2015年5月13日 星期三

2015-05-14 Canada English Science


CBC.ca
   
Polar Code still leaves significant gaps, experts say   
CBC.ca
The fragile and increasingly ice-free waters of the Arctic are expected to benefit from tougher environmental rules likely to be passed this week when an international body holds a final vote on northern shipping regulations. But environmental groups at the ...


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The Register
   
NASA snaps first full family photo of Pluto and its five moons   
The Register
The New Horizons probe, currently speeding towards a July rendezvous with Pluto, has sent back the first images of the dwarf planet and the five moons that orbit it. "New Horizons is now on the threshold of discovery," said mission science team member John ...

Check out the first photos of Pluto's smallest moons   State Column
Say Hi To Pluto's Smallest Moons   Gizmodo Australia
New Horizons Captures First Glimpse at Pluto's Faintest Moons   Science Times
CBC.ca   
Space.com   
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CBC.ca
   
2 former senior coast guard employees facing fraud charges   
CBC.ca
The RCMP has charged two former senior employees with the Canadian Coast Guard following a fraud investigation. Kevin Barnes and Brian Stone are facing charges of fraud over $5,000 and breach of trust. Barnes is a former supervisor of seagoing ...

Two former federal workers face charges   MetroNews Canada
RCMP Charge Former High Ranking Members of Coast Guard with Fraud   VOCM
Former DFO employees charged with fraud   The Telegram (subscription)

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Toronto Star
   
Mars sunset is blue, Curiosity rover reveals   
Toronto Star
More than three years after Curiosity first began its mission on Mars, the NASA rover finally had some time to observe—and photograph—its first sunset. And, yes, a sunset on the Red Planet is blue. Why? In simple terms, it comes down to dust. “The colours ...

VIDEO: Mars sunset is blue, Curiosity rover reveals   Hamilton Spectator
Why Mars sunset is blue and Earth sunsets are red   KING5.com (blog)
NASA to conduct Mars 'flying saucer' test on Earth   California Turkish Times
Kicker (registration) (blog)   
USA TODAY   
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CBC.ca
   
Space mining needs regulation, geologist says   
CBC.ca
Prospecting on the moon or on asteroids is probably a couple of decades away, a NASA scientist told a symposium on planetary and terrestrial mining Tuesday. The event, part of the Canadian Institute of Mining's annual convention, heard that issues like ...

Climate Denialists In Congress Acting As NASA's Kryptonite   NPR

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Galesburg Register-Mail
   
Volunteers plant milkweed to attract monarch butterflies in effort to become way ...   
Galesburg Register-Mail
GALESBURG — Volunteers and second-grade students from Nielson Elementary School planted milkweed Tuesday in the hopes of attracting monarch butterflies. The project is funded by the Monarch Watch program, and Nielson will now apply to be certified ...

A local spa helps with the declining Monarch Butterfly population   KKCO-TV
UIS Participates In Monarch Butterfly Challenge   WICS-TV
Make your garden a Monarch waystation   Hartford Courant

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3DPrint.com
   
Neri Oxman Creates Wearable Skin Embedded with Organisms Using 3D ...   
3DPrint.com
When Neri Oxman is in the news, it's bound to be fascinating. This time around is no disappointment. Back in 2014, we covered her use of Stratasys' triple-jetting technology in the creation of 'wearable skins.' In the article, staff writer Sarah Anderson noted that ...

World's First 3D Printed Photosynthetic Wearable   ENGINEERING.com
World's First 3D Printed Photosynthetic Wearable, Opening New Frontiers for Art ...   Digital Journal
World's first 3D printed photosynthetic wearable embedded with living matter ...   TCT Magazine
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal   
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
   
Using Microbial Communities to Assess Environmental Contamination   
Lab Manager Magazine
Bear Creek watershed The Bear Creek watershed in Oak Ridge, TN, was a crucial site for the early development of nuclear weapons under the Manhattan Project and harbors spectacular geochemical gradients.Photo courtesy of Lawrence Berkeley National ...

Microbes serve as markers for environmental contamination   UPI.com

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Updated News
   
Comet chaser forced to back off   
Updated News
Comet chaser forced to back off Scientists controlling the Rosetta spacecraft have taken drastic action and moved it into an orbit 125km above the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko after dust clouds caused a complete reset of its navigation instruments.

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Digital Journal
   
Plane records flight through mysterious antimatter thundercloud   
Digital Journal
In what sounds like a tale from the Bermuda Triangle, an atmospheric physicist, called Joseph Dwyer, was flying through a massive thunderstorm, when he suddenly found himself in the middle of a huge cloud of antimatter.
A Plane Took A Wrong Turn And Ended Up In A Cloud Of Antimatter   Gizmodo Australia
Physicists identify anti-electron clouds inside thunderstorms   UPI.com
Antimatter cloud found after pilot takes wrong turn into thunderstorm   ExtremeTech
Nature.com   
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