A 5.3 magnitude earthquake that struck New Zealand’s Cook Strait last night rattled buildings in Wellington and was felt by people 141 miles away according to Geoscience Australia and Sky News. Reports say the quake was 11 miles beneath Cook Strait and 18 miles east of Seddon. However, New Zealand’s earthquake monitoring agency, Geonet, reported […]
A new antibiotic compound that could be effective in fighting the fatal menace of the “superbug” MRSA and other drug-resistant microbes has been found off the coast of California, according to scientists. Scientists discovered the new and unusual antibiotic compound from a marine microorganism found in sediments close to shore off Santa Barbara, California last […]
The Telegraph, The New York Times, CBS News
Bradley Manning may be sentenced to 136 years in prison for handing over thousands of classified government files to WikiLeaks. He may end up spending the rest of his life in jail even though he was acquitted of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy. If he had been found guilty of that charge, […]
