2014年12月5日 星期五

2014-12-06 Canada English Science


Los Angeles Times
   
Orion zooms around planet, drops into the Pacific; recovery underway   
Los Angeles Times
The Orion spacecraft launched Friday morning from Cape Canaveral in Florida and finished its first test flight by falling gently into the Pacific Ocean, supported by a trio of parachutes. lRelated Orion capsule makes a 'bull's-eye' splashdown in Pacific.
A 'Perfect flight' for Nasa's Mars rocket marks new era   Irish Independent
NASA's Orion has 'bull's eye' landing after test mission   azcentral.com
First Flight Test Is Successful for NASA's Orion Spacecraft   New York Times
San Jose Mercury News   
The Nation   
Nature World News   
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CBC.ca
   
Death of killer whale J-32 troubling, say scientists   
CBC.ca
The body of a young killer whale was discovered Thursday near Vancouver Island by residents of Courtenay, B.C., who towed it to shore. Its death is troubling, said marine mammal researchers from the Vancouver Aquarium, as it marks the fourth recent death ...

Endangered female killer whale found dead off Vancouver Island   The Globe and Mail
Orca found dead off B.C. coast was at the 'sunrise of her reproductive life ...   The Province
Endangered 18-year-old female killer whale found dead off Vancouver Island   Winnipeg Free Press
CTV News   
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Sun News Network
   
Harper Government Takes New Measures to Fight Against Aquatic Invasive ...   
Digital Journal
KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Dec. 5, 2014) - The Member of Parliament for Okanagan-Coquihalla, Dan Albas and the Member of Parliament for Kelowna-Lake Country, Ron Cannan, hosted a roundtable discussion today in Kelowna on ...

Federal Government Announces Invasive Species Regulations   KelownaNow
Governor signs executive action combating invasive species in Montana   KXLH Helena News

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BBC News
   
Does AI really threaten the future of the human race?   
BBC News
The end of the human race - that is what is in sight if we develop full artificial intelligence, according to Stephen Hawking in an interview with the BBC. But how imminent is the danger and if it is remote, do we still need to worry about the implications of ever ...

Stephen Hawking's warning on artificial intelligence long way off   CBC.ca
Eddie Redmayne: Stephen Hawking is a huge flirt   Hamilton Spectator
How I Fell In Love With Stephen Hawking   Newsweek
ABC News   
Irish Independent   
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NDTV
   
Ban Ki-Moon says Canada must do more on climate change   
CBC.ca
Ban Ki-moon, in an exclusive interview with CBC News, says Canada needs to stop stalling on setting climate change goals, and instead become "ambitious and visionary." The UN Secretary General, while acknowledging the Stephen Harper government ...

Climate Projects Reap $650 Billion a Year as Aid to Poor Rises   Bloomberg
U.N. secretary general Ban Ki-moon chides Canada on environment: CBC   MetroNews Canada
UN chief hoping for draft of global climate deal   New Zealand Herald

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News Every day
   
American intelligence agencies building new supercomputer   
UPI.com
Current supercomputing utilizes technology that relies on tens of megawatts and requires large amounts of physical space to house the infrastructure and power and cool the components. By JC Sevcik · Follow @JCSevcik Contact the Author | Dec. 5, 2014 at ...

IARPA to Develop a Superconducting SuperComputer   Scientific Computing
US intelligence signs up IBM to build an eco-friendly supercomputer   Inquirer
US intelligence agency aims to develop superconducting computer   Reuters Canada
Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin   
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OurWindsor.ca
   
Sanctuary, hover craft company team up to save stranded deer   
OurWindsor.ca
HUNTSVILLE – After hours of struggling on the ice surface of Peninsula Lake, unable to get enough grip to stand up, a deer's slow death seemed inevitable. On Friday afternoon, a local resident called firefighters, who were unable to reach the buck across the ...


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Rift widens among greens over burying carbon as climate fix   
Yahoo! Maktoob News
LIMA (Reuters) - A rift is widening among the world's biggest environmental groups over a little-tested technology for burying carbon that might help cut the cost of fighting climate change. A report by the U.N.'s panel of climate scientists last month dismayed ...


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Digital Journal
   
Researchers discover 30 new spider species   
Digital Journal
A foray into a rainforest teeming with flora and fauna has already yielded big results — 30 new species of spiders — and that may be just the start. Nature World News reports that a team of scientists have discovered 30 news species of spider and that there ...

30 new species of spider found in less than a square mile of Chinese rainforest   Daily Mail
30 New Spider Species Discovered in China   Nature World News
Eight New Genera, Thirty New Species of Linyphiid Spider Discovered in China   Entomology Today
Business Standard   
Zee News   
Science Codex   
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45-year physics mystery shows a path to quantum transistors   
Science Codex
ANN ARBOR--An odd, iridescent material that's puzzled physicists for decades turns out to be an exotic state of matter that could open a new path to quantum computers and other next-generation electronics. Physicists at the University of Michigan have ...


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