2015年4月29日 星期三

2015-04-30 Canada English Science


The Globe and Mail
   
NASA's Messenger mission set to end, will crash into Mercury's surface   
The Globe and Mail
A spacecraft that transformed scientists' understanding of Mercury, the solar system's innermost planet, is set to end its mission Thursday by crashing into the world it revealed so vividly. NASA's Messenger mission was launched in August, 2004. Equipped ...

Messenger closes in on Mercury crash-landing   BBC News
Glorious finale: MESSENGER'S suicide dive into Mercury marks end of ...   Science Recorder
Mercury mission, and CU-Boulder instrument, going out with bang   Boulder Daily Camera
National Monitor   
Scientific American (blog)   
Ars Technica   
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Toronto Sun
   
NASA spacecraft spots possible ice cap on Pluto   
Toronto Sun
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft has spotted surface features on the icy world, including a possible polar cap, images released on Wednesday show. With (97 million km left to go before its July 14, 2015, encounter, ...

Pluto may have ice cap at pole   BBC News
New images show Pluto may have a polar ice cap   USA TODAY
NASA spacecraft New Horizons spots possible ice cap on Pluto   ABC Online
Mashable   
National Geographic   
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CBC.ca
   
9 species protected under province's Endangered Species Act   
CBC.ca
The Newfoundland and Labrador government has announced nine species under the Endangered Species Act that have been designated as either endangered, threatened or vulnerable. Two bird species and six plant species have been added to the list, ...

Endangered No More? Humpback Whales Make A Comeback   Global Animal
Plants, birds added to Endangered Species Act in Newfoundland and Labrador   Winnipeg Free Press
Plant found on Burin Peninsula listed as vulnerable   Southern Gazette
VOCM   
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Toronto Sun
   
Global Mobile Internet Conference   
Toronto Sun
Promotional staff dressed in outfits of animation characters use a mobile phone at the Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) 2015 in Beijing, China, April 28, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon. Promotional staff rest next to their mascot outfits at the Global ...

Yangyang, the human face of robots   The Times (subscription)
Creepy female robot Yangyang pretends to be human   Ottawa Sun
Mumsy China robot design called She-3PO   The Sun (subscription)
Daily Mail   
mirror.co.uk   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Out-of-control Russian cargo ship plunging to Earth, official says   
Sydney Morning Herald
Track the ship's progress here. An unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft ferrying supplies to the International Space Station is plunging back to Earth and apparently out of control, an official told AFP. "It has started descending. It has nowhere else to go," an ...

Russian space cargo ship to crash to Earth   Irish Examiner
Russia loses control of unmanned spacecraft   Inquirer.net
Russian spacecraft spiralling 'towards London'   The Sun (subscription)
Telegraph.co.uk   
Scientific American   
The Globe and Mail   
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Alaska Dispatch News
   
Arctic Council ministerial -- winners and losers   
Alaska Dispatch News
Canada's chairmanship of the Arctic Council concluded on Friday in Iqaluit, Nunavut. With the dust now settled, it's time to review who did well, who faired poorly, and what actually resulted from the two years of the Canadian chairmanship. Winner: Arctic ...

US to Take the Arctic Council Reins, But Where Will it Steer?   Geopoliticalmonitor.com
It's Not All About Oil and Gas in the Arctic   Breaking Energy
United States takes charge of the Arctic Council, prioritizes the environment   BarentsObserver
Waterloo Record   
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The Independent
   
Constantinides Calls For Climate Change Education   
Western Queens Gazette
Councilman Costa Constantinides (DAstoria) rallied on April 22, Earth Day, in support of his Res. 375, which calls on New York state to include climate change in the K-12 curriculum. Currently, climate change is limited to a small area in the science curriculum ...

I'm going to climate denial school: My first week inside the science of anti ...   Salon
House science chairman's Wall Street Journal op-ed: “Climate-change religion”   Physics Today
How To Deal With Science Deniers   Gizmodo Australia

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Science 2.0
   
How Honeybee Queens Avoid Inbreeding   
Science 2.0
Genetic variation is important in a healthy population and recombination, or crossing-over, which occurs when sperm and egg cells are formed and segments of each chromosome pair are interchanged, is a vital part of maintaining genetic variation.
How does a honeybee queen avoid inbreeding in her colony?   Phys.Org
How does a honeybee queen avoid inbreeding?   Science Codex

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ABC Online
   
University develops sensor technology to help exploration companies discover ...   
ABC Online
Researchers at the University of Adelaide are developing a mobile unit which would allow exploration companies to test for gold on site. Instead of utilising x-ray technology, the prototype uses LED and laser lights to detect gold mineralisation in the soil ...

New technology for gold detection at the rig   Ferret
GOLD: Determination possible at ppb level at drilling site, no long waits   Canadian Mining Journal

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Daily Mail
   
Sperm whale fossils shed light on evolution of modern Moby Dick   
Daily Mail
The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator. It's only one of three living species in the sperm whale family, along with the pygmy sperm whale and dwarf sperm whale. Mature males reach an average length of 52 ft (16 ...

Rare Sperm Whale Fossils Shed Light on Mysterious Family Tree   Yahoo News UK

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