2014年8月18日 星期一

2014-08-19 Canada English Science

  Edmonton Sun   
University of Alberta researcher studying pine beetle flight patterns  Edmonton Sun
Beetle The pine beetle, though small, has decimated millions of trees in B.C. and Alberta and threatens to spread south and east. (DAVE LAZZARINO/ EDMONTON SUN). Article. Tweet. Change text size for the story; Print this story. Report an error.
U of A beetle research aims to help combat pine infestation (with video)   Calgary Herald

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  CTV News   
Algal blooms reported in two Manitoba lakes  The Weather Network
Monday, August 18, 2014, 7:58 PM - Blue-green algae has been reported in Lake Winnipeg and Dauphin Lake in Manitoba, prompting advisories from conservation authorities. Officials say the algae levels are above the recreational water quality guideline ...

Algae blooms at two Manitoba lakes   CTV News

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  Daily Star   
UFO May Have Appeared on Film of Smith Creek Wildfire  E Canada Now
Kelowna, British Columbia – When a wildfire broke out at Smith Creek River west of this metropolis of 180,000 people last month, it forced the evacuation of 2,500 people from 1,100 local residences. The fire affected 260 hectares of land of which 30% was ...

Is this a UFO? Strange 'craft' zooms into view during TV coverage of forest fire   Mirror.co.uk
UFO spotted in news coverage of BC forest fire   Yahoo News Canada (blog)
Possible UFO Spotted During News Report (Video)   Opposing Views
Huffington Post Canada   
Examiner.com   
Daily Star   
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The Bobbit Worm is a thing straight out of our darkest nightmares  The Weather Network
Monday, August 18, 2014, 6:21 PM - We share this planet with some truly nightmarish creatures. One example is shown above - Eunice aphroditois, or the Bobbit Worm - an ocean-dwelling worm that burrows itself into the sea floor and lies in wait for prey to ...

The Bobbit worm: the terrifying worm at the bottom of the ocean   Yahoo News Canada (blog)
A Thing Nightmares Are Made Of: Bobbit Worm Jumps At You Out Of The Ocean ...   The Inquisitr

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  Quality Assurance & Food Safety   
Earth's Best Pest Control Launches $25 Coupon to Encourage Comprehensive ...  DigitalJournal.com
Earth's Best Pest Control has created a coupon code to help people save when spending $350 dollars or more, enabling users to get the very best service for even less, for a limited time only. Tampa, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/18/2014 -- The change in the ...

Occasional Invaders: The Canary in the Coal Mine   Quality Assurance & Food Safety

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  Tech Times   
ISS astronauts venture outside for spacewalk  Tech Times
Two Russian astronauts on the ISS released a nanosatellite today on a five-hour spacewalk. The Peruvian satellite will measure and record temperature and pressure conditions. Two Russian astronauts spacewalked outside the International Space Station ...

Astronaut releases baby satellite   The Cairns Post
Astronauts take spacewalk to set loose tiny, 2-pound satellite   CTV News

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  UPI.com   
Just A Heads Up, New Study Says Earth Was Once Covered In Literal Dragons  The Mary Sue
flight of dragoons Are you bored by dinosaurs? Then you're in luck, my jaded friend: according to a new study published recently in ZooKeys, the Earth used to be ruled by Azhdarchidan pterosaurs–massive, toothless winged creatures named from the ...

Toothless pterosaurs were lords of the prehistoric skies   The Weather Network
Toothless 'dragon' pterosaurs filled late Cretaceous skies   UPI.com
Toothless 'Dragon' Pterosaurs Dominated Ancient Late Cretaceous Skies   Science World Report
Phys.Org   
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Origins of meteorites traced back billions of years to massive collision  SFGate
The space rocks that fell on a Novato rooftop and other North Bay sites two years ago are relics of a monster collision with Earth that formed the moon more than 4.5 billion years ago, scientists believe. The six battered meteorites called metallic chondrites ...

One That Fell to Earth: Researchers Reveal 2012 Novato Meteorite Took a Beating   Universe Today

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  Wall Street Journal (blog)   
Rare planetary conjunction  Peninsula On-line
Venus (left) and Jupiter (right) rise together in a rare conjunction over the Hell Gate (rear) and Robert F Kennedy (front) bridges early yesterday in New York. The two planets were separated by about 0.25 degrees as viewed from Earth. They will appear farther ...

Photos: Venus, Jupiter Get Close Over New York City   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Beautiful morning conjunction   Phys.Org
Jupiter And Venus To Form Spectacular Conjunction Of Planetary Dance, Could ...   Headlines & Global News
Universe Today   
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  Cordis News   
12 women that should be on dollar bills  Times-Mail (subscription)
Maryam Mirzakhani made history this week. She became the first woman to win the Fields Medal, which has been called the “Nobel Prize of math." This is especially timely, given the recent national discussion on the economy. President Barack Obama ...

Meet the First Woman to Ever Win Math's Most Prestigious Award   ReadWrite
ERC grantee awarded prestigious Fields Medal   Cordis News
Maryam Mirzakhani Wins 2014 Fields Medal   Uncover California
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The Australian   
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