ca-hotdailynews: 2014-12-21 Canada English Science

Three species of bats added to Ottawa's endangered animals list
The Globe and Mail
The federal government has listed three species of bats whose populations have been decimated by a highly contagious fungal disease as endangered animals under the Species at Risk Act, but some scientists worry that extensive bureaucratic delays may ...

Federal Government Lists Three Bat Species as Endangered   Maine News

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Super-Earth confirmed by UBC astronomer using MOST space telescope
CBC.ca
A UBC astronomer and a Canadian space telescope played pivotal roles in the discovery of a new planet — a so-called Super-Earth — found orbiting a sun well beyond our solar system. Prof. Jaymie Matthews said researchers first spotted clues to the planet, ...

UBC astronomers discover potential 'waterworld' in our galactic neighbourhood   Vancouver Sun
UBC astronomer confirms a new “Super-Earth” planet   University of British Columbia
UBC Astronomer Aids in Discovering New Planet   KelownaNow
The Province
E Canada Now
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The fight for who owns the Arctic: The players & their strategy
CBC.ca
Geophysicist Christian Marcussen of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland says the data they have proves the Lomonosov ridge is the natural extension of the Greenland shelf. (AP/John McConnico, File). Listen. Denmark may be the latest ...

Poles apart...   Gulf Daily News
Denmark's claim to North Pole fans geopolitical rivalry   Financial Times
Denmark stakes its claim in the war for the North Pole   Sydney Morning Herald
Huffington Post Canada
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Birders spot snowy owl during annual Washington area Christmas Bird Count
Washington Post
It was just before 7 a.m. Saturday, a crescent moon fading from sight, when bird enthusiast William Young grabbed his binoculars, camera and clipboard out of his hybrid Prius. Its Virginia tags read: “WARBLER”. Young was one of numerous bird enthusiasts ...

Christmas Bird Count a holiday treat for some   Kansas.com
Counting is for the birds in annual event   Merced Sun-Star
Climate changes, habitat loss cited as threats to 314 bird species   Tribune-Review
Topeka Capital Journal
Hilton Head Island Packet
WABI
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VIDEO: Midday Lava Update – Saturday, Dec. 20
Big Island Video News
(ABOVE VIDEO) This morning's Civil Defense message with overflight video courtesy the County of Hawaii. NEWS BRIEFS. Hawaii County Civil Defense reported this morning that the lava flow had advanced 160 yards since 6:30 a.m. yesterday morning and ...

Alternate route opens as lava nears Hawaii town   Thegardenisland.com
Lava Could Reach Hawaii Shopping Center in 8 Days   New York Times
June 27 Lava Flow Update- 12/20/14   Big Island Now
CBS News
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Warblers Flee, As Warnings from Mother Nature Reveal Coming Storms
Science Times
In the study of ecology, it's long been known that animals have a sort of sixth sense above and beyond what humans can perceive. Perhaps through the aid of their keen senses of smell or their abnormally acute sense of hearing, animals such as dogs are ...

Birds 'heard tornadoes coming' and fled one day ahead   BBC News
Birds sensed imminent tornadoes, and escaped the day before, study finds   CTV News
Nature's own tornado detector saves migrating birds, study finds   Los Angeles Times
National Geographic
Reuters
UC Berkeley
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Bizarre Russian rock contains 30000 diamonds
Christian Science Monitor
Unearthed from a diamond mine in Russia and donated to science, the rock contains concentrations of diamonds millions of times greater than that of normal diamond ore. By Becky Oskin, LiveScience December 18, 2014. close. This rock from Russia's ...

Russian miners find rock containing 30000 diamonds   MINING.com
Unique Rock Unearthed in Russia With 30000 Diamonds Lodged in It   University Herald
Rock with 30000 diamonds found Russian diamond mine   ZME Science
Island Crisis News
ValueWalk
WallStreet OTC
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Federal court finds protesters in contempt for ignoring order to halt anti-whaling ...
Macro Insider
SAN FRANCISCO – Radical environmentalists have been located in contempt of court for failing to heed an order to halt their relentless campaign to disrupt the annual whale hunt off the waters of Antarctica. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals... Federal ...

US court finds protesters in contempt for ignoring order to halt anti-whaling ...   CTV News
Anti-whaling protesters found in contempt of court   Fox News
Sea Shepherd found in contempt of court in US   Sydney Morning Herald
The Guardian
Charlotte Observer
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Carnivorous Plants depend on Algae and Pollen Grains for Nutrients: Study
Maine News
A recently released study showed that certain carnivorous plant that are known for speedily and cruelly trapping and killing tiny animals for food may be more inclined towards eating vegetarian food. The study stated that the aquatic carnivorous bladderwort, ...

A Vegetarian Carnivorous Plant...Wait, What?   Science 2.0
A vegetarian carnivorous plant   (e) Science News

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Quantum physics may have just gotten simpler
World Science
Here's a nice surprise: quantum physics is less complicated than we thought, according to new research. The work links two strange features of the quantum world—or nature at the smallest scales, such as that of subatomic particles—calling them different ...

Quantum physics just got less complicated   (e) Science News
Quantum physics just got less complicated with 'Rosetta Stone' breakthrough   International Business Times UK

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