2015年2月20日 星期五

2015-02-21 Canada English Science


Toronto Star
   
How do you tell your mom you're moving to Mars?   
Toronto Star
Mother Teresa's mission in Kolkata. Been there. Haiti after the earthquake. Done that. China? Central America? Africa? All that too. “I like to go places that are hard,” Karen Cumming explains. “I don't know why, but I do.” This time, the 53-year-old former ...

Tamil Nadu girl to land on Mars first   Northern Voices Online
Mars beckons: Indian girl shortlisted for Mars-One mission   Delhi Daily News
Mission to Mars better be serious   InsideHalton.com

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www.kingstonregion.com/
   
Trust in science and in faith, world-renowned...   
www.kingstonregion.com/
World acclaimed climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe recently spoke to Kingstonians about climate change, its potential impact on the world and how faith can lead to positive change. According to Hayhoe, a professor of atmospheric science at Texas Technical ...

Climate change labels “confuse” the debate   Energy Live News - Energy Made Easy
Living in Tension: Climate Change, Critics, and Convictions   The Houghton Star
$800000 in Grants Awarded to Climate Change Projects   Harvard Crimson

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CBC.ca
   
Vegetarian sea snail makes material stronger than spider silk   
CBC.ca
Scientists have discovered a natural material stronger than titanium, Kevlar and even spider silk. In fact, measurements suggest it's the strongest biological material known. Limpet. Limpets are marine creatures with conical shells about five centimetres in ...

Photo: Contributed - University of Portsmouth   Castanet.net
Mighty mollusk the source of nature's strongest material   Toronto Star
Modest Mollusk May Sport World's Strongest Material   National Geographic
Independent Online   
ENGINEERING.com   
FIS   
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Windsor Star
   
Several ducks and swans rescued at Lakeview Park Marina   
CTV News
Animal rescue workers and firefighters are rescuing several ducks and swans at a Windsor marina. Workers with Wings Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre and All Things Wild Animal Removal are helping the distressed birds. Some of the birds became stuck to the ...

Photos: Saving A Frosted Swan   Windsor Star (blog)

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Uncover California
   
New pictures of dwarf planet show 'mysterious' bright spots   
KSL.com
PASADENA, Calif. — Researchers are closer than ever to seeing the surface of the dwarf planet Ceres. NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which launched more than seven years ago, captured the sharpest pictures yet of Ceres from a distance of 52,000 miles on Feb.
A visit to the asteroid belt   Peterborough Examiner
The planet you've probably never heard of   KXLH Helena News

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Twin Falls Times-News
   
Egg-laying Season Starts at California Condor Breeding Sites   
Twin Falls Times-News
This undated photo from The Peregrine Fund shows condor eggs in an incubator at the fund's World Center for Birds of Prey near Boise. 2015-02-20T09:30:00Z Egg-laying Season Starts at California Condor Breeding SitesThe Associated Press The ...

Egg-laying season starts at breeding facilities for endangered California condors   Brandon Sun

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Phys.Org
   
Greenland Melting: The Past Might Tell What Our Future Holds   
Science 2.0
Researchers have quantified how the Greenland Ice Sheet reacted to a warm period 8,000-5,000 years ago, when temperatures were 2-4 degrees C warmer than present and so could inform us what might happen if the same occurred now. Dr. Nicolaj Krog ...

Greenland is melting -- The past might tell what the future holds   (e) Science News

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WTOP
   
Mars One finalist shares dream about starting human colony on Red Planet   
Science Recorder
Last year researchers at MIT found that a manned mission to Mars would result in the crew dying after only 68 days–but one Mars One finalist is undeterred and insists such a mission is feasible. Hannah Earnshaw, a 23-year-old PhD student in astronomy ...

Mars contestant: 'Why wouldn't you want to go?'   WTOP
The man behind the Mars One expedition on organising 'one of the biggest ...   The Independent
My parents are still hoping I would drop out of the mission: Shradha Prasad   Times of India
Huffington Post   
Hornell Evening Tribune   
FileHippo News   
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Bustle
   
Does Unemployment Change Your Personality? Maybe, Says New Study   
Bustle
I've counted myself extremely lucky that throughout the entirety of the economic recession thus far, I only spent a few months totally unemployed (right after I finished grad school). But for those who have suffered from long-term joblessness, could their ...

How unemployment triggers personality changes   Digital Journal
How Unemployment Might Change Your Personality in the Long Term   New York Magazine
Being unemployed might change basic personality traits   Mother Nature Network
Economic Times   
KMBZ   
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Headlines & Global News
   
Ancient cities evolved the same way as modern ones, new study reveals   
Science Recorder
New research suggests that certain universal laws of urban development transcend political systems and economies. Social scientists have already demonstrated that modern cities grow in predictable ways. Now, a new study suggests that ancient urban ...

Making more monuments: Just like modern cities, ancient settlements got more ...   Yumanewsnow
New research suggests that the dynamics of ancient and modern cities could be ...   National Monitor
Ancient cities grew just like modern ones, guided by universal social networks   ZME Science
Live Science   
(e) Science News   
CityLab   
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