2015年5月14日 星期四

2015-05-15 Canada English Science


Vancouver Sun
   
Charter boat crew gets close encounter with Windy the friendly humpback whale   
Vancouver Sun
Marine naturalist and photographer Heather MacIntyre had a close encounter of the cetacean kind last Saturday in Haro Strait when Windy the friendly humpback whale took a keen interest in her charter boat.
Rare close encounter with whale in BC captured in photos and videos   Vancity Buzz
Photographer has 'once in a lifetime' humpback whale encounter in BC   Toronto Star

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Tech Times
   
Need Oxygen On Mars? Get It From Bacteria!   
Tech Times
Bacteria and algae could be used to produce oxygen and other resources needed to keep humans alive on Mars. How would such a plan work? (Photo : NASA). Bacteria brought to Mars could produce oxygen vital for a human mission to the Red Planet, and ...

Scientists Establishing Oxygen Producing Systems on Mars   Empire State Tribune
NASA rover captures blue sunset on Mars   WDAM-TV
Futuristic Mars mission need not bring oxygen as it will be produced on Mars itself   Investor Newswire
Toronto Star   
Science Times   
USA TODAY   
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CBC.ca
   
Grizzly bear recovery boss from US offers advice for Alberta   
CBC.ca
An American conservation official who led a program that brought grizzly bears back from the brink south of the border is sharing his insights at a conference in Canmore. Wildlife corridor use for recreational purposes on the rise. Chris Servheen, the grizzly ...

artsPlace to host summer camps   Rocky Mountain Outlook

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Maine News Online
   
The really scary thing about wildfires is how they can worsen climate change   
Washington Post
The state of California, always bullish on trying to cut back on its greenhouse gas emissions, received a bit of a shock recently. It learned that the expanse of its drought-parched forested lands, when they go up in flames — and experts forecast a very bad fire ...

ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE| What can disaster-weary PH do?   InterAksyon
What NZers think about climate change - expert reaction   Voxy
Action needed to tackle climate change, scientist tells UAE   The National
Vox   
Richmond News   
EcoWatch   
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Invasive species week   
Yorkton News Review
Saskatchewan is changing regulations to help prevent aquatic invasive species (AIS) from entering the province, and is proclaiming May 10 to 16 Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week to raise the profile of this important issue. “Saskatchewan's lakes and ...

Stepped-up efforts to stop Quagga mussels   mysask.com

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CBS Local
   
Pittsburgh Hosts International Science And Engineering Fair   
CBS Local
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Science fair winners from all over the world have come to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. “We have 1,702 high school students from 78 countries this ...

Three Fox Chapel students won awards at International Science and ...   Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
High School Students Worldwide to Present Innovative Solutions on Health ...   iSchoolGuide
Nebraska student at International Science & Engineering Fair   Nebraska Radio Network

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MetroNews Canada
   
Banning microbeads from cosmetics and toiletries   
MetroNews Canada
Tiny pellets found in countless products from toothpaste to lipstick are draining into waterways, harming fish and spreading toxic chemicals that end up in the food chain, researchers say. What are microbeads? Microbeads are tiny plastic pellets found in ...


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Computer Graphics World
   
A First in 3D Printed Wearables   
Computer Graphics World
MINNEAPOLIS & REHOVOT, ISRAEL – Long-term Stratasys collaborator , architect and designer Neri Oxman has revealed the world's first 3D printed photosynthetic wearable, embedded with living matter. On the TED2015 stage in Vancouver, Oxman ...

World's First 3D Printed Photosynthetic Wearable, Opening New Frontiers for Art ...   Digital Journal
World's first 3D printed photosynthetic wearable revealed   E&T magazine
Neri Oxman Creates Wearable Skin Embedded with Organisms Using 3D ...   3DPrint.com
I-Connect007   
ENGINEERING.com   
TCT Magazine   
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Mashable
   
A huge asteroid just zoomed past Earth, but everything's fine, NBD   
Mashable
Asteroid 1999 FN53, a 1-kilometer-across space rock, flew by Earth at a distance of about 6.3 million miles (10 million km) Thursday morning at 7:25 a.m. ET, marking its closest approach with the planet in more than 100 years, NASA experts say. See also: ...

No, a kilometre-wide asteroid isn't 'skimming past' us today   The Weather Network
What's the Difference Between Asteroids and Comets?   NBCNews.com
A crowdfunding campaign is trying to save us from life-threatening asteroids   City A.M.
Sen (subscription)   
Clapway   
IGN   
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Gizmag
   
NASA selects concepts for phase I of the 2015 NIAC program   
Gizmag
The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts NIAC program has announced 15 phase I winners in its quest to make science fiction science fact. The aim of the program is to encourage the innovation of ideas with the potential to transform future aerospace and ...

Mass Effect: NASA is Funding a Reaper-Like Machine For Space Exploration   SegmentNext
Deep Space Industries to develop space resource usage technologies for NASA   Aerospace Technology
NASA tech chief makes voyage back to Pittsburgh   Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Space Daily   
ENGINEERING.com   
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