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Missile launched in Calif. reaches target near Guam
The Air Force says an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile launched from central California's Vandenberg Air Force Base successfully reached its target near Guam.
Science | 206684 hits | 7:42 AM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
The Air Force says an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile launched from central California's Vandenberg Air Force Base successfully reached its target near Guam.Will the sun devour the Earth?
While we swagger through middle age, the old man down the street is violently fighting against the dying of the light.
Science | 206700 hits | 8:58 PM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
While we swagger through middle age, the old man down the street is violently fighting against the dying of the light.
Japan takes aim at Ontario's green energy planScience | 206654 hits | 7:23 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
Ontario's push for green energy has sparked a dispute with Japan, which is poised to launch a formal complaint over government subsidies for firms that are building solar and wind power projects in the province.Titanic expedition back at sea and scanning wreckage
An expedition to map out the last resting place of the Titanic was back at sea Monday and continuing its work of preserving a virtual record of the world's most famous shipwreck.
Science | 206713 hits | 7:21 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
An expedition to map out the last resting place of the Titanic was back at sea Monday and continuing its work of preserving a virtual record of the world's most famous shipwreck. Life on Mars? Scientist finds new clues to say...maybe
The detectives trying to unlock the mystery of whether life ever existed on Mars have uncovered a new clue that they believe will help solve the cold case. For more than three decades, it's been widely accepted that the red planet is lifeless. Could pine beetles actually reduce forest fire risk?
Thousands of tall pine trees killed from the inside out. Large swaths of lush forest turned brown.Astronomers find evidence for unusual class of black holes
Researchers say they may have found further evidence for the existence of an unusual type of black hole.
Researchers say they may have found further evidence for the existence of an unusual type of black hole.Telescope may spot alien oceans
The next generation of telescopes could reveal the presence of oceans on planets outside our Solar System.
The next generation of telescopes could reveal the presence of oceans on planets outside our Solar System. 2 asteroids fly near Earth
One transport truck-sized asteroid passed the Earth Wednesday morning and another will soar by in the afternoon, with both far closer to the planet than the moon.Dwarf galaxies gobbled by their giant neighbours
Spiral galaxies are known to grow by swallowing their diminutive neighbours; as this process occurs, the dwarf galaxies become severely distorted.
Spiral galaxies are known to grow by swallowing their diminutive neighbours; as this process occurs, the dwarf galaxies become severely distorted. Narcissists, insecure people flock to Facebook: studyScience | 206694 hits | 7:39 PM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
A new study of Canadian university students suggests Facebook is a magnet for narcissists and people with low self-esteem.Japanese stem cell researcher wins Balzan prize
The Balzan Foundation says its prize for the biology of stem cells has gone to a Japanese researcher for discovering a way to transform adult cells into cells with the characteristics of stem cells.
Science | 206786 hits | 8:42 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
The Balzan Foundation says its prize for the biology of stem cells has gone to a Japanese researcher for discovering a way to transform adult cells into cells with the characteristics of stem cells. Scientists race to find dark matter in Canadian mine
Wherever there�s a deep hole somewhere in the world, there is a physicist down it trying to shed light on the shadowy secrets of the universe, says Nigel Smith, the director of the deepest hole physicists have yet burrowed into. Cdn and American astronauts want world to start getting ready for asteroids
MONTREAL - Canadian and American astronauts say the world should already be preparing for the big one � the asteroid that could some day strike the Earth causing death and destruction. Fall peaches bred in NiagaraScience | 206731 hits | 8:57 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
A professor at the University of Guelph in southern Ontario is developing a series of peach varieties that could continue to be available into late September. Do pride and sex motivate us to donate to charity?Science | 206796 hits | 8:23 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
What motivates us to give our money away? Most of us would say we donate to charity for that "warm glow" of knowing we helped our fellow man. But research suggests we're more influenced by guilt, self-interest and sometimes, to look better to the oppositePossible new fault line created in N.Z. quake
A geologist says that the powerful earthquake that struck a New Zealand city on Saturday morning appears to have torn a new fault line in the Earth's surface.
Science | 206686 hits | 8:18 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
A geologist says that the powerful earthquake that struck a New Zealand city on Saturday morning appears to have torn a new fault line in the Earth's surface.Hubble telescope re-shoots 1987 supernova
The Hubble space telescope has returned to view one of its favourite subjects - a giant stellar explosion that was first seen on Earth in 1987.
The Hubble space telescope has returned to view one of its favourite subjects - a giant stellar explosion that was first seen on Earth in 1987. Nasa hopes to send a craft into the Sun's atmosphere
Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to plunge a car-sized unmanned spacecraft into the star's outer atmosphere.Old star wallows in 'steam bath'
Europe's Herschel space telescope has looked on as an old giant star wallows in a "steam bath".
Europe's Herschel space telescope has looked on as an old giant star wallows in a "steam bath". New bee species found in downtown TorontoScience | 206934 hits | 11:14 AM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Bees found in downtown Toronto and the Okanagan desert are among 19 new species discovered by a university graduate student while he was working on his PhD.Jordan discovers 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple
Archaeologists in Jordan have unearthed a 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple with a trove of figurines of ancient deities and circular clay vessels used for religious rituals, officials said Wednesday.
Science | 206762 hits | 11:03 AM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Archaeologists in Jordan have unearthed a 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple with a trove of figurines of ancient deities and circular clay vessels used for religious rituals, officials said Wednesday. Verdict on genetically modified salmon pending
The genetically modified salmon grow twice as fast as regular farmed salmon and is the first genetically modified food animal to be reviewed by the FDA. Jellyfish discovered in Manitoba lake
A Winnipeg family got a bit of a surprise when they jumped into a Manitoba lake and found themselves surrounded by dozens of tiny jellyfish.Bolivia finishes rescue of 12 pink river dolphins
Bolivian biologists say they have finished rescuing 12 pink, freshwater dolphins who were trapped in a river.
Science | 207832 hits | 10:03 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Bolivian biologists say they have finished rescuing 12 pink, freshwater dolphins who were trapped in a river. How Canada's Arctic once hosted alligators and turtles
It may seem hard to believe now, but dry, frigid Ellesmere Island in Canada's high North was once teeming with alligators, turtles and rhino-like mammals.Australian lizards on verge of evolutionary leap
Scientists observing a small group of Australian lizards very closely, believe they may be watching evolution happen right before their eyes.
Scientists observing a small group of Australian lizards very closely, believe they may be watching evolution happen right before their eyes. NASA spacecraft finds multiplanet solar system
Scientists at NASA have made a huge find: a star 2,300 light-years away with a solar system of two, and possibly three, planets orbiting around it.Supercomputer clue to black holes
The colossal black holes at the centres of galaxies probably formed shortly after the Big Bang, a study suggests. Some of these behemoths are billions of times more massive than our Sun.
The colossal black holes at the centres of galaxies probably formed shortly after the Big Bang, a study suggests. Some of these behemoths are billions of times more massive than our Sun. Geoengineering 'not a solution' to sea-level rise
New research proposes that as many as 150 million people could be affected as ocean levels increases by 30cm to 70cm by the end of this century.Microbe thriving by eating spilled oil in Gulf
WASHINGTON � A newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe suddenly is flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists discovered the new microbe while studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf since the explosio
WASHINGTON � A newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe suddenly is flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists discovered the new microbe while studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf since the explosioAstronomers find star with up to 7 planets; 1 could be smallest found outside solar system
GENEVA - Scientists say they've identified a sun-like star with as many as seven different planets � including one that might be the smallest ever found outside the solar system.
GENEVA - Scientists say they've identified a sun-like star with as many as seven different planets � including one that might be the smallest ever found outside the solar system.Alien hunters 'should look for artificial intelligence'
A senior astronomer has said that the hunt for alien life should take into account alien "sentient machines".
A senior astronomer has said that the hunt for alien life should take into account alien "sentient machines".
It proposes that Charles Darwin may have been wrong when he argued that competition was the major driving force of evolution. World could run out of helium
Helium is one of the most widely used gases on the planet � from party balloons to MRI machine coolant � but it could soon be a thing of the past.Fate of Universe revealed by galactic lens
Astronomers used the way that light from distant stars was distorted by a huge galactic cluster known as Abell 1689 to work out the amount of dark energy in the cosmos.
Astronomers used the way that light from distant stars was distorted by a huge galactic cluster known as Abell 1689 to work out the amount of dark energy in the cosmos.Hydrogen bonds captured on camera
Now these life-enabling bonds � essentially the force of attraction between one molecule's slightly positively charged hydrogen atoms, and negatively charged areas on a neighbouring molecule � seem to have been captured on camera.
Now these life-enabling bonds � essentially the force of attraction between one molecule's slightly positively charged hydrogen atoms, and negatively charged areas on a neighbouring molecule � seem to have been captured on camera.UN board could rein in $2.7 billion carbon market
An obscure UN board that oversees a $2.7 billion market intended to cut heat-trapping gases has agreed to take steps that could lead to it eventually reining in what European and U.S. environmentalists are calling a huge scam.
Science | 206679 hits | 9:20 AM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
An obscure UN board that oversees a $2.7 billion market intended to cut heat-trapping gases has agreed to take steps that could lead to it eventually reining in what European and U.S. environmentalists are calling a huge scam.La. scientist's oysters safe from oil, but pricey
Biologist John Supan thinks he has developed what may be the holy grail for oyster lovers: a hardy breed of the delectable shellfish that stays fat enough for consumers to eat throughout the year.
Science | 206637 hits | 3:29 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
Biologist John Supan thinks he has developed what may be the holy grail for oyster lovers: a hardy breed of the delectable shellfish that stays fat enough for consumers to eat throughout the year. Radiation could pinpoint black hole merger
Astronomers may be able to get an early warning about where to look for merging black holes and study gravitational waves, thanks a new model created by Canadian and U.S. astrophysicists. Moon shrinking with age
New research indicates cracks in the moon's crust that have formed as the interior has cooled and shrunk over the last billion years or so. That means the surface has shrunk, too, though not so you'd notice just from gazing at it.Ancient birds jabbed at prey with axelike beaks
Ninety-pound birds that once lived in South America wielded their giant, sharp beaks in quick jabs, much like the boxing tactics of Muhammad Ali, according to a new study.
Science | 206713 hits | 7:06 AM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
Ninety-pound birds that once lived in South America wielded their giant, sharp beaks in quick jabs, much like the boxing tactics of Muhammad Ali, according to a new study.Black hole mystery unveiled by magnetic star discovery
The discovery of a rare magnetic star - or magnetar - is challenging theories about the origin of black holes. Magnetars are a special type of neutron star with a powerful magnetic field.
The discovery of a rare magnetic star - or magnetar - is challenging theories about the origin of black holes. Magnetars are a special type of neutron star with a powerful magnetic field.Tsunami caused by 2 earthquakes, not 1
The deadly tsunami that pounded several South Pacific islands last year was spawned by not one but two monstrous earthquakes, surprising new research reveals.
The deadly tsunami that pounded several South Pacific islands last year was spawned by not one but two monstrous earthquakes, surprising new research reveals.Researcher links head injuries to Lou Gehrig�s disease
Toxic proteins found in athletes who died of ALS, same proteins have been found in the brains of athletes with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)
Toxic proteins found in athletes who died of ALS, same proteins have been found in the brains of athletes with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) Only children: not so lonely after all
New research suggests that siblings don't impact social skills Old Sudbury mine the site of search for dark matterScience | 206820 hits | 8:14 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Researchers are peering deep under the Canadian Shield, in the hopes of unlocking one of the secrets of the universe.Back to Canada News
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