2015年8月18日 星期二

2015-08-19 Canada English Science


cleveland.com
   
Proposed space elevator would tower 12 miles high   
cleveland.com
Thoth Technology, a Canadian firm, has secured a patent for a 12-mile-high space elevator, but getting it built remains a challenge. (Thoth Technology). Print Email · Cliff Pinckard, Northeast Ohio Media Group By Cliff Pinckard, Northeast Ohio Media ...
Space elevator with inflatable tower patented by Thoth Technology   CBC.ca
Canadian company gets patent for 20-kilometre-high space elevator   The Globe and Mail
How feasible is Canadian firm's space elevator concept?   Toronto Star
Gizmodo   
The Straits Times   
ABC News   
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AmeriPublications
   
Smart seal escapes whale attack by jumping on a boat   
The Weather Network
Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 3:35 PM - A clever seal is making headlines after it outsmarted a group of hungry orca whales by finding safety on a nearby boat. The harbour seal pulled off the sneaky escape on Friday. According to the Huffington Post, orca ...

Smart seal escapes BC killer whales by hopping in boat (Video)   Canada News
Smart seal escapes killer whales by hopping in boat   CTV News
Video of resourceful seal jumping into boat to escape orca whales   Digital Journal
AmeriPublications   
Huffington Post Canada   
Yahoo News Canada (blog)   
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NBCNews.com
   
Dogs have evolved to be more like cats   
Irish Examiner
Climate change helped in the design of dogs, forging man's best friend from a creature that was more like a cat, scientists have learned. Ancestors of dogs living in north America 40 million years ago resembled small mongooses and, like cats, were ...
Climate Change in America Turned Forests Into Plains, Dogs Into Wolves   NBCNews.com
Study shows cat-like dogs evolved due to climate change   AmeriPublications
New discovery shows that dogs used to look more like cats   Dispatch Times
Science a Gogo   
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Net Newsledger
   
Andes faces water woes, rainfall may drop by one-third by 2100 - study   
Reuters
TORONTO, Aug 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Residents of the Central Andes mountains in Peru and Bolivia, already short of water, could see rainfall decline by up to 30 percent by the end of the century, a new Swiss study said. Even the next 20 ...
Study: Andes Faces Water Woes   Voice of America
Rainfall Declines in Central Andes Mountains Serious   Net Newsledger
Study: Andes to lose a third of its precipitation by 2100   The Times

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AmeriPublications
   
Japanese sports drink advertisement coming to a moon near you   
AmeriPublications
A Japanese sports drink called Pocari Sweat, similar to Gatorade, is going to be advertised on the moon in the summer of 2016. Anyone outside of Asia may not know what Pocari Sweat is but will know soon when its advertisement is coming from the moon.
Can tech turn the moon into the world's biggest billboard?   Fox News
Japanese company plans to use the moon for advertising   The Space Reporter
Get ready for ads on the moon. Starting with this Japanese sports drink   CNBC
The Week Magazine   
The Weather Network   
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3News NZ
   
U of A economic study shows affects of climate change worldwide   
Tucson News Now
TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -. A new study out of the University of Arizona shows the positive and negative impacts of climate change on national economies across the globe. Derek Lemoine, an assistant professor of economics at the University of ...

Obama in no position to lead globe on climate   The Globe and Mail
Will climate change decide the election?   Tyler Morning Telegraph
Ryan Duffy is a junior at Boston College.   New York Times
Redding Record Searchlight (blog)   
seattlepi.com (blog)   
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R & D Magazine
   
A new look at brain signaling   
R & D Magazine
Scientists have revealed never-before-seen details of how our brain sends rapid-fire messages between its cells. They mapped the 3-D atomic structure of a two-part protein complex that controls the release of signaling chemicals, called ...
Scientists discover atomic-resolution details of brain signaling   The Times
Scientists discover atomic-resolution details of brain signaling: X-ray laser ...   EurekAlert (press release)
Researchers find new technique to improve efficiency of low-cost solar cells   Power Technology

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The Kingston Whig-Standard
   
Former Kingston resident leader of team that discovers new planet   
The Kingston Whig-Standard
An artist's impression shows the newly found planet 51 Eridani b, which was discovered about 100 light years from Earth by a team headed by former Kingston resident and Stanford University physics professor Bruce Macintosh. Handout image courtesy Los ...

New alien planet labeled as the 'Young Jupiter'   Christian Post
Cornell researcher savors role in major exoplanet discovery   The Ithaca Voice
Astronomers discover enormous Jupiter-like gas giant 96 light years away   Blastr
The Weather Space   
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Asian Scientist Magazine
   
Parasitic Wasps Control Spider Web-Weaving Abilities   
Asian Scientist Magazine
Parasitic wasps can turn spiders into their zombie slaves, manipulating their web-weaving abilities to protect the wasp larvae. Asian Scientist Newsroom | August 18, 2015 | In the Lab. AsianScientist (Aug. 18, 2015) - A study in the Journal of ...
Blog: Wasps: the zombie masters   Delta-Optimist (blog)
Wasps Enslave Spiders to Weave for Them   The Wire

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The Guardian
   
ATV rider finds dead whale on Roseville beach   
The Guardian
ROSEVILLE - It wasn't what Darryl Donahue expected to find on his Tuesday morning ATV ride. Lying on the sand, near the water's edge on the Roseville beach off the Kelly's Road, was a 29-foot long dead whale. “When you see something that big you kind ...

Bloomfield resident discovers 29-foot dead whale on local beach   Journal Pioneer

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