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2015-05-17 Canada English Science


CTV News
   
Vancouver students win 2 top prizes at Intel science fair   
CTV News
VANCOUVER -- Forget baking soda volcanoes. One Vancouver student invented a new way to curb the spread of global epidemics for his science project -- and now he's US$75,000 richer. Raymond Wang, 17, won first prize at the world's largest high school ...

Canadian student wins top prize at world's biggest science fair   Toronto Sun

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CTV News
   
Whale watch: BC boaters told to steer clear of orcas   
CTV News
Whale experts are warning boaters in the Salish Sea to watch out for killer whales spotted near Nanaimo. The BC Cetacean Sightings Network says the May long weekend is the start of the boating season for many people. It says boats can directly injure ...

Killer whales spotted off BC prompt best practices reminder   The Weather Network
Aquarium warns boaters after killer whales spotted near Nanaimo   Vancouver Sun

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Toronto Sun
   
Harper channels Suzuki   
Toronto Sun
It's as if David Suzuki suddenly found a way to exercise mind control over Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservatives. This in the wake of the Harper government's bizarre announcement Friday that Canada will reduce its industrial greenhouse gas ...

Ottawa commits to 30-per-cent cut in GHGs but no regulations for oil sands   The Globe and Mail
New climate change targets don't address oilsands   CBC.ca
Canada Sets New Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target; Critics Call It Weak   ChrisD.ca
National Observer   
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The Globe and Mail
   
Dinosaurs Unearthed: Edmonton stealing Drumheller's thunder   
The Globe and Mail
Drumheller may be Alberta's dinosaur capital, but for a few weeks, Edmonton is giving it a run for its Mesozoic money. Dinosaurs Unearthed, which opened May 15 at the Telus World of Science, features 17 animatronic dinosaurs that roar and move – perhaps ...

Dinosaurs roar to life at Telus   St. Albert Gazette
Dinosaurs Unearthed [Photos] [Video]   Edmonton Sun
Telus' newest exhibit 'Dinosaurs Unearthed' brings Prehistoric creatures back to ...   West Texas News

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Express.co.uk
   
Sarah Brightman: Why has the singer's dream to blast off into space been ...   
Express.co.uk
That was the date an eight-year-old Sarah sat down with her father at their home in Hertfordshire and watched on the family's black and white television the astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin take man's first steps on the Moon. The memory of the thrill ...

Singer And Aspiring Space Tourist Sarah Brightman Postpones Her Launch   io9
Sarah Brightman postpones space flight plans, cites personal family reasons   Market Business News
Sarah Brightman representative hopes some money paid for preparations for her ...   Kyiv Post
Hamilton Spectator   
Space.com   
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Care2.com
   
Scientists Are Making Artificial Muscle with This Vegetable   
Care2.com
It turns out onions aren't just the vegetable that makes people weep. Their unique properties may have just helped solved a longstanding dilemma scientists have faced in a rapidly emerging field expected to gain momentum over the coming decade. National ...

Gold-plated onion cells engineered to make artificial muscles   Minneapolis Star Tribune

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State Column
   
NASA's plan to produce oxygen on Mars   
State Column
NASA's new project aims to find a sustainable source of breathable air for astronauts on future Mars missions. According to CAD News, NASA has just funded a project that will attempt to produce oxygen on Mars, with the help of microscopic algae and ...

Algae and bacteria will supply the oxygen for Man's Mars Missions   Empire State Tribune
NASA Funds Project to Manufacture Oxygen in Mars   CDA News
NASA Hopes to Rely on Algae and Bacteria for Oxygen Production on Mars   Science Times
National Geographic   
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From Quarks to Quasars
   
Astronomy Photo of the Day — Sharpest View of NGC 1300   
From Quarks to Quasars
In celebration of Hubble's 25th anniversary, of one of its largest and most spectacular images was revisited. Called NGC 1300, it can be found 69 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Eridanus. At around 88,000 light-years across, NGC 1300 is a ...

A new eye on our world   Winnipeg Free Press
Tant: Unmanned spacecraft are awe-inspiring, too   Online Athens
Hubble Spots the Layers of NGC 3923   Space Ref (press release)
SpaceCoastDaily.com   
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Nano-sized faucet puts quantum physics on tap   
Science Codex
We all know intuitively that normal liquids flow more quickly as the channel containing them tightens. Think of a river flowing through narrow rapids. But what if a pipe were so amazingly tiny that only a few atoms of superfluid helium could squeeze through its ...

Quantum physics on tap - Nano-sized faucet offers experimental support for ...   Nanotechnology News (press release)

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Discovery News
   
Giant Squid Lore and Legends Date Back Centuries   
Discovery News
A giant squid washed up on New Zealand's South Island earlier this week, a specimen whose tentacles reached over 16 feet in length. It caused quite a stir when found, and was rescued from birds and other scavengers by a local museum. According to an ...

Giant Squid Washes Ashore in New Zealand   KelownaNow
Giant Squid: New Zealand Sea Monster's Death A Mystery [Photo]   The Inquisitr
16-feet giant squid that washed up in New Zealand provide material for ...   The Standard Daily
ABC News   
Newsmax   
Taranaki Daily News   
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