30,000-year-old Austrian statue traced to stone from Italy

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Saturday, March 5, 2022 In findings published on Monday in Scientific Reports, scientists from the University of Vienna and Vienna Natural History Museum, Austria found the stone used to carve the Venus of Willendorf came from northern Italy, hundreds of miles from its origin, on the other side of the Alps. The 30 thousand-year-old sculpture […]

UK company “seriously considering” GPS tracking devices in school uniforms

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Saturday, August 25, 2007 The leading supplier of school uniforms in the United Kingdom, Lancashire-based manufacturer Trutex, has announced it is “seriously considering” including GPS tracking devices in future ranges of its uniform products after conducting an online survey of both parents and children. “As a direct result of the survey, we are now seriously […]

Two arrests after murder in Bristol, United Kingdom

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Friday, April 4, 2008 A death, which has been treated as murder, in the car park of a pub in Bristol, United Kingdom has resulted in two arrests. The murder, which occurred on Wednesday evening took place near Highridge Road in Bishopsworth, Bristol. A local resident told Wikinews that the police presence surrounding the murder […]

Day 7 Results – Olympic Winter Games

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Friday, February 17, 2006 The following are the medal results for the Fourth day of competition for the Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. Further details of all the Winter Olympics action can be found at Olympic Winter Games 2006 on Wikipedia. Results are courtesy of NBC, the IOC and are updated as necessary. Final […]

US Senator Kennedy has brain tumor surgically removed

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Monday, June 2, 2008 Today, United States Senator Ted Kennedy underwent surgery for a brain tumor at Duke University Medical Center. Kennedy, 76, was diagnosed with malignant glioma, a common but dangerous form of cancer, after suffering a seizure on May 17. Kennedy has met repeatedly with friend and medical advisor Dr. Lawrence C. Horowitz […]

Category:Science and technology

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This is the category for science and technology. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 27 September 2022: Polyurethane plastic substitute can biodegrade in seawater, say scientists 12 September 2022: Albania blames Iran for cyberattacks 15 July 2022: First deep space images from James Webb Space Telescope released 3 June 2022: Scientists discover seagrass […]

US free speech lawyer defends satire of Glenn Beck

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Sunday, October 4, 2009 Massachusetts-based First Amendment rights lawyer Marc Randazza is defending a controversial parody website which satirizes American political commentator Glenn Beck. The website was created in September by a man from Florida named Isaac Eiland-Hall, and it asserts Beck uses questionable tactics “to spread lies and misinformation”. The website created by Eiland-Hall […]

Drug-resistant flu rising, says WHO

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Sunday, February 3, 2008 Some flu viruses in the United States and Canada have shown increased levels of resistance to the antiviral drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir), the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Similar trends have been reported earlier in Europe. Tamiflu is currently the recommended treatment for humans infected with bird flu, and governments […]

US Senator Ted Stevens convicted on 7 counts

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Monday, October 27, 2008 United States Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska was convicted Monday on seven counts of failing to report gifts. Stevens, a senior United States Senator from Alaska and the longest serving Republican in the Senate, had been accused of not reporting tens of thousands of dollars worth of gifts from the VECO […]

Saturn moon Enceladus may have salty ocean

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Thursday, June 23, 2011 NASA’s Cassini–Huygens spacecraft has discovered evidence for a large-scale saltwater reservoir beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The data came from the spacecraft’s direct analysis of salt-rich ice grains close to the jets ejected from the moon. The study has been published in this week’s edition of the journal […]