Wednesday, October 8, 2008 South America, the current hot-spot for describing new frog species, may be in danger of seeing population declines due to an epidemic. A recent scientific paper has found the mysterious fungal disease, chytridiomycosis, has begun to establish into eastward Panama, heading across the Panama Canal boundary towards Colombian amphibian populations. The […]
Photo report: Anime North convention brings fans to Toronto
Friday, June 1, 2018 In Toronto last weekend, North American anime and manga convention Anime North was held. Anime North sprawled across multiple venues, including the Toronto Congress Centre, as a fan-run celebration of Japanese pop culture. The event ran from May 25 to 27. Wikinews’s Nicholas Moreau was in attendance to photograph the event. […]
Borussia Dortmund captain Mats Hummels to join rivals Bayern Munich
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 In a deal announced yesterday, German association football defender Mats Hummels, the current captain of Borussia Dortmund (BVB), agreed to sign a five-year contract with his boyhood club — and arch rivals of Dortmund — Bayern Munich next season. The arrangement was conditional on Hummels undergoing medical tests before signing. Mats […]
The Silver Spring Dentist Talks About The Importance Of X Ray For Dental Health
Read An Opinion On: M Dentistry The Silver Spring Dentist Talks About The Importance of X-Ray for Dental Health by Rud Thomasson You ve heard it said before: prevention is better than cure! It s also a whole lot less expensive and, for the most part, completely painless. When it comes to the health of […]
GM and Chrysler receive Canadian loans amid US restructuring ultimata
Friday, April 3, 2009 General Motors (GM) and Chrysler will receive bridge loans from the government of Canada and the provincial government of Ontario, however no more will be forthcoming from either Canadian or US governments unless the companies can reinvent themselves. “This is a regrettable but necessary step to protect the Canadian economy. We […]
Copyright on musical recordings extended by twenty years in EU
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 The Council of the European Union voted yesterday to extend the term of copyright on sound recordings by twenty years, from 50 years to 70, preventing a number of early recordings of 1960s rock musicians including The Beatles from entering the public domain. The 1962 hit “Love Me Do” would have […]
Recent Cases From The Courts Of Appeal In California Civil Litigation Reporter
Read An Opinion On: Family Lawyers Central Coast Introduction Nursing homes are increasingly using arbitration agreements signed at the time of an elderly resident’s admission to try to keep elder abuse cases out of court. Plaintiff’s attorneys are increasingly taking their chances that the arbitration agreements their clients signed will not be enforceable, and filing […]
Sunflower oil saves at-risk newborns from infection
Saturday, March 5, 2005Simply massaging low birth weight babies with sunflower seed oil can protect them from potentially fatal infections. Infections and complications from preterm birth cause more than half of all neonatal deaths, and very low birth weight babies are particularly vulnerable. Preterm babies have immature skin that lacks a protective film called vernix […]
Jawbone found in Aruba is not Natalee Holloway’s
Thursday, November 25, 2010 A jawbone found in Aruba is not that of missing American Natalee Holloway, who was a recent high school-graduate at the time of her disappearance. Officials confirmed the news after Dutch scientists completed tests on the bone. The jawbone, which also had a wisdom tooth with it, was found by an […]
Marshall Islands to request $3 billion more from U.S. for health effects of nuclear testing
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is petitioning for $3 billion in additional compensation from the U.S. government, after receiving $270 million in an agreement which expired in 2001. The U.S. government performed a series of 67 tests of nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands between 1946 and 1958. Fallout […]