Category:Science and technology

This is the category for science and technology. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 21 April 2018: NASA launches exoplanet-hunting satellite TESS 9 April 2018: US Republicans query Linux Foundation about open-source security 3 April 2018: China’s Tiangong-1 space station crashes into Pacific 21 March 2018: Uber suspends self-driving car program after pedestrian […]

Australia to lose $2 billion due to Japanese disasters

Friday, April 1, 2011 The fallout from earthquake and tsunami catastrophes in Japan will cost Australia about A$2 billion in lost export earnings in the near term due to lower Australian exports to Japan, according to estimates in a Treasury brief released Thursday. After China, Japan is Australia’s largest export market, making up 15 percent […]

PBS show asserts greenhouse gases, atmospheric pollutants dimming future

Saturday, April 22, 2006 This week, the Public Broadcasting Service aired a NOVA program titled “Dimming the Earth”, which presented research by leading scientists on the complex systems of our global climate and human activity’s effect on it. One of the largest interactions (or “inputs”) humans have with the atmosphere is the ever-increasing use of […]

Category:June 4, 2010

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Bmw 7 Series Taking Luxury Sedans To A New Level}

Read An Opinion On: Sinclair Ford Cheap Car Dealers Sydney BMW 7 Series – Taking Luxury Sedans to a New Level by AkashEver since BMW has stepped into the luxury automobile segment, it has been offering drivers a chance to hone their skills at the wheel. Though all the models in its lineup offer excellent […]

Twitter announces advertising platform

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Social networking website Twitter announced an advertising platform to enable paid tweets to be displayed at the top of search results. This new feature is called Promoted Tweets; Best Buy Co., Sony Pictures, Starbucks Corp. and Virgin America are some of the participants in this. Twitter has not allowed advertising in […]

Olympic highlights: August 21, 2008

Thursday, August 21, 2008 August 21, 2008 is the 12th major day of the 2008 Olympic games. The below article lists some of the highlights. Contents 1 Events 1.1 Women’s 20km walk 1.2 Star class sailing 1.3 Tornado class sailing 1.4 Men’s marathon 10 km swimming 1.5 Women’s beach volleyball 1.6 Men’s 400 meters sprint […]

Trailer released for Lordi horror movie

Thursday, November 8, 2007 A short trailer for the movie Dark Floors, a horror starring Finnish theatrical hard rock band Lordi, has been released. The film, set in a hospital, follows a group of people left trapped by a broken lift as they are attacked by monsters, and focuses heavily on one particular patient, a […]

Expedition 10 completes first spacewalk

Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov have just completed their mission’s first space walk aboard the International Space Station. The mission lasted 5 hours, 28 minutes, ending at 1311 UTC.The two astronauts, working in Russian space suits, performed a variety of tasks. Chiao and Sharipov installed a work platform, […]

U.S. 2004 tax rates lower for those earning over $10 million, Tax Policy Center says

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 The Tax Policy Center has published a table that states that taxpayers earning more than $10,000,000 in 2004 paid lower tax rates than taxpayers earning between $1,000,000 and $10,000,000. Among other things, it breaks down the average tax rate by cash income into various income tax categories. According to the Tax […]