Cassini discovers Saturn moon atmosphere

Saturday, March 19, 2005 NASA‘s Saturn exploration spacecraft, Cassini, has discovered an atmosphere about the moon Enceladus. This is the first such discovery by Cassini, other than Titan, of the presence of an atmosphere around a Saturn moon. Enceladus’s gravity is too weak to hold an atmosphere around the planet, leading scientists to believe that […]

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Celebrities contribute to Katrina relief

Published:Wednesday, September 7, 2005Updated:Saturday, September 10, 2005 (Travolta, Preston, Moore, Stones, Three Doors Down, Johnson, Smith) After Hurricane Katrina passed across the United States, various artists and media stars have leapt at a call to action. John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston flew his private plane to deliver a load of supplies and tetanus vaccine […]

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News briefs:November 11, 2007

Audio Wikinews News Brief for November 11, 2007 Recorded by: StevenfruitsmaakProblems listening to the file? See media help. RSS Goodmorning, it’s Sunday, November 11 2007, I’m Michael Laurent bringing you this weeks headlines from Audio Wikinews. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Mukasey confirmed and sworn in as Attorney General for US 1.2 Pakistan lifts house arrest […]

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New Zealand medical student funding to be reviewed

Monday, February 20, 2006 The New Zealand government has announced that it will be reviewing funding for medical and dentistry students at Otago and Auckland Universities to certify the institutions’ standards and help staff retention. The dean of Auckland University’s Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Professor Iain Martin says the review “can’t come soon […]

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British surfers catch more than waves: Scientists find antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Wednesday, January 17, 2018 In findings published Sunday in Environmental International, a team from Britain’s University of Exeter reports that surfers and bodyboarders are roughly three times as likely to house antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli and other bacteria that could easily become resistant, than other people who recreate in the coastal waters of the United Kingdom. […]

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