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Global warming confuses Americans
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.
Science | 206625 hits | 9:16 PM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
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.Asteroid collision makes quite a picture
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.
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.
Researchers hoping to recreate the Big Bang
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 NASA closer to getting extra space shuttle flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — There's still the matter of money. But it looks increasingly likely that NASA will get an extra space shuttle flight. UBC robot to probe Antarctic sea ice
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.Humpback whale swims a quarter of the world
In a record-breaking journey, a female humpback whale has travelled across a quarter of the globe, a distance of at least 10,000km.
In a record-breaking journey, a female humpback whale has travelled across a quarter of the globe, a distance of at least 10,000km. Canada puts beacon on gigantic ice island
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.200 new species in Papua New Guinea
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
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 mountainsGiant moon collision 'may have formed Saturn's rings'
Saturn's rings may have formed when a large moon with an icy mantle and rocky core spiralled into the nascent planet.
Saturn's rings may have formed when a large moon with an icy mantle and rocky core spiralled into the nascent planet. A stronger Sun actually cools the Earth
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. Researchers find fuel in Tim's coffee cupsScience | 206791 hits | 8:05 AM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
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. Marine census yields new insights into ocean lifeScience | 206566 hits | 8:02 AM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
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.5 foot tall ancient penguin discovered
A giant penguin more than 5 feet tall has been discovered in Peru.
Science | 206604 hits | 7:45 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
A giant penguin more than 5 feet tall has been discovered in Peru.New pest raising a real stink south of the border
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.
Science | 206643 hits | 7:12 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
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.Underwater mikes missed whales in plain view: docs
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.
Science | 206596 hits | 7:10 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
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. Huge possible dinosaur graveyard in B.C. northeastScience | 206589 hits | 5:07 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
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.Whale snot, bat sex studies win Ig Nobel awards
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.
Science | 206559 hits | 6:14 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
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.Can scientists find missing species?
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.
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.Whale snot, bat sex win IgNobel spoof prizes
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.
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.This is a news website article about a scientific paper
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?
Science | 207157 hits | 7:48 AM on Friday | posted by hurley_108
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?Dolphin species attempt 'common language'
When two dolphin species come together, they attempt to find a common language, preliminary research suggests.
When two dolphin species come together, they attempt to find a common language, preliminary research suggests.Ancient giant penguin unearthed in Peru
The fossil of a giant penguin that lived 36 million years ago has been discovered in Peru.
The fossil of a giant penguin that lived 36 million years ago has been discovered in Peru. Astronomers spot Earth-like planet
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. Snakes found breeding in western Nfld.
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 RodriguezRussian firm to launch commercial space station
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.
Science | 208031 hits | 7:57 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
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.N.Z. rescuers cut rope to free entangled whale
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.
Science | 207871 hits | 7:48 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
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.BP's new CEO creates unit to enforce safety
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.
Science | 207971 hits | 7:47 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
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. Invasive mussels may halt Asian carp spreadScience | 207947 hits | 8:08 AM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
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. Que. blocks drilling in St. Lawrence EstuaryScience | 207779 hits | 7:36 AM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
The Quebec government is imposing a moratorium on any oil or gas exploration in the fragile St. Lawrence Estuary, CBC/Radio-Canada has learned.Global groundwater levels dwindling: study
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
Science | 207867 hits | 7:40 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
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 tFirefly spotters wonder if the species is fading away
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.
Science | 207477 hits | 7:47 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
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. Could Canadian-made Enviropiggy go to market?
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. Oceans divide over 1970s warming
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. No need to fear strong solar flares in 2013: NASA
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. Canadian Mars rover gadget awaits launchScience | 206691 hits | 8:35 PM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
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.Florida panthers bound back thanks to Texas mates
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
Science | 206626 hits | 3:44 PM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
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 Canadians among predicted Nobel winners
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 Human-powered plane flies with flapping wingsScience | 206533 hits | 5:42 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
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.Computers show how wind could have parted Red Sea
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.
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.3 'extinct' amphibians rediscovered
Two frogs and a salamander that were previously believed to be extinct have been found alive in the wild.
Science | 206677 hits | 8:58 PM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Two frogs and a salamander that were previously believed to be extinct have been found alive in the wild. Prozac inhibits sex drive in fish: studyScience | 206572 hits | 8:54 PM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
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.Massive blast 'created Mars moon'
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.
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.Researchers develop protein-packed potato
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.
Science | 206663 hits | 7:51 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
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. Enjoy the northern lights from your deskScience | 206745 hits | 7:45 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
One of Canada's most beautiful natural features has gone viral.Why DNA testing could be free by 2020
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
Science | 206671 hits | 2:10 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
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 Astronomers stream lunar views on internetScience | 206658 hits | 8:25 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Astronomers in Ottawa and around the world turned their telescopes toward the moon Saturday and streamed their images live on the internet.Jupiter making closest approach in nearly 50 years
Better catch Jupiter next week in the night sky. It won't be that big or bright again until 2022.
Science | 206652 hits | 5:00 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Better catch Jupiter next week in the night sky. It won't be that big or bright again until 2022.Back to Canada News
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