2014年10月21日 星期二

2014-10-22 Canada English Science

  Times of India   
Researchers look back 385-million-years, find first instance of penetrative sex  Hamilton Spectator
New research suggests that a type of armoured fish called placoderms may have been the first animal to develop penetrative sex. According to a paper published in Nature this week, the predecessor of sex as it occurs in mammals today first appeared in ...

Ancient Scottish fish gave us the act of sex   Times of India

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  Madison.com   
Madison City Council approves new urban forestry fee  Madison.com
A row of ash tree stumps line Northport Drive in Madison. The city is mostly using treatment to battle the emerald ash borer but is removing and replacing thousands of trees that are 10 inches in diameter of smaller, unhealthy or under high voltage power lines.
Pointe-Claire residents ordered to fell ash trees   Montreal Gazette
Ash trees on arch grounds to be removed in coming weeks   KMOV.com
The invasive emerald ash borer has killed millions of trees, but researchers hope ...   PRI
Niagarathisweek.com   
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  Edmonton Sun   
University of Alberta researcher finds Athabasca moss gathers less lead  Edmonton Sun
Athabasca River. File photo\QMI Agency. Article. Tweet. Change text size for the story; Print this story. Report an error. Related Stories. Car pulled from Athabasca River may contain clues in cold case · Environment minister downplays river concerns · More ...

U of A water expert detects little heavy metals in oilsands moss   Edmonton Journal

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  CBC.ca   
Orca calf born in Salish Sea has died, researchers believe  CBC.ca
Whale researchers believe the first baby orca born in the Salish Sea in two years has died, and they are blaming a shortage of Chinook salmon. The southern resident calf, known as L-120, was first spotted in August in Puget Sound, but it hasn't been seen ...

First Orca Calf Born to Endangered Pod Since 2012 Is Presumed Dead   NBCNews.com
Baby orca missing from B.C. area Southern Resident group, presumed dead   The Province
Baby killer whale, first in two years, goes missing, presumed dead   Journal of the San Juan Islands
News24   
South Whidbey Record (subscription)   
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  Christian Science Monitor   
One of the last two males of this rare rhino subspecies has died  Washington Post
Sad news for the northern white rhinoceros: One of the last two remaining males of the subspecies was found dead on Oct. 17. This makes the subspecies functionally extinct, National Geographic reports. The population was already small and isolated before ...

Death of northern white rhino leaves only six in the world   The Weather Network
Death leaves only 6 northern white rhinos in world, conservancy says   USA TODAY
Which animals are nearly extinct?   The Independent
Christian Science Monitor   
Beta Wired   
Tech Times   
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Physicists solve longstanding puzzle of how moths find distant mates  Eureka! Science News
The way in which male moths locate females flying hundreds of meters away has long been a mystery to scientists. Researchers know the moths use pheromones to locate their mates. Yet when these chemical odors are widely dispersed in a windy, turbulent ...


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  Nature World News   
Australian Bees 'Play a Game of Thrones'  Nature World News
Here's something you don't hear every day. The months-long Australian bee war is finally over. According to a recent field study, two different species of stingless bees had been fighting over the right to occupy a single hive for generations. Who says insects ...

Bees Wage Wars Against Other Hives That Last For Months   io9
Aussie bees fight 'hive wars'   BBC News
Bee Wars: an unspoken conflict   The Weather Network
Phys.Org   
Science AAAS   
ScienceAlert   
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  Sky & Telescope   
Huge Sunspot Group Now in View  Sky & Telescope
A gigantic cluster of sunspots, emerging into view on October 17th, could become the trigger point for potent solar storms. Active Region 2192 rotates into view in this daily image sequence taken October 17th to 22nd by the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Sun Unleashes Powerful X-Class Solar Flare (Video, Photos)   Space.com
PICTURE: Sun blasts powerful solar flare in late October   WAAY
Mammoth, Earth-swallowing sunspot blasts out X-class flare   The Weather Network

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  The Space Reporter   
Private company SpaceX likely to play key role in human spaceflight  The Space Reporter
Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies, popularly known as SpaceX, is positioning itself to lead the way to a new era of human spaceflight and could play a key role in the first manned mission to Mars. The company was founded in 2002 by billionaire ...

Video: Did a UFO photobomb a NASA space video?   San Jose Mercury News
What it Took for SpaceX to Become a Serious Space Company   The Atlantic
Heavy seas delay return of SpaceX Dragon capsule   USA TODAY
Beta Wired   
Daily Mail   
Universe Today   
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  Zee News   
Fishes like to play with objects: Study  Zee News
Washington: Scientists have found that fish play with objects just like other creatures do, a discovery that suggests 'play' is part of animals' evolutionary history and not just random, meaningless behaviour. According to Gordon Burghardt, from the University of ...

Fish Play to Have Fun, Say Researchers   Maine News
Fish Like To Have Fun, Too, Study Shows   Science World Report
Fish play for fun just like other animals, study says   Tech Times
Daily Digest   
UPI.com   
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