New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
Captain James Cook's trailblazing feats as an explorer are well known, but it is his pioneering work in nutrition that is highlighted in a new celebration of science.Cook's success in using pickled cabbage to save his crew from...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
On January 11, 1780, the London Gazette reported the death of Captain James Cook, "on the island of O'Why'he ... in an affray with a numerous and tumultuous Body of Natives." Eighteenth century communications were such that it had taken 11 months for this "melancholy account" to get back from Hawaii, as we now call it, but Britain still took the news of the death...
The Orstrahyun (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Royal Society has a stunning, involving collection of scientific papers, books and illustrations dating back to the 17th century online. It's beautifully presented. Take a look here. This is one of the hundreds of online exhibits : 'Captain James Cook's Methods For Preserving The Health Of His Crew' by Sunetra Gupta, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford : ‘We had on board...
Green Daily (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
... are turning to (literally) green caviar, which is actually a kind of seaweed. Jim O'Brien of James Cook University tells Discovery News that the vegan delicacy has a "peppery" taste and high nutritional value. This makes it appealing to the Japanese market, where it's known as Umibodo, and in "foodie" cultures in Europe and Australia. Continue reading Eco-Friendly...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Certainly, the diet offered by Captain James Cook ( Report , 30 November) was sensible with regard to the prevention of scurvy. However, James Lind, the naval surgeon, had published his detailed Treatise of Scurvy 23 years before, in 1753. Among other recommendations, derived from the first-ever clinical trials (conducted at sea) he principally advocated the use of fresh lemons...
Click World News (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
... include: • The gruesome account of an early blood transfusion (1666) • Captain James Cook's explanation of how he protected his crew from scurvy aboard HMS Resolution (1776) • Stephen Hawking's early writing on black holes (1970) • Benjamin Franklin's account of flying a kite in a storm to identify the electrical nature of lightning - the Philadelphia Experiment...
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
... include: • The gruesome account of an early blood transfusion (1666) • Captain James Cook’s explanation of how he protected his crew from scurvy aboard HMS Resolution (1776) • Stephen Hawking’s early writing on black holes (1970) • Benjamin Franklin’s account of flying a kite in a storm to identify the electrical nature of lightning – the...
Biodiesel and Ethanol Investing (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Transport & Logistics News reports that a technology that may bring about significant CO2 emissions reduction from coal and gas-fired power stations is to be unveiled to three installations along the east coast of Australia next year. MBD Energy Ltd, the firm behind the technology, has partnered an algal research team based at James [...]
British National Party (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
... a cooling.” * Robert M. Carter, geologist, researcher at the Marine Geophysical Laboratory at James Cook University in Australia: “the accepted global average temperature statistics used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change show that no ground-based warming has occurred since 1998 … there is every doubt whether any global warming at all is occurring at the moment, let...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
A woman is sexually assaulted in a residential area at Middlesbrough's James Cook University Hospital.
The Untrusted (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
James Cook became the first European to visit the island of Maui, in 1778. While there, he soaked up some rays, caught some totally righteous waves and made it with a hot wahine. Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct was completed in 1805. The heaviest rainfall ever recorded was at Basse Terre, Guadaloupe, in 1970, when 1.5 inches fell in one minute. Last year, ten coordinated attacks...
World (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Tonga also became known to geographers as the Friendly Islands because of the friendly reception accorded to Captain James Cook on his first visit in 1773. He happened to arrive at the time of the ?inasi festival, the yearly donation of the first fruits to the Tu'i Tonga, the islands' paramount chief, and received an invitation to the festivities. According to the writer William Mariner,...
