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Tons of dead fish pulled from California marina
It could take a week -- and the smell could get pretty bad -- before crews manage to scoop and vacuum up tons of dead sardines from a Southern California marina.
Science | 206970 hits | 7:20 AM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
It could take a week -- and the smell could get pretty bad -- before crews manage to scoop and vacuum up tons of dead sardines from a Southern California marina.Laser scan for Stonehenge secrets
Stonehenge is being scanned using modern laser technology to search for hidden clues about how and why it was built.
Stonehenge is being scanned using modern laser technology to search for hidden clues about how and why it was built.
New data shows Earth-like planet is uninhabitable
A planet identified last month as possibly able to support human habitation has been reclassified to uninhabitable after new findings revealed the original diagnosis was based on an error. Astronauts salute Discovery on eve of last landingScience | 206876 hits | 12:56 PM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
On the eve of Discovery's final homecoming, the six shuttle astronauts paid tribute Tuesday to the world's most travelled spaceship, saying it may be some time before there's another vessel that's worthy of the name and capable of venturing farther.Shuttle Discovery leaves space station for last time
Space shuttle Discovery, the world's most travelled spaceship, has left the International Space Station for the last time.
Science | 206852 hits | 6:08 AM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
Space shuttle Discovery, the world's most travelled spaceship, has left the International Space Station for the last time.'Alien life' found on meteorites
WASHINGTON - A NASA scientist reports detecting tiny fossilized bacteria on three meteorites, and maintains these microscopic life forms are not native to Earth.
WASHINGTON - A NASA scientist reports detecting tiny fossilized bacteria on three meteorites, and maintains these microscopic life forms are not native to Earth. Killer whales hunt in silent 'stealth mode'
Orcas avoid being overheard by their prey by hunting in "stealth mode", according to researchers. Solar study sheds light on sunspot doldrums
Unusually low sunspot activity in the past solar cycle may be due to changes in the flow of plasma deep below the sun's surface.Kepler Space Telescope Finds Bizarre Planetary Systems
A recent look at the data has found one system that could have two planets in the same orbit. A second system has a group of planets in resonance, and the third has planets that all orbit their star in less than a week.
A recent look at the data has found one system that could have two planets in the same orbit. A second system has a group of planets in resonance, and the third has planets that all orbit their star in less than a week.Meteorites 'could have carried nitrogen to Earth'
A meteorite found in Antarctica could lend weight to the argument that life on Earth might have been kick-started from space, scientists are claiming.
A meteorite found in Antarctica could lend weight to the argument that life on Earth might have been kick-started from space, scientists are claiming.Dark matter theory challenged by gassy galaxies result
A controversial theory that challenges the existence of dark matter has been buoyed by studies of gas-rich galaxies.
A controversial theory that challenges the existence of dark matter has been buoyed by studies of gas-rich galaxies.New report exonerates U.S. climate researchers
WASHINGTON — A Commerce Department investigation has found no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of federal climate researchers whose e-mails were leaked in the debate over global climate change.
WASHINGTON — A Commerce Department investigation has found no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of federal climate researchers whose e-mails were leaked in the debate over global climate change.Water trapped inside rocks for billions of years
Scientists have found evidence that water was trapped for up to billions of years inside rocks deep in an African gold mine.
Scientists have found evidence that water was trapped for up to billions of years inside rocks deep in an African gold mine.Planet birth witnessed for 1st time
For the first time, scientists believe they've detected the birth of a new world around a distant sun-like star.
For the first time, scientists believe they've detected the birth of a new world around a distant sun-like star.Earliest human remains discovered in Alaska
Some 11,500 years ago one of America's earliest families laid the remains of a 3-year-old child to rest in their home in what is now Alaska. The discovery of that burial is shedding new light on the life and times of the early settlers who crossed from As
Science | 208405 hits | 12:17 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
Some 11,500 years ago one of America's earliest families laid the remains of a 3-year-old child to rest in their home in what is now Alaska. The discovery of that burial is shedding new light on the life and times of the early settlers who crossed from AsSexy monkeys wash with own urine
Capuchin monkeys have what at first glance appears to be an odd habit: they urinate onto their hands then rub their urine over their bodies into their fur.
Capuchin monkeys have what at first glance appears to be an odd habit: they urinate onto their hands then rub their urine over their bodies into their fur.Sea turtles' migration mystery is 'solved'
Until now, how species such as loggerhead sea turtles manage to migrate thousands of miles across oceans with no visual landmarks has been a mystery.
Until now, how species such as loggerhead sea turtles manage to migrate thousands of miles across oceans with no visual landmarks has been a mystery.Discovery blasts into space for final flight
Space shuttle Discovery was being fuelled for liftoff on Thursday on its final mission to carry supplies and spare parts to the International Space Station.
Space shuttle Discovery was being fuelled for liftoff on Thursday on its final mission to carry supplies and spare parts to the International Space Station. NASA to launch newest Earth-observation satellite
LOS ANGELES — NASA is set to launch its latest Earth-orbiting satellite on a $424 million mission to analyze airborne grit spewed by volcanoes, forest fires, smokestacks and tailpipes.Scott's Antarctic samples give climate clues
Samples of a marine creature collected during Captain Scott's Antarctic trips are yielding data that may prove valuable in projecting climate change.
Samples of a marine creature collected during Captain Scott's Antarctic trips are yielding data that may prove valuable in projecting climate change. CERN collider revs up search for cosmic mysteries
GENEVA - CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is gearing up to resume full-speed particle collisions next month aimed at resolving key mysteries of the universe B.C. scientist hopes to extract Amelia Earhart's DNAScience | 207258 hits | 5:42 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
More than seven decades after aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared while attempting her ill-fated flight around the world, a British Columbia scientist hopes to extract DNA from letters she wrote to loved ones.'Aeroecology' uses radar to track flying animals
The study of birds, bats and flying insects could be transformed by the use of technology designed for tracking storms, researchers say.
The study of birds, bats and flying insects could be transformed by the use of technology designed for tracking storms, researchers say.'Music of the stars' now louder
The Kepler space telescope measures the sizes and ages of stars five times better than any other means - when it "listens" to the sounds they make.
The Kepler space telescope measures the sizes and ages of stars five times better than any other means - when it "listens" to the sounds they make. Milky Way home to 50 billion planets: NASA
Scientists have estimated the first cosmic census of planets in our galaxy and the numbers are astronomical: at least 50 billion planets call the Milky Way home. Canucks aim to land puck on the moonScience | 207215 hits | 8:18 AM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
A group of Canadian space buffs wants to make a hockey puck boldly go where no hockey puck has gone before: the surface of the moon.Hudson River Fish Evolve Toxic PCB Immunity
Bottom-feeding fish in the Hudson River have developed a gene that renders them immune to the toxic effects of PCBs, researchers say.
Bottom-feeding fish in the Hudson River have developed a gene that renders them immune to the toxic effects of PCBs, researchers say. Solar storm delivers auroral show
A blast of plasma from the sun hit the Earth overnight, creating a brilliant display of lights across the skies of Northern Canada.Bear hibernation secrets unlocked
Five bears have been the subject of the most detailed hibernation study ever undertaken in animals of their size.
Five bears have been the subject of the most detailed hibernation study ever undertaken in animals of their size.Scientists build the world's first anti-laser
Physicists have built the world's first device that can cancel out a laser beam - a so-called anti-laser.
Physicists have built the world's first device that can cancel out a laser beam - a so-called anti-laser.Recycled NASA spacecraft to fly by sweetheart comet on Valentine's Day
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - After a long-distance courtship, a NASA spacecraft is set to meet up with its celestial sweetheart — a comet half the size of Manhattan that had an encounter with another spacecraft not long ago.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - After a long-distance courtship, a NASA spacecraft is set to meet up with its celestial sweetheart — a comet half the size of Manhattan that had an encounter with another spacecraft not long ago.Kin of famous Lucy had feet like modern people
Lucy's feet were made for walking.
That's the word from a team of researchers who got a first look at a foot bone from this human relative who lived 3 million or more years ago, and concluded this ancestor was fully comfortable with life on the ground,
Science | 206806 hits | 6:56 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
Lucy's feet were made for walking.
That's the word from a team of researchers who got a first look at a foot bone from this human relative who lived 3 million or more years ago, and concluded this ancestor was fully comfortable with life on the ground, Experts follow rare whale from Russia to B.C.
VANCOUVER — A satellite tracking device that's the size of a ballpoint pen and has the power of a child's walkie-talkie is being used to follow one of the world's most endangered whales along its mysterious migration route.Past Antarctic cooling may help global warming
OSLO - Sea temperatures off the Antarctic Peninsula have cooled over the past 12,000 years, according to a study on Wednesday that may help scientists understand the impact of modern global warming on the frozen continent.
OSLO - Sea temperatures off the Antarctic Peninsula have cooled over the past 12,000 years, according to a study on Wednesday that may help scientists understand the impact of modern global warming on the frozen continent. Hudson Bay polar bears threatened by early ice breakupScience | 206786 hits | 6:51 PM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
A new study is painting a worrisome picture for polar bear populations on Hudson Bay, noting that a loss of sea ice is leading to a rapid decline in the number of bear cubs born every year.Egypt's damaged artifacts to be restored in days
The artifacts from the Egyptian Museum damaged by looters will be restored over the next five days, the country's antiquities head said Monday.
Science | 206784 hits | 5:34 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
The artifacts from the Egyptian Museum damaged by looters will be restored over the next five days, the country's antiquities head said Monday.First full view of the sun revealed
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Sunday released the first complete view of the sun's entire surface and atmosphere.
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Sunday released the first complete view of the sun's entire surface and atmosphere. Two Vancouver men sell rare hippo footage to National Geographic
VANCOUVER - Two Vancouver men have sheer luck to thank for escaping from a herd of angry hippos in Kenya. Magnetic Polar Shifts Causing Massive Global Superstorms
NASA has been warning about it…scientific papers have been written about it…geologists have seen its traces in rock strata and ice core samples. Now "it" is here: an unstoppable magnetic pole shift that has sped up and is causing life-threatening havoc wiSpace telescope spots odd new solar system
WASHINGTON - Astronomers have spotted a strange new solar system with small “puffy” planets packed in close orbit to their sun.
WASHINGTON - Astronomers have spotted a strange new solar system with small “puffy” planets packed in close orbit to their sun.5 possible Earth-like habitable planets found
Five potential Earth-sized planets that may support liquid water — and so possibly life — have been found by NASA's Kepler mission.
Five potential Earth-sized planets that may support liquid water — and so possibly life — have been found by NASA's Kepler mission.'Life chemicals' may have formed around far-flung star
There is now even more evidence that life on Earth may have been seeded by material from asteroids or comets.
There is now even more evidence that life on Earth may have been seeded by material from asteroids or comets.Scientist works to grow meat in lab
CHARLESTON, S.C. - In a small laboratory on an upper floor of the basic science building at the Medical University of South Carolina, Vladimir Mironov, M.D., Ph.D., has been working for a decade to grow meat.
CHARLESTON, S.C. - In a small laboratory on an upper floor of the basic science building at the Medical University of South Carolina, Vladimir Mironov, M.D., Ph.D., has been working for a decade to grow meat.Tracks of two prehistoric birds found in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Fossilized tracks from two newly discovered prehistoric birds have been found in Alaska’s Denali National Park.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Fossilized tracks from two newly discovered prehistoric birds have been found in Alaska’s Denali National Park.Lake Vostok drilling in Antarctic 'running out of time'
With only about 50m left to drill, time is running out for the Russian scientists hoping to drill into Vostok - the world's most enigmatic lake. Vostok is a sub-glacial lake in Antarctica, hidden some 4,000m (13,000ft) beneath the ice sheet.
With only about 50m left to drill, time is running out for the Russian scientists hoping to drill into Vostok - the world's most enigmatic lake. Vostok is a sub-glacial lake in Antarctica, hidden some 4,000m (13,000ft) beneath the ice sheet.Ancient body clock keeps all life on time
Scientists have identified the mechanism that controls the internal 24-hour clock of all forms of life -- a finding they say should shed light on some shift work-related problems like diabetes, depression and cancer.
Scientists have identified the mechanism that controls the internal 24-hour clock of all forms of life -- a finding they say should shed light on some shift work-related problems like diabetes, depression and cancer. Scientists find earliest galaxy
An international team of astronomers say they have glimpsed the earliest galaxy yet, a smudge of light from nearly 13.2 billion years ago —a time when the cosmos was a far lonelier place.Back to Canada News
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