2015年1月29日 星期四

2015-01-30 Canada English Science


Los Angeles Times
   
Extreme dinosaur found with a long, dragon-like neck   
Los Angeles Times
None of us like to stick our necks out, but this dinosaur had no choice. lRelated Sea turtle finds her way back to birth beach, but how? Science Now · Sea turtle finds her way back to birth beach, but how? See all related. 8. This week, an international team of ...

50-foot-long 'dragon' dinosaur species discovered in China   CNET
Freakishly long-necked 'dragon' dinosaur discovered in China   Washington Post
Alberta paleontologists discover skeleton of dragon-like dinosaur in China   National Post

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D-Wave Systems Raises an Additional $29M, Closing 2014 Financing at $62M   
Marketwired (press release)
BURNABY, BC--(Marketwired - Jan 29, 2015) - D-Wave Systems Inc., the world's first quantum computing company, today announced that it has closed $29 million in funding from a large institutional investor, among others. This funding will be used to ...


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BBC News
   
Skull clue to exodus from Africa   
BBC News
An ancient skull discovered in Israel could shed light on the migration of modern humans out of Africa some 60,000 years ago. This migration led to the colonisation of the entire planet by our species, as well as the extinction of other human groups such as the ...

New Skull Could Be from Human Group that Interbred with Neandertals   Scientific American
Ancient skull sheds light on human origins   The Globe and Mail
Skull Fossil Offers New Clues on Human Journey From Africa   New York Times
Fox News   
National Post   
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Live Science
   
Fear, Ridicule, Danger: Is It Safe to Be a Climate Scientist? (Op-Ed)   
Live Science
Minda Berbeco is programs and policy director at the National Center for Science Education and visiting scholar at the UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology. She contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Recently, a college ...

Science, public belief — and the inescapable lag time laid bare by US study   Vancouver Sun

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National Post
   
Dino Hunt Canada shows off our nation's long history of prehistoric beast discovery   
National Post
“You may not know this, but Canada is currently in a golden age of dinosaur discoveries.” Paleontologist Dr. David Evans, who oversees dinosaur research at the Royal Ontario Museum, announced this to an assembly of media and ROM brass last week ...

Royal Ontario Museum paleontologist appears in...   www.insidebrockville.com/

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The Escapist
   
What The Cluck? Science Can Now Unboil Eggs   
The Escapist
Researchers have invented a device that literally unboils hen eggs, and the discovery will save biotechnology firms $160 billion. We used to think the age-old question was "What came first, the chicken or the egg?" But all this time, scientists were really ...

Scientists Discover Device That Can Unboil Eggs   Chinatopix
Chemists learn how to unboil eggs — and use the process in cancer research   OurWindsor.ca
That Egg You Boiled Can Now be Unboiled, Say Scientists   NDTV
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The Daily Star
   
Asteroid that buzzed Earth has a plus one   
The Daily Star
A diagram depicting the passage of asteroid 2012 DA14 through the Earth-moon system on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. (NASA). Connect; Tweet; RSS; Follow; Email; Print; Share. Reuters. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.: The mountain-sized asteroid that made a close ...

UFO hunters: Asteroid moon is no moon; it's an alien spaceship   Examiner.com
Asteroid flyby reveals space rock's origin and a tiny moon   CBC.ca
UFO fans spot tiny spacecraft orbiting asteroid as it passes Earth   Yahoo News UK
Universe Today   
El Defensor Chieftain   
Space.com   
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R & D Magazine
   
Qubits with staying power   
R & D Magazine
The researchers' device is a ladder-like structure etched into diamond. The gaps between the ladder's "rungs" act like a mirror, temporarily trapping light particles emitted at the ladder's center. Image courtesy of the researchersQuantum computers are ...

Nanoscale Mirrored Cavities Amplify, Connect Quantum Memories   Lab Manager Magazine

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National Geographic
   
Gene Expression Study of Mammalian Uteri Shows How Transposons Drive ...   
GenomeWeb
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The evolution of pregnancy, a distinctive trait in mammals, was driven by transposable elements that spurred genes to be turned on and off in uterine cells, marking a prime example of how genetic mechanisms contribute to the ...

Phenomena:   National Geographic
Ancient 'genomic parasites' spurred evolution of pregnancy in mammals   Phys.Org
Pregnancy evolved in mammals 'by chance through ancient genomic parasites'   International Business Times UK

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Kansas City Star
   
NASA Launches Rockets into Northern Lights   
Daily Science Journal
NASA scientists are trying to have a better understanding about the turbulent air currents in the upper atmosphere and for this four rockets have been launched into the northern lights, within 30 minutes. According to the reports, all the rockets appeared to ...

4 rockets launched into northern lights to study turbulence   Juneau Empire (subscription)

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