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Lake may offer clues to life on Mars
GALAN VOLCANO, Argentina - A lake in Argentina's remote, inhospitable northwest may offer clues on how life got started on Earth and how it could survive on other planets
GALAN VOLCANO, Argentina - A lake in Argentina's remote, inhospitable northwest may offer clues on how life got started on Earth and how it could survive on other planetsHaiti quake was caused by previously unknown fault
This year's devastating earthquake in Haiti was caused by a previously unknown fault, according to scientists.
This year's devastating earthquake in Haiti was caused by a previously unknown fault, according to scientists.
Time to put coyotes off their appetite?
Saskatchewan has a serious problem with predators eating livestock, but what if ... they simply didn't feel like eating? Arctic rocks reveal Earth's recipe
Volcanic rocks made of 4.5-billion-year-old material from the inner Earth have been found on Baffin Island in Nunavut. The discovery, published online Wednesday in Nature, suggests previous theories about exactly what the Earth was originally made of arenNASA to try Armageddon in real life?
So far, it’s mission fail on an out-of-this-world plan to land a probe on an asteroid heading toward Earth.
So far, it’s mission fail on an out-of-this-world plan to land a probe on an asteroid heading toward Earth. Calgary scientists to create human neurochip
Technology allows researchers to monitor brain-cell activity in powerful detail over several daysHawking: Humans must colonise space
The human race must colonise space within the next two centuries or it will become extinct, Stephen Hawking has warned.
The human race must colonise space within the next two centuries or it will become extinct, Stephen Hawking has warned.Ancient bison kill site uncovered in Montana
Archaeologists working on the Blackfeet Indian reservation in northwestern Montana say they have uncovered a vast former hunting complex where bison were stampeded over a cliff at least 1,000 years ago.
Science | 206724 hits | 4:19 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
Archaeologists working on the Blackfeet Indian reservation in northwestern Montana say they have uncovered a vast former hunting complex where bison were stampeded over a cliff at least 1,000 years ago.Robot to explore mysterious tunnels in Great Pyramid
For 4,500 years, the Great Pyramid at Giza has enthralled, fascinated and ultimately frustrated everyone who has attempted to penetrate its secrets.
For 4,500 years, the Great Pyramid at Giza has enthralled, fascinated and ultimately frustrated everyone who has attempted to penetrate its secrets. Suspected Northern Snakehead fish caught in OntarioScience | 208105 hits | 7:03 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
There are fears a potential threat to the Great Lakes ecosystem has found its way into Canadian waters, after an Ontario woman landed what may be a vicious, invasive species of fish.Exploding star 'viewed in 3D'
Astronomers have for the first time obtained a 3D view of the aftermath of a star exploding (which is known as a supernova).
Astronomers have for the first time obtained a 3D view of the aftermath of a star exploding (which is known as a supernova). Fast-spreading fungus threatens common bat speciesScience | 206713 hits | 7:05 PM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
One of the most common bat species could face extinction in the Northeast within decades due to white-nose syndrome, a disease now rapidly spreading. Scientists say Martian rock may hold evidence of life
Researchers say they have identified rocks that could hold four-billion-year-old evidence of life on Mars. According to a scientific article published Friday, scrutiny of clay-carbonate rocks in the Nili Fossae region of Mars points to possible evidence o Asteroid could hit Earth in 172 years
Astronomers have detected a half-kilometre wide asteroid that appears to be on a collision course with the Earth — in 172 years time.2 Russian cosmonauts complete spacewalk
Two Russian cosmonauts on Tuesday completed a nearly 7-hour-long spacewalk to replace a video camera and improve cable connections to the orbiting laboratory's newest module.
Science | 207671 hits | 8:55 PM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Two Russian cosmonauts on Tuesday completed a nearly 7-hour-long spacewalk to replace a video camera and improve cable connections to the orbiting laboratory's newest module. Scientists inch towards finding 'God particle'
PARIS - Scientists working with particle accelerators in Europe and the United States said on Monday they may be closing in on the elusive Higgs Boson, the “God particle“ believed crucial to forming the cosmos after the Big Bang.Bones of largest rat unearthed
Researchers in East Timor have unearthed the bones of the largest rat that ever lived.
Science | 207761 hits | 8:12 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
Researchers in East Timor have unearthed the bones of the largest rat that ever lived.Laser system tracks growing threat of space junk
Australian researchers say they have developed a laser tracking system that will stop chunks of space debris from colliding with spacecraft and satellites in the earth's orbit.
Australian researchers say they have developed a laser tracking system that will stop chunks of space debris from colliding with spacecraft and satellites in the earth's orbit. 700 new planets discovered by NASA
NASA's deep-space Kepler probe has found hundreds of new planets — many similar to earth — sparking new hope of life outside our solar system.Rare 'corpse flower' blooming for 1st time could stink up Texas wedding
HOUSTON - The flower girl at Jessica Zabala's wedding is purple, six-feet-tall (nearly 2 metres tall), uninvited and smells like dead bodies. She is Lois, a rare "corpse flower," deemed the world's stinkiest bud.
HOUSTON - The flower girl at Jessica Zabala's wedding is purple, six-feet-tall (nearly 2 metres tall), uninvited and smells like dead bodies. She is Lois, a rare "corpse flower," deemed the world's stinkiest bud. New sponge species found off St. John's
Marine scientists exploring the ocean floor hundreds of kilometres east of St. John's say they've found new species of sponges and previously unidentified corals.CERN scientists seeking funding for a new atom smasher
Scientists behind the European atom smasher aimed at uncovering the secrets of the universe don't want to stop there - they want to build an even bigger machine with partners and funds from around the world.
Science | 206773 hits | 8:33 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Scientists behind the European atom smasher aimed at uncovering the secrets of the universe don't want to stop there - they want to build an even bigger machine with partners and funds from around the world. Experts seek lost ship that marked end of Arctic passageScience | 206714 hits | 8:26 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
For the first time, Ottawa is trying to find a sunken 19th-century ship that helped discover the final leg of the Northwest Passage. 10 ways to tell if someone is lying to youScience | 206823 hits | 8:36 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
In business, politics and romance, it would be nice to know when we're being lied to. Unfortunately humans aren't very good at detecting lies. Our natural tendency is to trust others, and for day-to-day, low-stakes interactions, that makes sense. Canadian researchers solve Monarch migration mysteryScience | 206843 hits | 9:19 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
A new Canadian study has apparently solved a mystery involving the migration habits of one of North America's most recognizable insects and may aid conservation efforts.Mexico: Ancient woman suggests diverse migration
A scientific reconstruction of one of the oldest sets of human remains found in the Americas appears to support theories that the first people who came to the hemisphere migrated from a broader area than once thought, researchers say.
Science | 206739 hits | 4:02 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
A scientific reconstruction of one of the oldest sets of human remains found in the Americas appears to support theories that the first people who came to the hemisphere migrated from a broader area than once thought, researchers say.Octopuses found with cold-resistant venom
HONG KONG - Researchers have discovered four new species of octopus in Antarctica with venom that works at sub-zero temperatures.
HONG KONG - Researchers have discovered four new species of octopus in Antarctica with venom that works at sub-zero temperatures. Ontario astronomer sees buckyballs in spaceScience | 206718 hits | 8:14 PM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
The buckyballs have been found — and by a Londoner, no less. The what? you ask.Another ceremonial monument found near Stonehenge
Scientists scouring the area around Stonehenge said Thursday they have uncovered the foundations of a second circular structure only a few hundred meters from the world famous monument.
Science | 206670 hits | 6:48 PM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
Scientists scouring the area around Stonehenge said Thursday they have uncovered the foundations of a second circular structure only a few hundred meters from the world famous monument. Slice of meteorite could hold Earth's secrets
TORONTO — Researchers are hoping a fresh slice of a rare 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite will yield new information about our planet. Using a diamond-wire saw, mineralogists at the Royal Ontario Museum cut into the 53-kilogram space rock for media cameras Astrophysicists find most massive star ever
A huge ball of brightly burning gas drifting through a neighbouring galaxy may be the heaviest star ever discovered, scientists said Wednesday after working out its weight for the first time.
A huge ball of brightly burning gas drifting through a neighbouring galaxy may be the heaviest star ever discovered, scientists said Wednesday after working out its weight for the first time. Regrowing body parts closer to reality
Scientists in Toronto are trying to crack the secrets of regeneration to trigger the human body to grow tissues and organs damaged by disease.Unlocking secrets of 'eerie' clouds
An amateur scientist has compiled a forecast to enable observers to view a mysterious type of cloud. Noctilucent clouds appear as wispy, luminous, silvery-blue clouds in the dark Northern sky, often with a wavy pattern.
An amateur scientist has compiled a forecast to enable observers to view a mysterious type of cloud. Noctilucent clouds appear as wispy, luminous, silvery-blue clouds in the dark Northern sky, often with a wavy pattern.New NASA telescope set to finish survey
A telescope made by Utah State University's Space Dynamics Lab for NASA is on track to complete its first sky survey.
Science | 206612 hits | 9:16 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
A telescope made by Utah State University's Space Dynamics Lab for NASA is on track to complete its first sky survey. 25,000 new asteroids found by NASA's sky mapping
LOS ANGELES — Worried about Earth-threatening asteroids? One of NASA's newest space telescopes has spotted 25,000 never-before-seen asteroids in just six months. Scientists find new species off Newfoundland's coast
HALIFAX — Researchers are getting a first-ever glimpse of the watery depths off Newfoundland and Labrador, seeing species that are likely new to science and collecting data that could unlock centuries-old mysteries of the sea.15-million-year-old marsupial fossils found in Outback
Scientists have discovered a cave filled with 15-million-year-old fossils of prehistoric marsupials in the Outback, a rare find that has revealed some surprising similarities between the creatures and modern-day kangaroos and koalas.
Science | 206638 hits | 4:46 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
Scientists have discovered a cave filled with 15-million-year-old fossils of prehistoric marsupials in the Outback, a rare find that has revealed some surprising similarities between the creatures and modern-day kangaroos and koalas.Ice Age baby mammoth on display in France
After tens of thousands of years under the Siberian frost, a baby woolly mammoth is taking a summer vacation in southeast France.
Science | 206812 hits | 4:39 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
After tens of thousands of years under the Siberian frost, a baby woolly mammoth is taking a summer vacation in southeast France.Mercury's youngest volcano found
Scientists analysing data from Nasa's Messenger spacecraft say they have located some of Mercury's most recent volcanic activity. This indicates that rather than being a tiny, long-dead planet, as scientists had assumed, Mercury was volcanically active fo
Scientists analysing data from Nasa's Messenger spacecraft say they have located some of Mercury's most recent volcanic activity. This indicates that rather than being a tiny, long-dead planet, as scientists had assumed, Mercury was volcanically active foMona Lisa painting gives up more secrets to science
Science has pursued its fascination with the Mona Lisa once again, this time by applying X-ray techniques to understand the shadowing in her face.
Science has pursued its fascination with the Mona Lisa once again, this time by applying X-ray techniques to understand the shadowing in her face. Woolly mammoth hunters helped change climate
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Ancient hunters who stalked the world’s last woolly mammoths likely helped warm the Earth’s far northern latitudes thousands of years before humans began burning fossil fuels, according to a study of prehistoric climate change.Sperm-making gene 600 million years old
A gene required for sperm production in humans is also required to make sperm in mice, flies, worms and even sea anemones — some of the most primitive animals alive.
Science | 206787 hits | 6:15 PM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
A gene required for sperm production in humans is also required to make sperm in mice, flies, worms and even sea anemones — some of the most primitive animals alive.Science answers the question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Scientists wielding a powerful supercomputer have cracked the mystery of which came first, the chicken or the egg.
The short answer: the chicken.
Scientists wielding a powerful supercomputer have cracked the mystery of which came first, the chicken or the egg.
The short answer: the chicken.Ultrabright Gamma-ray Burst
Until now, scientists thought the brightest gamma-ray bursts sent out a maximum of 10,000 x-ray photons a second.
But at its peak, the newfound burst sent out 145,000 photons a second, Burrows said�making this gamma-ray burst 10 to 15 times brighter
Until now, scientists thought the brightest gamma-ray bursts sent out a maximum of 10,000 x-ray photons a second.
But at its peak, the newfound burst sent out 145,000 photons a second, Burrows said�making this gamma-ray burst 10 to 15 times brighter Star explosion blinds satellite
WASHINGTON - The brightest explosion of a star ever seen temporarily blinded a satellite set up to watch such events, astronomers said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON - The brightest explosion of a star ever seen temporarily blinded a satellite set up to watch such events, astronomers said Wednesday.Fossil links humans and monkeys
Researchers have discovered the skull of a 29 million-year-old animal that could be a common ancestor of Old World monkeys and apes, including humans.
Researchers have discovered the skull of a 29 million-year-old animal that could be a common ancestor of Old World monkeys and apes, including humans.Tiny shard bears oldest script found in Jerusalem
Archaeologists say a newly discovered clay fragment from the 14th century B.C. is the oldest example of writing ever found in antiquity-rich Jerusalem.
Science | 206730 hits | 5:28 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
Archaeologists say a newly discovered clay fragment from the 14th century B.C. is the oldest example of writing ever found in antiquity-rich Jerusalem.Rosetta probe passes Asteroid Lutetia
Europe's Rosetta space probe has flown past the Asteroid Lutetia, returning a stream of scientific data for analysis.
The rock - some 120km (75 miles) in its longest dimension - is the biggest asteroid yet visited by a satellite.
Europe's Rosetta space probe has flown past the Asteroid Lutetia, returning a stream of scientific data for analysis.
The rock - some 120km (75 miles) in its longest dimension - is the biggest asteroid yet visited by a satellite.Black hole blows huge gas bubble
A small black hole has been observed blowing a vast bubble of hot gas 1,000 light-years across. The gas is expanding because it is being heated by powerful particle "jets" being released by the black hole.
A small black hole has been observed blowing a vast bubble of hot gas 1,000 light-years across. The gas is expanding because it is being heated by powerful particle "jets" being released by the black hole. La Nina developing, could mean more hurricanes
WASHINGTON — The climate phenomenon known as La Nina appears to be developing, a potential threat of more bad news in the efforts to clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.Back to Canada News
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