Thursday, March 20, 2008 A United Nations report released Thursday states that recent attacks carried out on four villages in Darfur by the Sudanese military […]
Read MoreLarge Hadron Collider reaches milestone
Thursday, April 1, 2010 The Large Hadron Collider—the world’s largest science experiment—shattered records Tuesday by successfully colliding particle beams at a combined energy of 7 […]
Read MoreIndia’s moon craft reaches final lunar orbit
Friday, November 14, 2008 India’s first lunar mission, the Chandrayaan-1 (meaning ‘moon craft’ in Sanskrit), reached its destined lunar orbit on Wednesday. The satellite’s on-board […]
Read More2008 COMPUTEX Taipei: Three awards, One target
Monday, June 23, 2008 2008 COMPUTEX Taipei, the largest trade fair since its inception in 1982, featured several seminars and forums, expansions on show spaces […]
Read MoreBush uses his first veto ever on stem cell bill
Wednesday, July 19, 2006 U.S. President George W. Bush has used the first veto of his presidency on a bill for federal funding of scientific […]
Read MoreCity to sue owner of partially collapsed 19th century livery in Buffalo, New York
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Buffalo, New York —Two weeks after a 19th century stable and livery on Jersey Street partially collapsed and caused 15 homes […]
Read MoreCanadian MPP joins Ontario’s Liberal cabinet
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 Recently elected Markham, Ontario MPP Michael Chan became Ontario’s Revenue Minister today to reflect the large Chinese-Canadian community. Former Ontario NDP […]
Read MoreSwiss reject single health insurance
Monday, March 12, 2007 24 of 26 Swiss Cantons rejected the proposal for a single health insurance system, in which premiums would be based on […]
Read MoreUK allows corporations to award high school credits
Monday, January 28, 2008 The government of the United Kingdom has given corporations like fast food chain McDonald’s the right to award high school qualifications […]
Read MoreAustralian opposition minister gives speech on poverty
Thursday, October 20, 2005 Australian shadow minister for work, family, youth, and community, Tanya Plibersek, gave a speech today on poverty as part of Anti-Poverty […]
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