2014年12月27日 星期六

2014-12-28 Canada English Science


Toronto Sun
   
A day in the life of a Quebec man kite skiing across Antarctica   
The Globe and Mail
A Quebec man has become the first person to reach the geographic South Pole by kite ski. Frédéric Dion, 37, accomplished the feat on Christmas Eve after travelling 3,000 kilometres since Nov. 9. He has now been on his adventure for 48 days in an attempt ...

Quebec man Frederic Dion reaches geographic South Pole on Christmas Day   Globalnews.ca
Quebec man becomes first person to reach South Pole by kite ski   E Canada Now
Quebecer Frederic Dion first to reach South Pole solo   The Sudbury Star

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Uncover Michigan
   
Vanishing sea ice creates whole new Arctic   
Regina Leader-Post
Frank Pokiak remembers long days on the land, camped at traditional hunting grounds under June's 24-hour sun, secure in the knowledge sea ice would provide a safe highway back to his Tuktoyaktuk home. Those days are gone. "We used to stay out quite a ...

Arctic Ice Sheet shrinking at rate of five percent in a decade   Uncover Michigan
Reindeer counteract climate change   Digital Journal
Glaciers are melting : Arctic Ice Sheet Shrinking by 5% a Decade, say Researchers   Full-Time Whistle

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Digital Journal
   
Invading Ant Armies Help Harmful Plants Spread   
Nature World News
Invasive species are a menace enough when they wade into a new and vulnerable ecosystem alone, but what happens when they help one another set camp and wage war on ecological stability? A new study has found that an invasive fire ant is doing just ...

European fire ants may wreak havoc on North American ecosystems   Market Business News
European fire ants disrupt ecosystems to help spread alien plants   Digital Journal
Alien Plants Spread by Fire Ants   E Canada Now
Full-Time Whistle   
Maine News   
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Adam Pez: The Singularity explored   
Edmonton Journal
The Silicon Rapture. by Adam Pez. Nonvella Publishing Inc. On the heels of the apocalyptic artificial intelligence (AI) film Transcendence, and Stephen Hawking's warnings of the dangers of AI, journalist Adam Pez delves into the big, weird questions of the ...


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Regina Leader-Post
   
Archaeologists Uncover 6000 Year Old Encampment near Stonehenge That ...   
E Canada Now
The site was discovered in October of 2014, but it is only now that archaeologists have determined the exact age of the encampment to be around 6,000 years old by using carbon dating. The site of the encampment has been named Blick Mead and it is about ...

4000 BC settlement found at Stonehenge   Regina Leader-Post
Stonehenge and the 'tunnel to the Ice Age'   The Times (subscription)

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Gawker
   
Mission seeks to unlock Pluto's secrets   
Brantford Expositor
This is an artist's impression of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, currently on its way to Pluto. (NASA.com). Bookmark and Share. Change text size for the story. Print. Report an error. Take a few moments and give some thought to poor Pluto, the most unlucky ...

You're Not Going to Become Weightless on January 4th   Macro Insider
Craig Tally: New discoveries inspire wonder, mystery over creation   Joplin Globe

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Fayetteville Observer
   
Catch Comet Lovejoy with binoculars   
NEagle
Finder chart for Comet Lovejoy, during December 2014. The dates are in Universal Time; the ticks are 7 p.m. on the previous date Eastern Standard Time. The bright star Rigel, at top, is part of Orion. Notice the bunny shape of Lepus the Hare. Courtesy Sky ...

Comet Q2 Lovejoy Loses Tail, Grows Another, Loses That One Too!   Universe Today

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Kansas City Star
   
Logging of burnt forests may harm spotted owl   
Science Recorder
The logging of forests destroyed in California wildfires, could increase the endangered status of the state's population of spotted owls, according to wildlife advocates on Tuesday, fighting for a place for the birds under the federal Endangered Species Act.
Wildlife Groups file Petition to list California Spotted Owl under Endangered ...   West Texas News
California Spotted Owls Need Federal Protection, Say Wildlife Advocates   SMN Weekly
Wildlife Advocates Want Federal Protection For California Spotted Owls   American Live Wire
Full-Time Whistle   
Christianity Daily   
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Bangkok Post
   
The battle for Santa Claus' home   
The Korea Herald
STOCKHOLM ― A couple of years ago, a Canadian minister proudly declared that Santa Claus was a citizen of Canada. After all, his home and toy factory are at the North Pole, which, according to the minister's interpretation, belongs to Canada. Though ...

Battle for the North Pole heating up as the Arctic melts   Examiner.com
The PM's Christmas Message reimagined: What are Canadians willing to do ...   rabble.ca (blog)

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Universe Today
   
Scientists 'Map' Water Vapor in Martian Atmosphere   
From Quarks to Quasars
Russian scientists from the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), together with their French and American colleagues, have created a 'map' of the distribution of water ...

Scientists map water vapor in Martian atmosphere   National Monitor
Mars Has 'Macroweather,' Just Like Earth   Space.com
Examining Martian Meteorites, Scientists Think They've Found The Red Planet's ...   Smithsonian
SlashGear   
Universe Today   
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