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… Continue Reading
Monday, November 21, 2016 UK Prime Minister Theresa May and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn both spoke at the annual Confederation of British Industry conference today, talking about Britain after its planned ‘Brexit’ from the European Union, and future plans for… Continue Reading
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 As of 1600 hours local time (08:00UTC) Western Australia became the first state to resume normal internal movement of horses. The decision to lift restrictions was taken after all horses known to have entered the state… Continue Reading
Thursday, August 20, 2009 Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the only individual convicted in connection with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988, has been released by Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, on compassionate grounds. Megrahi is suffering from terminal… Continue Reading
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Ba?yurt, in the Elaz?? province of eastern Turkey at 04:32 AM (02:32 GMT) on Monday. According to the local Kandilli observatory, the quake struck at a depth of five kilometres; the epicenter… Continue Reading
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 Arnold Schwarzenegger, the current governor of California, started his three day visit to Canada yesterday. Upon arrival at the Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Schwarzenegger was met with Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty and U.S. Ambassador David… Continue Reading
May 12, 2005 The Mozilla Foundation have released version 1.0.4 of their popular Firefox browser, which fixes the two major problems discovered earlier this week. The new version fixes no less than six security flaws, including the two ‘extremely critical’… Continue Reading
Thursday, May 8, 2014 Citing violations of its policy regarding “Marine mammal items”, eBay terminated an online listing on Monday by the town of Cape St. George, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, for a 40 ft (12 m) sperm whale carcass… Continue Reading
Friday, January 19, 2007 In the United States, a stabbing at the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in Sudbury, Massachusetts has left a 15-year old student dead. The stabbing happened around 7:20 am EST, before classes had started. A fight broke… Continue Reading
Sunday, September 30, 2007 A force of 1,000 rebels believed to be from the Sudan Liberation Army attacked one of the African Union’s peacekeeping bases in the Darfur region of Sudan, said AU officials Sunday. They added that more than… Continue Reading