Sunday, September 7, 2008 September 7, 2008 is the 1st major day of the 2008 Paralympic games, the below article summarises all the world records and medals. Contents 1 World Records 1.1 Swimming 1.2 Cycling 1.3 Shooting 2 Gold medals 2.1 Track Cycling 2.2 Judo 2.3 Shooting 2.4 Swimming 3 Medal Table 4 Sources In the S13 class, Dzmitry Salei […]
Nuclear leaks after Japan quake are worse than first reported
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 In the wake of yesterday’s earthquakes, Japan is today reporting that leaks at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant are worse than first reported. In addition to a leak of 315 gallons (1200 liters) of radioactive water into the Sea of Japan, reports say that drums with nuclear waste lost their lids and radioactive gases cobalt-60, chromium-51 […]
Object that fell through roof of New Jersey home not a meteorite
Saturday, May 12, 2007 An object that fell through the roof of a New Jersey home in January was not a meteorite, according to Jeremy Delaney, a geologist at Rutgers University. Instead, it appears the object was space junk or orbital debris. “Basically, it’s a piece of stainless steel. There’s huge amounts of material that have been left by the […]