2014年12月22日 星期一

2014-12-23 Canada English Science


Wall Street Journal
   
NASA Is Lost in Space   
Wall Street Journal
The U.S. space program needs a clear purpose. Spending billions on the International Space Station isn't it. Astronaut James H. Newman waves from the International Space Station, Dec. 5. ENLARGE. Astronaut James H. Newman waves from the ...

Instead of waiting for wrench, astronaut on ISS prints one   The Globe and Mail
Joy to the World! Space Station Crew Offers Christmas Greetings to Earth   NBCNews.com
December 22, 2014 in Mission Reports: Ratchet wrench 'emailed' to space station   Spaceflight Now
News Every day   
abc7news.com   
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National Post
   
Stunning photo captures fireball streaking over Banff mountains: 'Everything was ...   
National Post
@RASC_LPA Aurora meets Calgary light pollution. flic.kr/p/quKEf6. — Brett Abernethy (@brettphotog) December 22, 2014. Another Aurora Shot December 21, 2014. NW Calgary, Alberta flic.kr/p/quG4Wj. — Brett Abernethy (@brettphotog) December 22, 2014 ...

Amateur photographer captures picture of fireball over Banff   Globalnews.ca
Timing everything in Alberta photographer's capture of fiery meteor   Sun News Network
Calgary photographer captures apparent fireball over Mount Rundle   Calgary Herald
Timmins Press   
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CBC.ca
   
133-year-old PEI lighthouse being moved from edge of cliff   
CTV News
A historic Prince Edward Island lighthouse in danger of slipping into the sea is getting a new address -- and a new lease on life. The 133-year-old Cape Bear Lighthouse at the southeastern tip of P.E.I. is being moved about 100 feet from the edge of an eroded ...

Cape Bear Lighthouse on the move   CBC.ca
Historic lighthouse saved from the edge   The Guardian

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Digital Journal
   
Chinook salmon in danger of being wiped out   
Digital Journal
A new climate change study conducted by the University of British Columbia scientists does not bode well for the West Coast's Chinook Salmon stocks. The question of the salmon's ability to adapt to warming waters was the basis of the study.
Chinook salmon at risk of 'catastrophic loss' under global warming, new study ...   Vancouver Sun
Chinook salmon could be wiped out by 2100: study   CTV News

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Edmonton Sun
   
University of Alberta researcher finds fossil of 110-million-year-old crab   
Edmonton Sun
University of Alberta researcher finds fossil of 110-million-year-old crab Discovery of oldest known higher crab transforms our understanding of crustacean evolution since the late days of the dinosaurs University of Alberta PhD student Javier Luque has found ...


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E Canada Now
   
Super-Earth Confirmed By UBC Astronomer   
E Canada Now
This artist's concept shows the first planet discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft during its K2 mission, a “super Earth” called HIP 116454b. The planet has a diameter of 20,000 miles, weighs 12 times as much as Earth and orbits its star once every 9.1 days.
Let's think seriously about a Lazarus mission   Financial Times
NASA's Kepler spacecraft discovers it's first Exoplanet during new mission   Clarksville Online
Phoenix-like Kepler Discovers 'Super Earth': HIP 116454b Weighs 12 Times Our ...   Tech Times
Sci-Tech Today   
SportAct   
Full-Time Whistle   
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Toronto Star
   
Ice-free Arctic could be just six years away   
Toronto Star
Frank Pokiak remembers long days on the land, camped at traditional hunting grounds under June's 24-hour sun, secure in the knowledge that sea ice would provide a safe highway back to his Tuktoyaktuk home. Those days are gone. “We used to stay out ...

Ice-free Arctic could be just six years away | Toronto Star   Macro Insider
Sub finds predatory worms, floating jelly creatures beneath the Arctic ice   The Weather Network
Drilling for microbes in extreme environments   Digital Journal
Alaska Dispatch   
Inland Empire News   
New Hampshire Voice   
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Universe Today
   
Christmas comet Lovejoy visible in southern sky   
The News-Press
Some folks theorize that the Star of Bethlehem was a comet, but the comet visible in Southwest Florida this Christmas season won't be the kind of celestial event that would make the Magi hit the road with a load of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Comet Lovejoy ...

Comet Q2 Lovejoy Set to Ring in the New Year: Reader Images and More   Universe Today
New Comet Lovejoy graces the skies for Christmas   The Weather Network
Comet Lovejoy Is Coming Our Way Just In Time for Christmas, So Get Your ...   Bustle

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The Capital Wide
   
Annual bird count held at Grand Isle   
Houma Courier
Groups of birders gathered in Grand Isle last week to spot and record the various avian species calling the island home for the winter. Around 15 observers scoured the island Dec. 18 to participate in the National Audubon Society's annual Christmas Bird ...

Christmas bird count in national park   Dickinson Press
Birders count 28 species and 2141 birds during annual Audubon Christmas bird ...   Price County Daily
115th annual Christmas Bird Count celebrated across North America (and Lake ...   News-Herald.com
Petaluma Argus Courier   
CBC.ca   
Washington Post   
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CBS Local
   
Stanford Students Design Paddles to Climb Glass   
New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — Stanford University students have created paddles that help humans scale glass walls like a gecko. The "gecko gloves" use the same scientific principles employed by the sticky feet of nature's most impressive climber, the San Jose ...

Stanford Students Invent Gecko Gloves The Give Humans The Power To Scale ...   CBS Local

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