Fireball generated in U.S. laboratory resembles black hole

Friday, March 18, 2005File:Rhictunnel.jpg Brown University professor Horatiu Nastase has written a paper detailing calculations that suggest that a fireball created in the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, may have been a black hole. The fireball occurred as scientists conducted experiments involving the smashing of streams of gold

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2000 houses still have no power in Canterbury, New Zealand

Monday, June 19, 2006 2000 Cantabrians are still without power a week after a huge snowstorm struck and took out the electricity in mid and south Canterbury. Sunday June 18 came and brought more snow to mid and south Canterbury, but just a minuscule amount compared to last weeks. Civil Defence says “It is keeping

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NTSB releases updates on status of 3 major US investigations

Sunday, June 17, 2007 The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the agency responsible for investigating transportation accidents in the United States, released updates on three major investigations on June 14. The NTSB, well known publicly for its involvement in the investigation of aviation incidents which involve harm or loss of human life, is also an

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Boxing great Muhammed Ali dies aged 74

Sunday, June 5, 2016 Legendary boxing great Muhammed Ali died on Friday aged 74 in a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona in the United States. A family spokesperson said Ali had been admitted with respiratory problems. The former heavyweight champion lived with Parkinson’s disease for decades, diagnosed in 1984. Born on January 17, 1942 as Cassius

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News briefs:April 23, 2010

 Correction — August 24, 2015 These briefs incorrectly describe BP as ‘British Petroleum’. In fact, such a company has not existed for many years as BP dropped this name when becoming a multinational company. The initials no longer stand for anything.  Wikinews Audio Briefs Credits Produced By Turtlestack Recorded By Turtlestack Written By Turtlestack Listen To

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Flight lands safely with help from mobile phone text messages

Monday, August 11, 2008 In November 2007, a twin-engine 30-year-old Piper aircraft lost all electrical power on board shortly after departing from Kerry airport in Ireland for a flight to Jersey. Without any electrical power, the pilot was unable to use his radio to contact air traffic control. He was briefly able to re-establish contact

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