Sunday, June 28, 2020 Last month, a study conducted by archæologist Dr. Naomi Martisius and other researchers concluded Neanderthals living in Europe tens of thousands of years ago were more sophisticated than previously thought. The now-extinct species used to carefully select bones from a particular animal species to manufacture their bone tools, the research showed….
Music: The Evolution Of Change Due To The Digital Era
Read An Opinion On: Cheap Keyboard Piano Sydney Music: The Evolution Of Change Due To The Digital Era by Seth Frank The war between vinyl and digital records continues to be a fiery debate among music lovers. While most individuals who grew up hearing Beatles vinyl tracks will say that vinyl sounds better, the newer…
Bluetongue disease appears in UK for the first time
Saturday, September 22, 2007 The first ever case of Bluetongue disease has been reported in the UK. The case involves a cow at a farm near Ipswich, Suffolk. Bluetongue affects ruminants such as sheep and cows, but is not known to affect humans. It is sometimes fatal, depending on the animals affected, and presently has…
Church of Scientology blames Pearl Harbor, 9/11 on psychiatry
Saturday, February 21, 2009 In an interview on a television show called the No Drug Show, hosted by Larry Byrnes, the Church of Scientology blamed both the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States and the attack on Pearl Harbor on psychiatrists and the drugs they prescribe their patients. Scientology considers psychiatry to be…
Afghan employee kills U.S. citizen at Kabul CIA base
Friday, September 30, 2011 A U.S. citizen working for the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan was killed by an Afghan also working there. The incident took place in the CIA Annex of the U.S. Embassy at Ariana Hotel in Kabul. The victim was not named. A second person injured in the incident was sent to a…
Intel’s Mobile Bottleneck
Read An Opinion On: Industry Management Issues Australia By Christina Xia Not long ago, chip giant Intel has done a series of two large-scale acquisitions: to 7.68 billion U.S. dollars of high-priced acquisition of security software maker McAfee, then spent 1.4 billion acquisition of Infineon’s Wireless Solutions Division, which is near Intel, the largest in…
Healthy cloned monkeys born in Shanghai
Thursday, January 25, 2018 In findings published Wednesday in the scientific journal Cell, a team of scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai, China have announced the first-ever cloning of a primate from post-embryonic cells, namely two macaque monkeys. They used somatic cell nuclear transfer, the same method that was used to create…
Space Shuttle Discovery launches
Tuesday, July 26, 2005 The NASA Space Shuttle Discovery roared into the Florida sky at 10:39AM ET (14:39 UTC), 2 weeks after the launch was scrubbed due to a faulty sensor. The launch was the start of the STS-114 mission, which is planned to be completed on August 7, 2005. Solid rocket booster separation was…
What To Do If Your Dachshund Has Back Trouble
Read An Opinion On: Modern Outdoor Furniture Sale By Celia Carson The short answer to what to do if your Dachshund has back trouble is to stop reading this and take him to your veterinarian. In severe cases, you literally only have a matter of hours to react, waiting can mean the difference between full…
Wikinews Shorts: April 19, 2007
A compilation of brief news reports for Thursday, April 19, 2007. Contents 1 Compensation sought for New Zealand’s Internet outage 2 Peruvian farmers issue warning to government 3 Missile shield to feature in talks 4 Water cuts possible as Australia faces drought 5 Russian plans for Bering Strait tunnel received with skepticism Wikinews reported previously on…