(SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA) -An article in The Australian newspaper titled ‘X-ray age-check tool inaccurate’ today, 6 January states that the Australian Federal Police medical technique used to determine the physical maturity of boat people who claim to be underage is not accurate. The AFP would like to clarify the process used. The AFP utilises the statute [...]
(WASHINGTON, DC) - State-of-the-art seismological techniques applied to Apollo-era data suggest our moon has a core similar to Earth’s. Uncovering details about the lunar core is critical for developing accurate models of the moon’s formation. The data sheds light on the evolution of a lunar dynamo — a natural process by which our moon may have generated [...]
(BEEBE, AR) – Last night, ringing in the New Year took on a whole different meaning for the citizens of Beebe. Beginning at around 11:30 p.m., enforcement officers with Arkansas Game and Fish Commission began getting reports of dead black birds falling from the sky in the city limits of Beebe. Officers estimated that over 1,000 [...]
(TORONTO, ON) - A York University doctoral student who discovered a new species of bee on his way to the lab one morning has completed a study that examines 84 species of sweat bees in Canada. Nineteen of these species – including the one Jason Gibbs found in downtown Toronto − are new to science because [...]
(CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK, NEPAL) – A new survey released on 29 July indicates that adult tiger numbers in Chitwan National Park and its border areas in Nepal now stand at 125. A previous survey conducted in a smaller area of the Park in early 2009 found 91 tigers. The survey was conducted from December 2009 [...]
(SAGINAW, MI) – On July 27, 1928, 3.07 inches of rainfall fell in Saginaw. This is the precipitation record for the month of July in Saginaw and is also greater than the average amount of precipitation Saginaw receives for the entire month of July (2.50 inches)! Also in 2004, temperatures hovered in the mid 50s [...]
In 1947 one of the most powerful strokes of lightning ever measured yielded 345,000 amperes of electricity in Pittsburgh, PA.
In 1988 thunderstorms produced severe weather in Lower Michigan and northern Ohio, over eastern sections of the Dakotas, and over the Central High Plains Region. Showers and thunderstorms soaked Wilmington, NC, with another two inches of rain, following six and a half inches the previous day.
In 1918 a single bolt of lightning struck 504 sheep dead in their tracks at the Wasatch National Forest in Utah. Sheep often herd together in storms, and as a result the shock from the lightning bolt was passed from one animal to another.
(DETROIT, MI) – On July 21, 1998, during the late afternoon and early evening, a broken line of severe thunderstorms moved through metro Detroit as well as Lenawee and Monroe Counties. This squall line produced a wind gust to 75 mph at the Ann Arbor Airport, widespread wind damage across the metro area especially in [...]
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