AirAsia disaster: Bodies, wreckage found
Search and rescue teams today began recovering bodies after debris from Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 was spotted in the sea near
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Orion Spacecraft accomplishes first spaceflight test
NASA has finally accomplished its first spaceflight with the new Orion spacecraft, uncrewed, on Friday morning. The spacecraft has now traveled farther from the Earth than any other spacecraft designed to carry a crew…
Campgrounds Reopening on a Limited Basis on November 15
Campgrounds Reopening on a Limited Basis on November 15
Two-time plane crash survivor, Austin Hatch, scores first goal in college sports
Austin Hatch, 20, a survivor of two separate plane crashes, scored his first basket in college basketball on Monday night, for the University of
Hurricane warning goes into effect in Bermuda as Gonzalo nears
Bermuda, in the North Atlantic Ocean, is under a hurricane warning after Hurricane Gonzalo was upgraded to Category 4 on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale earlier
Patient under evaluation with Ebola-like symptoms in Washington D.C.
A patient was admitted to a hospital in Washington, D.C. after showing Ebola-like symptoms, according to a statement yesterday by hospital spokeswoman Kerry-Ann
SpaceX test rocket crashes in Texas
SpaceX's F9R test vehicle self-destructed yesterday during a test flight at their McGregor, Texas test facility. There were no injuries. According to a witness, "there is a big grass fire from falling
International team of scientists reports on Antarctic lead pollution
Researchers from Australia, Denmark, Germany, Norway, United Kingdom, and the United States conducted lead concentration measurements of sixteen ice core samples, and found that industrial air pollution has persisted…
Turing test beaten by Russian chatterbot
Yesterday, the Russian chatterbot "Eugene Goostman" by a team of Russian and Ukrainian developers became the first machine to pass a Turing test, under the academic event organizers' interpretation of the test as…
Bank of England governor warns housing market is biggest threat to UK economy
The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has warned that the state of the housing market in the United Kingdom is the current biggest domestic threat to the country's economy, due to lack of house building, and…
'Debating with a woman is complicated' says Spanish Partido Popular EU candidate
Yesterday, Partido Popular candidate for the European Parliament Miguel Arias Cañete said of his performance during the previous night's debate against Spanish Socialist Workers' Party's Elena Valenciano on Spanish…
Canberra Capitals announce ownership change to University of Canberra
Earlier today, the Australian women's semi-professional basketball team Canberra Capitals announced a formal transfer of the club to University of Canberra. Prior to the transfer, the Women's National Basketball League…
Internet regulation bill approved by Russian Parliament
The Russian Parliament passed a new bill on Tuesday to restrict and regulate blogging and social media content, expected to be enforced in August. The bill comes following Russian actions in Ukraine and a Russian…
UK announces £200 million polar research ship
UK Chancellor George Osborne today announced a new £200 million research ship to ply Arctic and Antarctic
Glasgow cannabis enthusiasts celebrate 'green' on city green
Coinciding with Easter Sunday, Glasgow Cannabis Social Club's annual 420 event was held on Glasgow Green, under sunny blue skies, and overlooking the river Clyde. Despite the city's council attempting to revoke…
Wikinews interviews Paúl M. Velazco about new yellow-shouldered bat species
Scientists at Chicago's Field Museum and New York's American Museum of Natural History have discovered three new species of yellow-shouldered bats, genus Sturnira, in the Neotropics. On Wednesday open-access journal…
Eastern Slovak village Buzica honored as European Stork Village
Eastern Slovak village Buzica, located southwest of Košice on the Slovakian–Hungarian border, was awarded “European Stork Village” by German environmental foundation EuroNatur. The mayor of Buzica, Jozef Mohňanský,…
Weev iPad hacking conviction overturned
Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit overturned the conviction of Andrew "weev" Auernheimer, who had been sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison after exploiting a bug in…
Scottish artist Alan Davie dies at age 93
The death of Scottish artist Alan Davie was announced on Sunday. Davie, 93, was known for his colourful abstract
Death of captive rhino halts propagation efforts in US
After the death of the Cincinnati Zoo's female Sumatran rhinoceros last Sunday, Dr. Terri Roth, the director of the zoo's research facility specializing in propagation, told Wikinews her organization remains committed…
