2015年1月16日 星期五

2015-01-17 Canada English Science


'It's like exploring a new galaxy': Toronto scientists unpack the mysteries of the ...   
The Globe and Mail
'The thing about the brain is that everyone has one,” says Rob DeSalle, a curator at the American Museum of Natural History, when explaining the universal appeal of the exhibition Brain: The Inside Story. Surely, the brain is an easy sell no matter where you ...


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National Post
   
The Danger The Planet Faces Because Human Instinct Overpowers Human ...   
Huffington Post
The numbers are in. 2014 was the hottest year on Earth ever recorded (records go back to 1888). December finished it off as the hottest month ever. 6 of the months last year, in fact, hold that record. The last time a 'coldest month ever' was recorded, was 1916 ...

Image via AP/Andre Penner   VICE News
Humans Crossed Four Planetary Boundaries, Study Says   Daily Science Journal
Don't panic, but we're 44% closer to the apocalypse   Metro
Washington Post   
National Post   
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Big Island Video News
   
Firefighters contain Hawaii brushfires sparked by lava flow   
Reuters
(Reuters) - Firefighters in Hawaii backed by water-dropping helicopters and earth-moving equipment contained two brushfires ignited by molten lava that continues to threaten a Big Island village, officials said on Friday. Firefighters toiled late into the evening ...

Lava breakout advances about 100 yards   Hawaii Tribune-Herald (subscription)
Dry weather could continue lava-sparked brush fires   KITV Honolulu
Lava rivulets pose potential risk to area around Hawaiian village   Toronto Sun
West Hawaii Today   
CANOE   
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Sun News Network
   
Warming climate will cut wheat yields, study predicts   
Sun News Network
For every degree the mercury rises, the world risks losing 6% of its wheat crop, according to a new global study on how climate change stands to impact yields. University of Florida scientist Senthold Asseng and a team of 50 experts from more than a dozen ...

Wheat Yield to Decline as Temperatures Increase, Study Says   Lab Manager Magazine
Temperature rise affecting global wheat yield   Zee News

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BlackburnNews.com
   
Faces Of Farming Calendar Folks Already Working On 2016   
BlackburnNews.com
We're barely into 2015 and the people at Farm & Food Care Ontario are already making plans for the 2016 Faces of Farming calendar. Applications are now being accepted for the annual Faces of Farming calendar contest. The winning family, pairing or ...

Average age of Canadian farmer is 54   Norwich Gazette

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Chron.com
   
The odds of the globe's hot streak being random? The numbers get astronomical   
Waterloo Record
In a couple of years Scott Walker's children aren't going to want to hang... Latest Sports News SEE MORE · Muhammad Ali released from hospital after urinary infection · Penn St. gets wins restored, Paterno again winningest coach · Jays avoid arbitration with ...

GO FIGURE: Figuring the odds of Earth's global hot streak   New Zealand Herald

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Wall Street Journal
   
Time to Change Global Clock Management? It's Under Debate   
Wall Street Journal
The cornucopia of connected electronic devices in our homes and offices sometimes display slightly different times, making us wonder why, in 2015, we can't connect to some uber clock out there that can perfectly synchronize global timekeeping once and for ...

Time keeps on ticking away   Washington Post
Could Earth's slowing rotation break the Internet?   Khaleej Times
Summer will be one second longer in 2015   Mississauga
Northwest Herald   
Manufacturing Business Technology   
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Design & Trend
   
Greenland's contribution to ocean levels confirmed; research points to 20 years ...   
The Weather Network
Not exactly the question you'd expect scientists to be asking about the Greenland ice sheet, but the answer to this question is shedding light on exactly how much this massive block of ice behaves, and ultimately influences rising sea levels due to climate ...

Landmark UCLA study reveals melting of Greenland ice sheet from top to bottom   Alaska Dispatch News
Greenland Meltwater May Contribute To Sea-Level Rise More Than Scientists ...   Design & Trend

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Popular Science
   
NASA is About To Blast Some Rockets Through Alaska's Northern Lights   
Popular Science
The lights of the aurora borealis are often described as “dancing,” since they fluctuate in shape and brightness. Inside, the charged particles that generate the aurora dance too, and scientists are still trying to figure out exactly how that movement is structured.
What Causes the Northern Lights?   Universe Today

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Photonics Online
   
Improved Interface For A Quantum Internet   
Photonics Online
A quantum network requires efficient interfaces over which information can be transferred from matter to light and back. In the current issue of Physical Review Letters, Innsbruck physicists led by Rainer Blatt and Tracy Northup show how this information ...

An Improved Interface for the Quantum Internet   ENGINEERING.com
Optimizing Information Transfer for a Quantum Internet   Scientific Computing

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