Do you know what jet streams are? Aboard his Winnie Mae, Post shattered his own record as he completed the first solo flight around the world on July 22, 1933 after flying for 7 days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes. He demonstrated significant aviation technologies during this flight, including two new aeronautical devices – radio direction finder and an autopilot …
'Significant failings' in sharing intelligence contributed to the deaths of three friends in a terrorist attack in a park in Reading, a coroner has ruled. In delivering his findings at the Old Bailey, Sir Adrian Fulford said: 'It is my view, without relying on the potentially distorting view of hindsight, that these three deaths were avoidable' Gary Furlong, the father …
We are celebrating the 200th birth anniversary of Gregor Johann Mendel and Sir Francis Galton this year. Galton propounded the ‘Law of Ancestral Heredity.’ He suggested that hereditary qualities were embedded in the reproductive organs and the germ plasm, which were passed on from one generation to the next. Mendel presented his results to the Society for the Study of …
The Deputy State Coroner has found the 2016 domestic violence deaths of two South Australian children could have been prevented if child protection authorities took a more "vigorous role" in securing their safety. In his findings, Mr Schapel said the Child Protection Department was aware that Amber and Korey were living in a "dysfunctional" home but did not act until …
