blownlight.com – Page 1537

Ex-cosmonaut Konstantin Feoktistov dies; Soviet space pioneer was 83

18 November, 2020

| by

Sunday, November 22, 2009 Pioneering Soviet cosmonaut Konstantin Feoktistov has died aged 83. A statement by the Russian Space Agency declared that he died of “unspecified causes” last Saturday in Moscow. Feoktistov was important in the early development of Soviet space travel and was part of the first group spaceflight in history, as part of […]

Wikinews discusses H1N1 with the WHO

18 November, 2020

| by

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 The World Health Organization (WHO) is a program of the United Nations and a global authority on human health. In an interview with Wikinews, the WHO tells about the current H1N1 pandemic. The organization’s 93rd update as of March 26, 2010 states 213 countries, territories, and other communities have laboratory-confirmed cases […]

Searching for asteroids, extraterrestrial life a little more rocky: Budget cuts threaten to close Arecibo, world’s largest radio telescope

18 November, 2020

| by

Friday, July 18, 2008 For nearly half a century the world’s largest telescope, the Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, has been observing our solar system and the universe around it. Completed by Cornell University along with the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 1963, Arecibo’s enormous size gives it the ability to collect more light […]

Icelandic Internet bank suspends UK accounts

18 November, 2020

| by

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 The Icelandic internet bank, Icesave, has suspended all 300,000 of its UK customer accounts, leaving account holders in the United Kingdom unable to withdraw or deposit any funds. A message on its website posted this morning states: “We are not currently processing any deposits or any withdrawal requests through our Icesave […]

New Zealand government introduces graphic warnings on cigarettes

18 November, 2020

| by

Thursday, November 2, 2006 The New Zealand government has now introduced graphic health warnings on cigarette packs. The new warnings, which replace the text warnings, will show images of gangrenous toes, rotting gums and teeth and diseased lungs and will also include the quit smoking Quitline number. The new warnings will cover 30% of the […]

Norwegian scientist published fake findings in Lancet

18 November, 2020

| by

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 According to Norwegian and British newspaper sources, Jon Sudbø, a cancer researcher at the Norwegian Radium Hospital, fabricated at least 900 patient records in his research on NSAID drugs published in October of 2005 (PMID 16226613). According to the now-discredited research, the class of drugs, commonly used for pain management, was […]

SAHTECH, SEMI, and Semiconductor Industry to promote “SEMI Safety Guideline” in Taiwan

18 November, 2020

| by

Wednesday, April 2, 2008 “Localization of ‘SEMI Safety Guideline’”, executed by Safety and Health Technology Center of Taiwan (SAHTECH) and supervised by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), was announced today in Hsinchu, Taiwan. This localization included several fields on health and safety of semiconductor manufacturing, certification testing on electrical devices, evaluations on fire or […]

Obama to suspend Arctic oil drilling

18 November, 2020

| by

Thursday, May 27, 2010 According to Democratic Senator Mark Begich from Alaska, the U.S. Department of the Interior has decided to halt all new Arctic exploratory oil drilling applications until 2011. The response is believed to be caused in part by the two current oil spill disasters (that of the Deepwater Horizon Incident and more […]

Wikinews Shorts: November 13, 2008

18 November, 2020

| by

A compilation of brief news reports for Thursday, November 13, 2008. Contents 1 Study shows that carrying excess fat around waist increases risk of early death 2 EU abolishes rules banning oddly-shaped fruit 3 Vase bought for £1 sells for £32,450 4 Blackwater may pay financial penalties for improper arms shipments Contribute to Wikinews by expanding […]

Microsoft to track legal marijuana with new partner Kind Financial

18 November, 2020

| by

Sunday, June 19, 2016 Microsoft announced on Thursday they are partnering with KIND Financial to help governments track the production and distribution of legal marijuana. Kind Financial, a California-based start-up company, began selling its Agrisoft Seed to Sale software three years ago. Microsoft is admitting Kind’s software on the Government portion of its Azure cloud […]