Showing stories from 21 January 2010
BBC News (United Kingdom) 21 Jan 23:14
Ten of the pioneering snowflake crystal photos made by US farmer Wilson A Bentley are to be sold in New York.
KTRK (USA) 21 Jan 20:20
An Alaska man who hit a Taco Bell manager in the face with a double-decker taco has been sentenced to one day in jail and one year probation
BBC News (United Kingdom) 21 Jan 20:16
Five severely disabled turtles are on the final stage of a 4,700-mile journey to a long term care home at a marine park in Dorset.
Boston.com (USA) 21 Jan 20:06
Doctors at a small practice in Virginia got a big surprise when a tennis ball-sized meteorite punched a hole through their roof. No one was injured.
Boston.com (USA) 21 Jan 20:06
Egypt's top cleric wants Muslims to answer the call to prayer, but not when its ringing on their cellphones.
Metro (United Kingdom) 21 Jan 18:38
Space invaders now apparently targeting medical professionals, as a meteorite the size of a tennis ball smashes into a doctor's surgery in America.
Yahoo! News 21 Jan 18:02
Reuters - International hotel chain Holiday Inn is offering a trial human bed-warming service at three hotels in Britain this month.
Yahoo! News 21 Jan 18:01
Reuters - An unemployed construction worker alarmed Kremlin guards when he tried to barge past them for what he said was a meeting with the Russian president to become his son-in-law, a popular daily reported on Thursday.
Yahoo! News 21 Jan 18:01
Reuters - A cat which became famous in Britain for riding on the buses around the southern English city of Plymouth has died after being run over, media reported.
Yahoo! News 21 Jan 18:00
Reuters - Organizers of the "Antiquities Theft in Israel" exhibition could not have chosen a more fitting name for their display.
BBC News (United Kingdom) 21 Jan 16:50
A method of creating energy storage devices using a carbon nanotube "ink" has been shown to work on ordinary fabrics.
WLS (USA) 21 Jan 15:52
A Utah man has chosen to fight heroin addiction by spending more time in jail.
WLS (USA) 21 Jan 15:51
Egypt's top cleric wants Muslims to answer the call to prayer, but not when its ringing on their cellphones.
WLS (USA) 21 Jan 15:47
Doctors at a small practice in Virginia got a big surprise when a tennis ball-sized meteorite punched a hole through their roof. No one was injured.
KTRK (USA) 21 Jan 15:45
A Utah man has chosen to fight heroin addiction by spending more time in jail
KTRK (USA) 21 Jan 15:42
Doctors at a small practice in Virginia got a big surprise when a tennis ball-sized meteorite punched a hole through their roof
KTRK (USA) 21 Jan 15:40
Egypt's top cleric wants Muslims to answer the call to prayer, but not when its ringing on their cellphones
RedOrbit (USA) 21 Jan 15:20
The finding may lead to improved techniques for testing water and food supplies should botulinin neurotoxins be used as a bioterrorism weaponScientists at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) have for the first time developed a highly sensitive means of detecting the seven types of botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) simultaneously.The BoNT-detecting substances are antibodies -- proteins made by the body to fight diseases -- found in llamas.
RedOrbit (USA) 21 Jan 15:20
The finding may lead to improved techniques for testing water and food supplies should botulinin neurotoxins be used as a bioterrorism weaponScientists at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) have for the first time developed a highly sensitive means of detecting the seven types of botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) simultaneously.The BoNT-detecting substances are antibodies -- proteins made by the body to fight diseases -- found in llamas.
BBC News (United Kingdom) 21 Jan 15:00
The Earth "changes the colour" of asteroids by shaking them up as they pass, according to scientists.

