Paralympic highlights: September 7, 2008

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 […]