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2015-01-20 Canada English Science


MetroNews Canada
   
Jimmy Fallon pokes fun at Vancouver Aquarium's glass-eyed rockfish   
MetroNews Canada
All eyes are on a half-blind Vancouver Aquarium rockfish recently fitted with a glass eye to prevent it from being bullied after comedian Jimmy Fallon poked fun at the procedure on his late-night talk show. On Friday night's episode of The Tonight Show, Fallon ...

Fish bullied for having one eye gets a prosthetic   TMJ4
Vancouver Uses Plastic Surgery to Help the Bullied (Fish)   The True North Times
'Awkward': Fallon makes fun of glass-eyed rockfish at Vancouver Aquarium   CTV News
Vancity Buzz   
Boise State Public Radio   
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CBC.ca
   
BC megathrust earthquake will rip earth open like a zipper, expert says   
CBC.ca
The low tide, bright sunshine and constant roar of endlessly approaching waves display the full power of the wide-open Vancouver Island shoreline at the remote beach handed down to Stella Peters and her family as a wedding dowry. For generations, Peters ...

Overdue West Coast mega-quake poses threat to Vancouver Island   CTV News
Experts: Vancouver Island will rip open like a zipper when overdue earthquake hits   Globalnews.ca

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Slate Magazine
   
Stunning: Lightning illuminates center of Cyclone Bansi   
USA TODAY
A fantastic shot of lightning illuminating the inner core of Cyclone Bansi made weather news over the weekend. The magical photo was snapped last week by Samantha Cristoforetti (@AstroSamantha) an Italian astronaut while on board the International ...

Meteorologists in Awe of Extraordinary Image of a Category 4 Cyclone   E Canada Now
Incredible shot shows lightning in the eyewall of Tropical Cyclone Bansi   The Weather Network
Electrifying photo: Lightning and the gleaming eye of Cyclone Bansi from the ...   Washington Post (blog)
Aljazeera.com   
EarthSky   
Spaceflight Now   
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Kansas City Star
   
Pope's climate-change stand deepens conservatives' distrust   
Salt Lake Tribune
This Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008, file photo, shows solar panels on the roof of the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI was dubbed "the Green Pope" for his frequent calls to stop ecological devastation and his efforts to bring solar power to the ...

Pope-Climate Change-Conservatives   San Angelo Standard Times

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Daily Mail
   
Scape, the 3D microscope that lets doctors see neurons firing inside the brain   
Daily Mail
Scientists have developed a new microscope that can image living things in 3D, ten to 100 times faster than existing technologies. The system could be used to capture remarkable details, such as single cells in the zebrafish heart while it is beating, the ...

Microscope Takes 3-D Images from inside Moving Subjects   Photonics.com
New high-speed 3-D microscope -- SCAPE -- gives deeper view of living things   (e) Science News
New high-speed 3-D microscope gives deeper view of living things   Phys.Org

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Digital Journal
   
NASA cuts live video as UFO rises from Earth toward ISS [Video]   
Digital Journal
UFO researchers are up in arms after NASA cut its live video feed streamed from the International Space Station (ISS) when a UFO appeared on the feed last week. The YouTube video, taken from NASA's live feed last week, shows what Ufologists claim is a ...

NASA cuts off live stream just as UFO rises from planet Earth   News24
UFO Spotted During Apollo 7, Astronauts Redact Truth With Duct Tape   Huffington Post UK
UFO Sighting During NASA's Live ISS Space Feed? UFO Hunter Allegedly ...   Headlines & Global News

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Headlines & Global News
   
Predatory sea snails produce weaponized insulin   
(e) Science News
As predators go, cone snails are slow-moving and lack the typical fighting parts. They've made up for it by producing a vast array of fast-acting toxins that target the nervous systems of prey. A new study reveals that some cone snails add a weaponized form of ...

Toxic Snail Puts Fish in a Sugar Coma, Then Eats Them   National Geographic
Predatory snail uses weaponized insulin to trap its prey   National Monitor
Snail Uses Unique Form Of Insulin To Stun Unsuspecting Prey   Headlines & Global News
The Hoops News   
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Emergency Management
   
Space Weather Prediction Center Eyes the Sun 365 Days a Year   
Emergency Management
It has been predicted that the most extreme solar storms could cause $1 trillion to $2 trillion in damages, requiring up to a decade for the Earth to recover. Charlie Brennan, Daily Camera | January 19, 2015. Solar flare from a red dwarf star. On April 23, 2014, ...

Report: SpaceX launch of NASA's DSCOVR mission slips to NET Feb. 9   SpaceFlight Insider

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Steamboat Pilot & Today
   
Jimmy Westlake: Explore the Pleiades and Comet Lovejoy this week   
Steamboat Pilot & Today
Steamboat Springs — High overhead as darkness falls on cold January evenings is a tiny cluster of stars that is often mistaken for the Little Dipper. Although it does have a dipper shape, with a tiny little bowl and a tiny little handle, its real name is the Pleiades ...

Where to Look for Comet Lovejoy Until it Fades from Sight   Universe Today
Still not too late to view Comet Lovejoy   WDBJ7
Out of this world! Incredible picture of comet captured over Shropshire skies   shropshirestar.com

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Science 2.0
   
Transgenic Crops: Are Two Bt Toxins Better Than One?   
Science 2.0
Crops genetically engineered to produce proteins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) to control insect pests have been planted on a cumulative total of more than a billion acres worldwide since 1996 and they have been very successful. But pests ...

Transgenic crops: Multiple toxins not a panacea for pest control   (e) Science News

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