on her knee, her love for her children is clear to see. Yet Angela, 45, has a bond deeper than most with her kids — for she is not only their mum but their GRANDMOTHER. Angela gave birth to her grandchildren after daughter Mayara, 27, donated her eggs through IVF. Angela said: “Mayara has given me the most amazing gift. “‘It’s like a dream come true. It’s hard work having babies at my age, especially three, but it’s everything I wanted. “I don’t tend to tell people how they were conceived, but then people…