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2015-01-21 Canada English Science


MetroNews Canada
   
Hundreds of dead fish found in Cape Breton could be victims of climate change   
CTV News
The discovery of hundreds of dead mackerel washed up on the shore of Cape Breton's Bras d'Or Lakes has residents and environmentalists worried. Annette Coffin has been living on the shores of the lake for more than a year, but last week she saw ...

Mackerel likely froze to death in Bras d'Or Lake: ecologist   Cape Breton Post
Dead fish got caught by Old Man Winter in Bras d'Or Lake   TheChronicleHerald.ca (registration)
Residents worried after hundreds of dead mackerel found in Nova Scotia lake   MetroNews Canada
Shelburne County Coastguard   
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New York Times
   
Unlocking Scrolls Preserved in Eruption of Vesuvius, Using X-Ray Beams   
New York Times
Researchers have found a key that may unlock the only library of classical antiquity to survive along with its documents, raising at least a possibility of recovering vanished works of ancient Greek and Roman authors such as the lost books of Livy's history of ...

Using X-rays, scientists read ancient, volcano-charred scrolls   Los Angeles Times
Ancient scrolls charred in Vesuvius eruption come to life   Reuters
Scientists use X-rays to decipher charred Vesuvius scrolls   Telegraph.co.uk
National Geographic   
American Live Wire   
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Solarenergy.net
   
2015 is UN's 'Year of Light' — What Role Will Solar Play?   
Solarenergy.net
solar rainbow Extra sparks of light will shine on the importance of solar this year, thanks to the United Nations and international photonics society SPIE. As part of its 2015 International Year of Light, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...

UN head Ban Ki Moon opens International Year of Light   Optics.org
Let 2015 be the year of the light   Canada.com
Global campaign celebrates achievements of 11th century scientist Ibn al-Haytham   Middle East Online
Onislam.net   
Mehr News   
Asian Image   
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Washington Post
   
Musk donates $10M to keep Artificial Intelligence friendly   
Space Daily
American entrepreneur Elon Musk has announced that he would contribute $10 million to the Future of Life Institute (FLI) for a global research program aimed at ensuring that artificial intelligence (AI) remains safe for humanity. "Here are all these leading AI ...

Why the world's most intelligent people shouldn't be so afraid of artificial ...   Washington Post (blog)

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Fox News
   
Pope's Statement on Climate Change: 5 Things to Know   
New York Times
NEW YORK — Pope Francis, who pledged on the day of his installation as pontiff to make the environment a priority, is drafting a highly anticipated encyclical on ecology and climate change. Environmentalists are thrilled by the prospect of a rock-star pope ...

Pope's climate-change stand deepens conservatives' distrust   The Seattle Times

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EurekAlert
   
One nanoparticle, 6 types of medical imaging   
(e) Science News
It's technology so advanced that the machine capable of using it doesn't yet exist. Using two biocompatible parts, University at Buffalo researchers and their colleagues have designed a nanoparticle that can be detected by six medical imaging techniques:• ...

One nanoparticle, six types of medical imaging   UB News Center

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Geology for Investors
   
A Meteorite Older than Earth Could Tell Us How Planets Were Made   
Air & Space Magazine
It takes only about three million years. That's the gestation period of a solar system: three million years for a star to form from an immense cloud of gas that spirals inward, leaving behind the molecules of silicates and metals that will coalesce into planets.
Meteorite Study Shows Formation of our Solar System More Chaotic than ...   Geology for Investors
Meteorites Not Core of New Planets   Sci-Tech Today

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The Week Magazine
   
Nundasuchus Songeaensis: Newly Discovered Giant Reptile Walked Earth ...   
Headlines & Global News
A representation of the Nundasuchus, a 9-foot-long carnivorous reptile with steak-knifelike teeth. (Photo : Virginia Tech). Researchers have discovered a new species of carnivorous reptile that walked the Earth before the existence of the dinosaurs.
New 'Predator Crocodile' Predecessor of Dinosaurs Unearthed in Africa   Tech Times
Discovery of new ancient carnivorous reptile pre-dates dinosaurs   SMN Weekly
In new discovery, paleontologist names a carnivorous reptile that preceded ...   Phys.Org
The Week Magazine   
Science Codex   
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CTV News
   
Lethbridge cryogenic facility puts space tools to the test   
CTV News
A cryogenic facility that is capable of testing large instruments used in space to make sure they function in the extreme cold is in the works and it is hoped that the project will help open the doors for the University of Lethbridge to get involved in future space ...

University of Lethbridge plans cryogenic testing facility   MetroNews Canada
U of L's cryogenic testing facility will be unique in Canada   Wire Service Canada (press release)

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Cold out? Take heart. Summer 2015 will tick in a little bit longer than usual   
The Weather Network
Tuesday, January 20, 2015, 8:23 AM - If you're tiring of winter already, this may be a smidgen of good news for you. Summer 2015 will actually be longer than the previous two summers, thanks to a somewhat uncommon addition to the calendar, known as a ...


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