Wednesday, February 21, 2007 German researchers have found that natural methods of family planning like the symptothermal method (STM) are as effective as modern contraceptives. This finding challenges the common conception that natural methods of birth control are the least effective among all the family planning methods that are available today. In 1985, scientists at University of Heidelberg started a […]
Wikinews interviews World Wide Web co-inventor Robert Cailliau
Thursday, August 16, 2007 The name Robert Cailliau may not ring a bell to the general public, but his invention is the reason why you are reading this: Dr. Cailliau together with his colleague Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, making the internet accessible so it could grow from an academic tool to a mass communication medium. Last […]
Home Nursing A Necessity
Here’s An Opinion On: Certified Nurse Assistant School Studio City Ca Home nursingservice is a kind of nursing service where the patient is takencare and comforted in home premises rather than in a medical facility. Manyoften in medical treatments there are cases where patients are diagnosed withpartial or full paralysis or any other kind of ailments where they areincapable of […]
‘Family Guy’ returns to US television, loses in ratings to ‘Housewives’
Tuesday, May 3, 2005 The animated series Family Guy returned to the FOX television network with a new episode Sunday for the first time since it was taken off the schedule three years ago. Although the show kept most of its audience that lead-in The Simpsons gave, FOX was still fourth out of five major broadcast networks in the half-hour, […]
Red Cross is not in New Orleans for Katrina, Guard raced it to Superdome
Saturday, September 10, 2005 The American Red Cross is not lending its usual assistance in New Orleans, because the Louisiana National Guard acted first. After Saturday September 3, it was agreed with state officials the Red Cross was not needed because the large-scale evacuation of the city was under way. The organization explains on its web site: Access to New […]
World Trade Organization declares US tariff hike illegal, rules in South Korea’s favour
Sunday, January 24, 2021 The World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled in favour of South Korea on Thursday over what it deemed excessive US tariffs on some of its products. The eight duties, covering large power transformers and four grades of steel, were enacted in 2012 and 2016, during the Barack Obama administration. The US Department of Commerce defended the high […]
L Taurine Benefits &Amp; Side Effects
Here’s An Opinion On: Sarms Supplements Taurine, a limited amino sore (made by the body itself), is face in large amounts in the heart, brain, retina and blood thrombocytes. It is required for ramping up up of proteins and aids the photoreceptors, which help the eye affair. It also services in sperm motility, blood blood platelet activity and insulin bodily […]
Chinese ban on Wikipedia lifted for now
Friday, October 13, 2006 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Internet users on the Chinese-forums.com website report that the longtime block of Wikipedia by China has been at least temporarily lifted. Absent an announcement from the Chinese government, it’s unclear what the conditions […]
Japan to use renewable energy
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 A new law which seeks to utilise reusable energy and minimise cost impact on consumers is under development in Japan. The new law, which would be effective from July 1 next year, would seek to reduce Japan’s dependency on nuclear power. The new legislation would urge power utilities to cut costs by purchasing renewable energy from outside […]
Highly preserved mammoth presents scientists with blood sample
Friday, May 31, 2013 An extremely well preserved woolly mammoth has been found by Russian scientists in Siberia, announced Wednesday. The adult female was found with blood preserved still intact in ice cavities. When palaeontologists excavated the animal, blood flowed from the space below the animal’s abdomen. The discovery was made on the Lyakhovsky Islands by scientists from the North-Eastern […]