2015年2月10日 星期二

2015-02-11 Canada English Science


E Canada Now
   
Ice cutting begins on Red River   
E Canada Now
This week, the government of Manitoba will begin its annual flood fight by sending out ice-cutting machines to work on the Red River north of Selkirk. Though Manitoba is still gripped by frigid temperatures, preparations are underway to prevent river ice jams ...

Ice cutters start working on Red River north of Selkirk   CBC.ca
Ice cutters start working on Red River north of Selkirk - (FTW251458)   Full-Time Whistle
Province begins cutting ice on river to reduce chances of flooding   The Carillon
ChrisD.ca   
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Toronto Sun
   
Saskatchewan researcher finds world's oldest twin remains   
Toronto Sun
Earliest confirmed set of human multiples Saskatchewan bio-archeologist Angela Lieverse led the discovery of a nearly 8,000-year-old skeleton of a mother and her twins that are the earliest confirmed set of human multiples. (QMI Agency/Vladimir Bazaliiskii) ...

Saskatchewan Bio-Archeologist Finds Ancient skeletons of twins (PHOTO)   E Canada Now
Ancient twins unearthed   Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Saskatchewan bio-archeologist finds oldest set of twins in Siberian cemetery   Winnipeg Free Press

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University of British Columbia
   
McGill researchers get $4.7M in NSERC project grants   
McGill Reporter
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced 78 Strategic Project Grants today at the University of New Brunswick, including 10 for McGill University researchers totaling nearly $4.7 million. “We would like to thank ...

UBC research receives $2.2M in grants from NSERC   University of British Columbia
$38M from NSERC supports engineering research projects   Laboratory Products News
Researchers hoping to deploy wave-powered pump at Lord's Cove site this spring   Aurora

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KIONrightnow.com
   
Record number of sick sea lion pups washing ashore   
KIONrightnow.com
A marine mystery is playing out along the California coast right now. Since the start of the year, hundreds of seal pups have washed ashore in bad shape. Many are emaciated and lethargic. Some have been later diagnosed with pneumonia. From Santa ...

BC fisherman captures rare sight: Sea lions leaping into his seine net to feast on ...   National Post
Pup Rescue: Sea Lion Strandings on the Rise in California   NBCNews.com
Sea lion flash mobs prey on fishermen's catch   Calgary Herald
The Week Magazine   
Tech Times   
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CTV News
   
Jennifer, a hockey-playing robot, learns to ski   
CTV News
A hockey-playing robot is now a two-sport threat, after her inventors at the University of Manitoba taught her how to ski. Students at the university's Autonomous Agents Laboratory won an award for their doll-sized robot back in 2012. At the time, Jennifer, ...

Trading in skates for skis   Winnipeg Free Press
Adorable hockey-playing robot learns to ski in Manitoba   CBC.ca (blog)

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Washington Post
   
Australia's scorching 2013 heat record was 'virtually impossible' without global ...   
Washington Post
Afterwards — after the blistering heat and the bushfires – they would call it the “Angry Summer.” But whatever the description, the Australian summer of 2012-2013 provided a terrifying preview of a world under climate change. According to the country's ...

Bureau details 2014 warm verdict   Business Spectator
Climate change drove Australia's record hot year, says report   Canada News
Australia's record 2013 heat 'virtually impossible' without climate change, says ...   The Weather Network

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Toronto Sun
   
SpaceX Dragon capsule returns from space station   
Toronto Sun
spacex The unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory Satellite, sits on launch pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida February 10, 2015. Space Exploration Technologies will ...

Florida weather delays SpaceX Falcon rocket launch   Reuters
Bad case of wind forces SpaceX to scrap solar-blast canary sat launch   The Register
SpaceX calls off launch because of high winds   CBC.ca
USA TODAY   
CBS News   
ABC News   
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The Inquisitr
   
The Big Bang Never Happened? New Equation Says The Universe Always Existed   
The Inquisitr
One of the most widely accepted scientific theories about the origin of the universe, the Big Bang theory, might not be quite as stable of a model as scientists previously thought. Evidence of cosmic microwave background radiation and the expansion of the ...

Big Bang Didn't Happen And The Universe Has Existed Forever? This Is ...   Headlines & Global News
What if the universe had no beginning?   EarthSky
New study suggests Big Bang never occurred, Universe existed forever   ZME Science
Digital Journal   
Yahoo News UK   
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Digital Journal
   
Chimps can learn words for objects   
Digital Journal
Edinburgh - According to some new research, chimpanzees can learn “words” for objects. This is a new insight into how chimps learn and develop. Chimpanzees are capable of learning new vocalizations to refer to specific objects. This is the finding of a new ...

Chimpanzees Learn Local Language After Moving   Full-Time Whistle
Chimps Can Learn To Communicate With Each Other, New Study Shows   Huffington Post
Chimpanzees alter 'apple grunts' for new pals   Futurity: Research News

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(e) Science News
   
Arachnid Rapunzel: Researchers spin spider silk proteins into artificial silk   
(e) Science News
Incredibly tough, slightly stretchy spider silk is a lightweight, biodegradable wonder material with numerous potential biomedical applications. But although humans have been colonizing relatively placid silkworms for thousands of years, harvesting silk from ...

Research Yields Artificial Silk from Spider Silk   Laboratory Equipment
Artificial Spider Silk Might Be Better, and Easier, Than Milking Spiders   Popular Science

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