2014年8月23日 星期六

2014-08-24 Canada English Science

  Canada.com   
The Vancouver Science World ad that was too violent for TV  Canada.com
Regulators have ruled a commercial for Vancouver's Science World too violent for TV, forcing the organization to release it online instead. The 30-second ad, titled “Positively Painful,” shows a man suffering a series of injuries and indignities, such as stepping ...

Is the 'cheerful optimist' Science World ad too violent?   CBC.ca
Science World ad banned from TV over violent content   CTV News
BC Science World ad banned for excessive violence   The Globe and Mail

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  NBCNews.com   
Airlines on alert as eruption begins in Iceland  Washington Post
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano began erupting Saturday under the ice of Europe's largest glacier, prompting the country to close the airspace over the volcano. Thousands of small earthquakes have rattled the volcano, deep beneath ...

Eruption begins in Iceland`s Bardarbunga volcano, `red` alert issued to airlines   Zee News
Iceland warns airlines of possible ash plume as volcano erupts   The Globe and Mail
Iceland says subglacial eruption is under way   Fox News
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  Ottawa Citizen   
What's Melting Arctic Ice? NASA Investigates Clouds  LiveScience.com
Arctic sea ice is melting fast, having lost about 1 million square miles since the 1970s, but experts are still figuring out what factors, such as cloud cover, are speeding or slowing the ice's demise. A new NASA mission is flying researchers over the Arctic to ...

NASA scientist describes arctic sea ice trends   WZZM
Arctic Melt Ponds Form as Ice Continues Its Summer Melt   FOX 9 News
NASA scientists watching, studying Arctic changes this summer   ECNmag.com
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  Austin Chronicle   
Monarch butterfly population set to rise this year  CBC.ca
After a devastating drop in population numbers over the past two years, the monarch butterfly is poised to make a comeback this summer. The increase is being noticed at Point Pelee National Park in Leamington, Ont., the final Canadian stop of the monarchs' ...

Lynn Youngblood: Plant milkweed to help monarch butterflies locally   Blue Springs Examiner
YMCA campers learn to conserve Monarch butterflies   KTTC
If We Plant It They Will Come: Monarch butterflies have a simple request   Austin Chronicle

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  Latin Post   
Hundreds of Dinosaur Tracks in Utah Open to Public  Latin Post
An area in Utah less than the size of a football field, but filled with an estimated 200 fossilized tracks left by at least ten different prehistoric animals, is opening up to the public in the fall. Officials from the Utah Bureau of Land Management say the dry wash in ...

Ancient Dinosaur Footprints Discovered In Utah   ValueWalk
Dinosaur Tracks Discovered In Utah Will Be Opened to Public in October   Uncover California
Utah to publicly open area with 200-plus meat-eating dino tracks   Hamilton Spectator
The Weather Network   
Tech Times   
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  Sun News Network   
Sunscreen chemicals could be hazardous to some marine life: Study  Sun News Network
Slathering on the sunscreen may be the best way to protect our skin from the sun, but it's harmful to some of the ocean's tiniest inhabitants, new research says. Antonio Tovar-Sanchez and David Sánchez-Quiles of the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced ...

Sunblock Poses Potential Hazard to Sea Life   Lab Manager Magazine

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  Globalnews.ca   
Stranded false killer whale calf shows signs of improvement  Globalnews.ca
A rare whale that was rescued by staff at the Vancouver Aquarium in July is making progress. The false killer whale calf named Chester was spotted in distress at North Chesterman beach, just outside of Tofino, and transported back to Vancouver for ...

Chester the false killer whale is getting better   CKNW News Talk 980

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  Economic Times   
How Lego's science set for girls is a hit, and a missed opportunity  The Globe and Mail
Lego is demonstrating this summer that role models in science and technology for girls are still fairly scarce in toy land, just as in the real world. The company stirred excitement this month by offering a line aimed at girls called the Research Institute, Lego's first ...

Legos: Demand for realistic female sets outstripping supply   Capecodonline
Nudge, Nudge: Put a stop to gender-based toy typecasting   Times Colonist

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  Grand Haven Tribune   
Working to make algae a profit grower  Minneapolis Star Tribune
Waste is converted to clean water and biocrude oil at the Algae Systems pilot plant in Alabama. Investors have taken notice. Photo: Tad Denson • The New York Times,. Camera Star Tribune photo galleries. Camera view larger. 0 · comments; decrease font ...

Algae blooms no cause for concern   HollandSentinel.com
'Never say never' on toxic algae   Grand Haven Tribune
Parkside students help develop app to detect algae blooms   Kenosha News
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  DigitalJournal.com   
Secrets of the 'zombie' ant fungus  DigitalJournal.com
The parasitic fungus that kills its ant hosts outside their nest in order to reproduce and transmit the infection, manipulates its victims to die in the vicinity of the colony, ensuring a constant supply of potential new hosts. This is the main finding from some new ...

Turns Out the US Has Its Very Own Species of Ant-Zombifying Fungus   Wired
Ants die due to parasitic fungus infection   The Eastern Tribune
Parasitic fungus infects ants to kill them   Delhi Daily News

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