2015年8月17日 星期一

2015-08-18 Canada English Science


IBNLive
   
Soon, an elevator to the space that is taller than Burj Khalifa   
IBNLive
Toronto: A Canadian firm has been granted a US patent to build the world's first-ever space elevator -- 20 times the height of the world's tallest building Burj Khalifa -- that will also have a tower assisting spacecrafts to land and take off. Ontario ...
Canadian company gets patent for 20-kilometre high space elevator   CTV News
Canadian company gets patent for 20-km high space elevator   Macleans.ca
Going up? Space elevator could zoom astronauts into Earth's stratosphere   The Guardian
Newstalk 1010   
Science Times   
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CTV News
   
Smart seal escapes killer whales by hopping in boat   
CTV News
A quick-thinking harbour seal that wanted to avoid becoming dinner for a pod of orcas off the B.C. coast was caught on camera using a nearby boat to escape them. The clever creature was spotted over the weekend, when a group of researchers set out to ...

Clever Seal Hops On Boat To Escape Killer Whales In B.C.'s Desolation Sound   Huffington Post Canada
Video shows seal hop on boat to escape B.C. orca killer whales   AmeriPublications
Seal jumps onto BC couple's dinghy to avoid being eaten by orcas   Yahoo News Canada (blog)

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AmeriPublications
   
Glacier research team consists of scientist and beer company   
AmeriPublications
Glaciologist, Brian Menounos, is teaming up with Kokanee beer to study the melting rates on the Zillmer Glacier. Menounos, with the University of Northern British Columbia, was contacted by Kokanee beer requesting melted snow water from 1962, the year ...

Scientist teams up with beer company for glacier research   Techie News
Kokanee to brew limited-edition beer while BC researcher examines the fate of ...   CBC.ca
Kokanee, Glacier Research Collaborate to Study Western Glaciers   Northern Californian
Maine News   
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Power Technology
   
Researchers find new technique to improve efficiency of low-cost solar cells   
Power Technology
Researchers have developed an innovative manufacturing technique using a microscopic rake to double the electricity output of inexpensive solar cells. The researchers from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford ...

Scientists discover atomic-resolution details of brain signaling   (e) Science News (press release) (registration)
Scientists discover atomic-resolution details of brain signaling: X-ray laser ...   EurekAlert (press release)
Microscopic rake boosts PV cell efficiency   EE Times India

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Daily Mail
   
Turkish whistling language is unique because it uses BOTH sides of the brain   
Daily Mail
Researchers have found a Turkish language based on whistles is unique as it uses both sides of the brain. Generally speaking, language processing is a job for the brain's left hemisphere, whether it is spoken, written, or signed. However, researchers ...
Turkish people are talking with whistles, and it's challenging how we think ...   Washington Post
The Whistled Language of Northern Turkey   The New Yorker
Whistled Turkish; or, the Bird Language   Language Magazine
Science Now   
(e) Science News (press release) (registration)   
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WAMC
   
Albany Faces New Foe: Emerald Ash Borer   
WAMC
The battle against the emerald ash borer, an invasive pest that has decimated thousands of tree across America, has moved to the city of Albany, where officials are scrambling to mount a counteroffensive.
What can homeowners with ash trees do as emerald ash borer hits CNY?   Syracuse.com
Emerald ash borer: The new invader   News & Observer
Louisiana University Gears Up to Protect Ash Trees from Beetles   Bayoubuzz
Maine News Online   
AmeriPublications   
KTBS   
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Omaha World-Herald
   
Giving pollution a pass to advance the climate change agenda   
Canada Free Press
The world-dominating current global warming/climate change movement is way off base: It is not man-made global warming from CO2 that is the problem, it's man-made pollution which the global warming gang all but patently ignore. It's not exaggerated ...

Ryan Duffy is a junior at Boston College.   New York Times
Robert J. Samuelson: Obama's climate plan noble, flawed   Omaha World-Herald
The number one global security issue? Climate change   Muscatine Journal
seattlepi.com (blog)   
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Lid Time - Weird News, Entertainment, News Headlines
   
Meteor shower tonight should be enhanced by clear weather   
TV Newsroom
Attached is a video from NASA with more detail on why this is expected to be such a great year for viewing this particular meteor shower. A new Moon on August 14 makes for dark skies all night, meaning there's an excellent chance of seeing the meteor ...

Meteor shower tonight is likely to be good   Bulletin Leader
Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight   iFreePress.com (blog)
Perseid meteor shower: Your pictures in 45 seconds   Junior College
Nanaimo Daily News   
MassLive.com   
Lid Time - Weird News, Entertainment, News Headlines (blog)   
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The West Australian
   
Humpback whale rescued off Cape Cod   
Boston Globe
Continue reading below. Marine researchers rescued a young humpback whale that was entangled in rope off Cape Cod on Friday afternoon, according to officials from the Center for Coastal Studies. Passengers and crew of the Provincetown-based Dolphin ...

Crews Untangle Young Humpback Whale Off Of Cape Cod   CBS Local
Humpback Whale Freed Off Provincetown   CapeCod.com News
Another Humpback Whale Freed By Provincetown Team   WBUR
AmeriPublications   
The Budapest Report   
Daily Mail   
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American Live Wire
   
Lager Beer Began In 15th Century Bavaria   
American Live Wire
According to a new study published in the Oxford Journals, a team of US scientists used next-generation sequencing technology to successfully trace the origins of the yeast brewer used to make the most popular lager beer to 15th Century Bavaria. They ...

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