2014年12月11日 星期四

2014-12-12 Canada English Science


CBC.ca
   
Banff swim in forbidden snail pool ends with charges   
CBC.ca
A man is facing fines of up to $75,000 and a year in prison after a forbidden bath in a thermal pool in Banff. Parks Canada employees say a man was bathing in the thermal pool on Nov. 26 at the Cave and Basin National Historic Site, which is home to the ...

Banff bather accused of threatening endangered snail   CTV News
Man faces $75000 in fines and year in jail after he's caught bathing in home of ...   National Post

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The Telegram
   
Great white shark's reappearance in NL intrigues research group   
The Telegram
From left, Mike McAllister, Nick Whitney and first mate Todd Goggins tag Lydia the great white shark. Lydia is near Newfoundland for the second time since she was tagged in 2013. — Submitted photo by Rob Snow. Chris Fischer of Ocearch is excited — and a ...


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CBC.ca
   
3 back-to-back-to-back accidents keep RNC busy on Northeast Avalon   
CBC.ca
Within an hour and a half, members of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary were sent to three separate collisions in the St. John's area, including one that involved a school-age boy, on Thursday afternoon. The first collision happened around 2:00 p.m. in ...

Three injured in collision in Paradise   Clarenville Packet
Truck Loaded with Tires Stolen in Paradise   VOCM

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DutchNews.nl
   
The Netherlands near bottom of climate change ranking   
DutchNews.nl
Electricity pylons The Netherlands is second from bottom of a new ranking looking at how EU countries are gearing up to tackle climate change, Trouw reports. The Netherlands is in 42nd place out of 58 on the overall ranking, below countries such as Belarus ...

CO2 Emissions To Be Cut By 125 Million Tons In 2014: COP20   Bernama
Global comparison reveals Germany's 'Energiewende dilemma'   EurActiv
The Grades Are in!   Huffington Post
Beacon News (blog)   
Troy Media   
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CBS Local
   
Look Up! International Space Station To Fly Over Metro Detroit   
CBS Local
Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore took this photograph of the Great Lakes and central U.S. on Dec. 7, 2014, and posted it to social media. This week on the station, the Expedition 42 crew has been busy with medical science and spacesuit work while ...

Space Station Partners Hold Paris News Conference to Discuss Yearlong Mission   PR Newswire (press release)
NASA tweets photo of STL from space   KSDK

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Planet S
   
The AI Threat   
Planet S
The experts run the whole gamut from A to B, and they're practically unanimous: artificial intelligence is going to destroy human civilization. Expert A is Elon Musk, polymath co-founder of PayPal, manufacturer of Tesla electric cars, creator of Space X, the first ...

Google's Schmidt: You have nothing to fear from AI   CNET
AI is different because it lets machines weld the emotional with the physical   Phys.Org
How to prevent robot world domination   Daily Times
Aleteia   
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New York Times
   
Strange Climate Event: Warmth Toward US for Its More Assertive Role   
New York Times
LIMA, Peru — When it comes to global warming, the United States has long been viewed as one of the world's worst actors. American officials have been booed and hissed during international climate talks, bestowed with mock “Fossil of the Day” awards for ...

Kerry tells rich and poor to make climate deal to avoid 'tragedy'   Reuters
John Kerry: climate change science is 'screaming at us' and poorer nations must ...   Telegraph.co.uk
Australia's Emissions Forecast to Surge Under Abbott's Policies   Businessweek
Mashable   
NDTV   
Brisbane Times   
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CBC.ca
   
Scientists discover how birds localize sound sources   
CBC.ca
German researchers have figured out how birds locate the source of a sound even though they don't have external ears. Outer ears on mammals help the animal identify whether sounds are coming above, below or at the same level. Technische Universität ...

Take That, Mammals: Birds Don't Need External Ears   Science 2.0
How Birds Pinpoint Sound Without External Ears   Science World Report
How birds get by without external ears   Phys.Org

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Small Business Trends
   
University of Toronto's next lawyer: A computer program named Ross   
The Globe and Mail
In the next few years, there may be a new junior associate, called Ross, working at a Bay Street law firm. He will handle legal research on big cases, and the senior partners are really going to like him: He is quiet, works orders-of-magnitude faster than any ...

IBM Watson is Providing Business Analytics — Free   Small Business Trends

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New rules to combat invasive mussels   
Salmon Arm Observer
That was how the chair of the Okanagan Basin Water Board summed up the local announcement Friday that the federal government is finally proposing new regulations to help fight off a possible invasion of zebra and quagga mussels into local lakes and ...

LETTERS: Don't move a mussel   Pentiction Western News

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