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Global warming confuses Americans
Science | 206686 hits | 9:16 PM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
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Though the majority of Americans believe that global warming is actually occurring, many do not understand the reasons behind it, suggests new research released Thursday.
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Asteroid collision makes quite a picture
Science | 206659 hits | 5:27 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
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The dusty wreckage thrown out in the explosive collision of two asteroids has been pictured by spacecraft. The debris stretches for hundreds of thousands of kilometres.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Researchers hoping to recreate the Big Bang
Science | 206689 hits | 4:56 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
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A researcher at Montreal's McGill University is the first to publish results collected from experiments at the Large Hadron Collider. Physicist Andreas Warburton is among the 3,171 scientists who have collected data from the LHC, which is housed 100 metre
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Link Related to Canada in some say NASA closer to getting extra space shuttle flight
Science | 206558 hits | 4:51 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. � There's still the matter of money. But it looks increasingly likely that NASA will get an extra space shuttle flight.
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Link Related to Canada in some say UBC robot to probe Antarctic sea ice
Science | 206544 hits | 4:05 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
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Canadian researchers are preparing to deploy an underwater robot that will study Antarctic sea ice, which is expected to decline more than 33 per cent by 2100.
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Humpback whale swims a quarter of the world
Science | 206588 hits | 6:30 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
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In a record-breaking journey, a female humpback whale has travelled across a quarter of the globe, a distance of at least 10,000km.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Canada puts beacon on gigantic ice island
Science | 206649 hits | 6:14 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
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The Canadian Ice Service, has successfully deposited a satellite beacon on a mammoth ice island that broke away from Greenland in August and is now drifting in two pieces in waters off Nunavut's Ellesmere Island.
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200 new species in Papua New Guinea
Science | 206689 hits | 8:49 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
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SYDNEY - Some 200 news species of animals and plants, including an orange spider, a jabbing spiny-legged katydid (bush cricket) and a minute long-nosed frog, have been discovered in Papua New Guinea's remote jungle-clad mountains
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Giant moon collision 'may have formed Saturn's rings'
Science | 206745 hits | 7:23 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
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Saturn's rings may have formed when a large moon with an icy mantle and rocky core spiralled into the nascent planet.
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Link Related to Canada in some say A stronger Sun actually cools the Earth
Science | 206780 hits | 7:18 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
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An increase in solar activity from the Sun actually cools the Earth, suggests new research that will renew the debate over the science behind climate change.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Coast guard trip across North Pacific dashes hopeful scientific theory
Science | 206641 hits | 5:59 AM on Wednesday | posted by Regina
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When the Coast Guard research vessel John P. Tully churned across the North Pacific in the summer of 2008, scientists on board discovered an anomaly on a microscopic scale. Tiny ocean plants called phytoplankton were blooming like crazy.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Researchers find fuel in Tim's coffee cups
Science | 206849 hits | 8:05 AM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
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A pair of scientists from the University of Manitoba may have worked out a way to get fuel out of the millions of cups of Tim Horton's coffee that Canadians discard every year.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Marine census yields new insights into ocean life
Science | 206624 hits | 8:02 AM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
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Two scientists, frustrated over the lack of information about global marine biodiversity, were chatting in a research office in Woods Hole, Mass., and posed a deceptively simple challenge -- find out what lives in the world's oceans and where.
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5 foot tall ancient penguin discovered
Science | 206660 hits | 7:45 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
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A giant penguin more than 5 feet tall has been discovered in Peru.
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New pest raising a real stink south of the border
Science | 206693 hits | 7:12 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
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Bedbugs may be striking fear in the hearts of homeowners these days, but another entomological pest is raising a real stink south of the border.
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Underwater mikes missed whales in plain view: docs
Science | 206651 hits | 7:10 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
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Special underwater microphones aboard a BP ship in the Beaufort Sea didn't always detect whales -- even though the animals were in plain view of the crew, new documents show.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Huge possible dinosaur graveyard in B.C. northeast
Science | 206643 hits | 5:07 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
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A team of researchers has discovered a field of untouched fossilized dinosaur remains near Tumbler Ridge, B.C., proving that giant plant- and meat-eating prehistoric animals roamed northeastern British Columbia millions of years ago.
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Whale snot, bat sex studies win Ig Nobel awards
Science | 206608 hits | 6:14 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
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The first documentation of fellatio in bats, the use of a remote-controlled helicopter to collect whale snot and the finding that swearing can relieve pain won top honours at the annual Ig Nobel awards ceremony on Thursday.
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Can scientists find missing species?
Science | 206733 hits | 8:05 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
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More than a third of mammal species considered extinct or missing have been rediscovered, a study says, and a lot of effort is wasted in trying to find species that have no chance of being found again.
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Whale snot, bat sex win IgNobel spoof prizes
Science | 206671 hits | 8:04 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
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Researchers who used a remote-controlled helicopter to collect whale snot, documented bats having oral sex and showed that swearing makes you feel better when you stub a toe were among the winners of spoof IgNobel prizes Thursday.
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This is a news website article about a scientific paper
Science | 207215 hits | 7:48 AM on Friday | posted by hurley_108
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In the standfirst I will make a fairly obvious pun about the subject matter before posing an inane question I have no intention of really answering: is this an important scientific finding?
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Dolphin species attempt 'common language'
Science | 208302 hits | 5:55 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
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When two dolphin species come together, they attempt to find a common language, preliminary research suggests.
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20858
Ancient giant penguin unearthed in Peru
Science | 208572 hits | 5:49 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
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The fossil of a giant penguin that lived 36 million years ago has been discovered in Peru.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Astronomers spot Earth-like planet
Science | 208753 hits | 5:21 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
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It is not too hot and not too cold, and astronomers believe that a new planet detected outside our solar system may have a temperature that is just right to support life.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Snakes found breeding in western Nfld.
Science | 208572 hits | 4:59 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
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Snakes are not native to Newfoundland, but a provincial wildlife official confirms that the reptiles have been found breeding on the island. A pregnant garter snake was recently found in St. David's, southwestern Newfoundland, according to Bruce Rodriguez
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Russian firm to launch commercial space station
Science | 208193 hits | 7:57 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
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A private Russian space firm and a state-controlled spacecraft manufacturer are planning to build and operate the world's first commercial space station and expect it to launched by 2016.
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N.Z. rescuers cut rope to free entangled whale
Science | 208029 hits | 7:48 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
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New Zealand rescuers cut free a humpback whale Wednesday that had been entangled for at least two days in a heavy nylon rope that officials said would have caused its slow death.
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BP's new CEO creates unit to enforce safety
Science | 208138 hits | 7:47 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
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BP's incoming chief executive on Wednesday announced a new unit to monitor safety throughout the oil company's operations, starting work to restore the company's battered reputation two days before officially becoming CEO.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Invasive mussels may halt Asian carp spread
Science | 208105 hits | 8:08 AM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
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If huge, hungry Asian carp reach Lake Michigan, their long-dreaded invasion may turn out to be less ferocious than once expected, because a tiny competitor is gobbling up their primary food source, some Great Lakes researchers say.
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20677
Baby Robot learns how to shoot bow and arrow.
Science | 206771 hits | 1:38 PM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
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iCub stands 3.5 feet tall and has an articulated trunk, arms, and legs, as well as a ghostly white face with big round eyes that can follow moving objects, such as people fleeing from flying arrows.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Que. blocks drilling in St. Lawrence Estuary
Science | 207927 hits | 7:36 AM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
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The Quebec government is imposing a moratorium on any oil or gas exploration in the fragile St. Lawrence Estuary, CBC/Radio-Canada has learned.
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Global groundwater levels dwindling: study
Science | 208037 hits | 7:40 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
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A global survey of groundwater levels appears to show underground supplies are dwindling. The research, examining groundwater reserves by measuring rainfall and other water sources against evaporation and removal for agriculture and other uses, finds t
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Firefly spotters wonder if the species is fading away
Science | 207637 hits | 7:47 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
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There's something special about a warm summer night at dusk, around a campfire or under the stars in the backyard, when the darkness is suddenly illuminated by bright, fast flashes of light.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Could Canadian-made Enviropiggy go to market?
Science | 206774 hits | 4:49 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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Call it Enviropig or Frankenswine, but a Canadian-made genetically enhanced pig could make its way on to North American dinner plates in the near future.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Oceans divide over 1970s warming
Science | 206631 hits | 9:10 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
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The surfaces of the oceans went through a short period of rapid temperature change 40 years ago, scientists have found - but the cause is unknown.
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Link Related to Canada in some say No need to fear strong solar flares in 2013: NASA
Science | 206794 hits | 1:12 AM on Friday | posted by Hyack
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A solar physicist at NASA says there's no reason to think that strong solar flares expected in 2013 will disrupt life on earth, a day after a British official warned they could bring power and communications systems to a grinding halt.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Canadian Mars rover gadget awaits launch
Science | 206750 hits | 8:35 PM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
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A Canadian instrument designed to analyze elements on Mars is ready to help scientists figure out whether the red planet was ever able to support life.
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Florida panthers bound back thanks to Texas mates
Science | 206684 hits | 3:44 PM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
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In the quest to save the endangered Florida panther, their Texas cousins were the cat's meow. Wildlife biologists moved eight female panthers from Texas -- close relatives yet genetically distinct -- into south Florida 15 years ago in hopes of boosting re
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Link Related to Canada in some say Canadians among predicted Nobel winners
Science | 206600 hits | 10:39 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
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WASHINGTON - Researchers who discovered stem cells and the appetite hormone leptin, who proposed that dark energy is helping the universe expand and who developed "gene chips" are named in the 2010 Thomson Reuters predictions to win Nobel Prizes for medic
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Link Related to Canada in some say Human-powered plane flies with flapping wings
Science | 206598 hits | 5:42 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
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A PhD student at the University of Toronto has become the first person ever to make a sustained flight in a human-powered �wing-flapping' aircraft.
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Computers show how wind could have parted Red Sea
Science | 206677 hits | 10:48 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
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New computer simulations have shown how the parting of the Red Sea, as described in the Bible, could have been a phenomenon caused by strong winds.
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3 'extinct' amphibians rediscovered
Science | 206735 hits | 8:58 PM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
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Two frogs and a salamander that were previously believed to be extinct have been found alive in the wild.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Prozac inhibits sex drive in fish: study
Science | 206640 hits | 8:54 PM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
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The popular antidepressant drug Prozac inhibits sexual activity in fish by interfering with sperm production and pheromone transmission, which raises environmental concerns, according to a study by University of Ottawa researchers.
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Large Hadron Collider spies hints of infant universe
Science | 206581 hits | 2:33 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
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The big bang machine may already be living up to its nickname. Researchers on the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, have seen hints of what may be the hot, dense state of matter thought to hav
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Massive blast 'created Mars moon'
Science | 206770 hits | 11:20 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
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Scientists say they have uncovered firm evidence that Mars's biggest moon, Phobos, is made from rocks blasted off the Martian surface in a catastrophic event.
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Researchers develop protein-packed potato
Science | 206730 hits | 7:51 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
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Researchers in India have developed a genetically modified potato that is packed with up to 60 percent more protein and increased levels of amino acids.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Enjoy the northern lights from your desk
Science | 206812 hits | 7:45 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
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One of Canada's most beautiful natural features has gone viral.
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Why DNA testing could be free by 2020
Science | 206729 hits | 2:10 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
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Over the past 12 months, in scattered cases reported in top medical journals, doctors have done something amazing: They have entered a patient's genetic material into a machine and read out the genetic code embedded in that person's DNA and come up with m
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Link Related to Canada in some say Astronomers stream lunar views on internet
Science | 206722 hits | 8:25 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
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Astronomers in Ottawa and around the world turned their telescopes toward the moon Saturday and streamed their images live on the internet.
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Jupiter making closest approach in nearly 50 years
Science | 206711 hits | 5:00 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
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Better catch Jupiter next week in the night sky. It won't be that big or bright again until 2022.

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