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Solar-powered Swiss plane on 24-hour test flightScience | 206808 hits | 4:07 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Travellers may be one step closer to flying on solar-powered aircraft if results from a 24-hour test flight, which began Wednesday morning, are positive, the aircraft's developers said.Early humans ventured further north than thought
Ancient man ventured into northern Europe far earlier than previously thought, settling on England's east coast more than 800,000 years ago, scientists said.
Science | 206676 hits | 4:04 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Ancient man ventured into northern Europe far earlier than previously thought, settling on England's east coast more than 800,000 years ago, scientists said. Astronauts explore space science in B.C. lake
Canadian and U.S. astronauts are exploring the depths of a unique B.C. lake alongside scientists, exchanging skills they hope will help them do science together in deep space. You can catch a divorce from your friends: studyScience | 207025 hits | 2:46 PM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Happy couples take note. A new study suggests that divorce spreads through a social group like a virus, with the breakup of a friend's marriage vastly increasingly the possibility of one's own nuptials ending.Planck telescope reveals ancient cosmic light
The picture is the first full-sky image from Europe's Planck telescope which was sent into space last year to survey the "oldest light" in the cosmos.
The picture is the first full-sky image from Europe's Planck telescope which was sent into space last year to survey the "oldest light" in the cosmos. Tim Hortons cups turned into biofuelScience | 206649 hits | 6:28 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
Discarded Tim Hortons coffee cups are being turned into ethanol by researchers at the University of Manitoba.Dutch agency admits error in UN climate report
A leading Dutch environment agency reported Monday that the seminal 2007 UN scientific report on climate change is too generalized and has even more errors than discovered so far -- including one contributed by the agency itself.
Science | 206692 hits | 4:59 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
A leading Dutch environment agency reported Monday that the seminal 2007 UN scientific report on climate change is too generalized and has even more errors than discovered so far -- including one contributed by the agency itself.Chess icon Fischer's body exhumed over paternity
Authorities in Iceland have exhumed the body of American chess champion Bobby Fischer to determine whether he is the father of a 9-year-old girl from the Philippines.
Science | 206665 hits | 4:57 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
Authorities in Iceland have exhumed the body of American chess champion Bobby Fischer to determine whether he is the father of a 9-year-old girl from the Philippines.Russian cargo ship docks with space station
An unmanned Russian space capsule carrying tons of food, water and supplies to the International Space Station docked with the orbiting laboratory Sunday, two days after the first attempt went awry.
Science | 206689 hits | 12:47 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
An unmanned Russian space capsule carrying tons of food, water and supplies to the International Space Station docked with the orbiting laboratory Sunday, two days after the first attempt went awry.Aquarium, university to map whale shark DNA
Inside a few small vials at the world's largest aquarium is the key to unlocking the mysteries of the planet's biggest fish.
Science | 206607 hits | 12:40 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Inside a few small vials at the world's largest aquarium is the key to unlocking the mysteries of the planet's biggest fish.Russian resupply mission loses control while docking with ISS
A Russian spacecraft lost control and missed docking with the International Space Station today, floating past the station and into space. Progress 38 is an unstaffed cargo ship filled with stores of fresh food, clothes, and equipment for the ISS crew. Pr
A Russian spacecraft lost control and missed docking with the International Space Station today, floating past the station and into space. Progress 38 is an unstaffed cargo ship filled with stores of fresh food, clothes, and equipment for the ISS crew. PrRussian vessel spins away from space station
MOSCOW - An unmanned Russian cargo vessel floated past the international space station on Friday after a failed docking attempt, space officials said.
MOSCOW - An unmanned Russian cargo vessel floated past the international space station on Friday after a failed docking attempt, space officials said.Scientists develop the perfect prawn
SYDNEY - Scientists have come up with a way to satisfy Australians' demand for prawns which have become the nation's main Christmas fare -- a genetically bred strain of larger, black tiger prawns that taste great.
SYDNEY - Scientists have come up with a way to satisfy Australians' demand for prawns which have become the nation's main Christmas fare -- a genetically bred strain of larger, black tiger prawns that taste great. Girl, 12, speaks for first timeScience | 206688 hits | 1:09 PM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
Calgarian Andre Geurts pondered the wonder of hearing his daughter's words for the first time in her 12 years of life. Cookie for astronauts took months to developScience | 206579 hits | 9:14 AM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
It may take your mother or grandmother one hour -- tops -- to make and bake a batch of oatmeal cookies. But it took several months to develop Canasnacks -- cream-filled sandwich cookies that first went into space with now-retired Canadian astronaut Dave WExhibit includes 6,400-year-old mummified baby
LOS ANGELES — A 10-month-old baby who lived in Peru 6,420 years ago and a 17th-century nobleman; a South American woman with a tattoo on each breast and one on her face, a woman who had tuberculosis, a child who had a heart condition and a youngster with
LOS ANGELES — A 10-month-old baby who lived in Peru 6,420 years ago and a 17th-century nobleman; a South American woman with a tattoo on each breast and one on her face, a woman who had tuberculosis, a child who had a heart condition and a youngster with 'Sea monster' whale fossil unearthed
Researchers have discovered the fossilised remains of an ancient whale with huge, fearsome teeth.
Researchers have discovered the fossilised remains of an ancient whale with huge, fearsome teeth. Canadian scientists confirm new solar system
Canadian scientists have found more evidence that a massive planet — eight times the size of Jupiter — is in fact part of another solar system.Goce satellite views Earth's gravity in high definition
It is one of the most exquisite views we have ever had of the Earth. This colourful new map traces the subtle but all pervasive influence the pull of gravity has across the globe.
It is one of the most exquisite views we have ever had of the Earth. This colourful new map traces the subtle but all pervasive influence the pull of gravity has across the globe. LHC smashes beam collision record
Scientists working on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) say they have moved a step closer to their aim of unlocking the mysteries of the Universe. Beak size does matter for birds in cool climesScience | 207735 hits | 8:08 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
The beaks of birds in Canada and other northern climes have evolved over millions of years to be smaller than those among species in the southern hemisphere -- a crucial adaptation to avoid heat loss, according to a Canadian-Australian study being hailed Toxic metals in whales threat to humans: studyScience | 206754 hits | 8:59 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Sperm whales feeding even in the most remote reaches of Earth's oceans have built up high levels of heavy metals, according to U.S. scientists who warn the findings threaten human seafood.Little spent on oil spill cleanup technology
While oil companies have spent billions of dollars to drill deeper and farther out to sea, relatively little money and research have gone into finding new, improved ways to respond to oil spills in deepsea conditions like those in the Gulf of Mexico.
Science | 206658 hits | 12:08 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
While oil companies have spent billions of dollars to drill deeper and farther out to sea, relatively little money and research have gone into finding new, improved ways to respond to oil spills in deepsea conditions like those in the Gulf of Mexico.Mars' entire surface was shaped by water
Signs of liquid water had been seen on southern Mars, but the latest findings reveal similar signals in craters in the north of the Red Planet.
Signs of liquid water had been seen on southern Mars, but the latest findings reveal similar signals in craters in the north of the Red Planet. Partial lunar eclipse to dominate sky
LOS ANGELES — Attention skygazers: A portion of the moon will cross into the Earth's shadow Saturday during a partial lunar eclipse visible in the western United States and Canada, the Pacific and eastern Asia.Pakistan watches Google, other sites for blasphemy
Science | 206592 hits | 8:01 AM on Friday | posted by Guy_Fawkes
Payette says her space travel career may be overScience | 206784 hits | 4:18 PM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
One of Canada's best-known astronauts is getting ready to hang up her space suit after a milestone-studded career that featured two memorable trips to space. B.C. lab will seek new ways of producing isotopesScience | 206616 hits | 7:53 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
The B.C. government is investing $30 million in a subatomic physics lab at the University of B.C. in a project aimed at improving the future supply of medical isotopes. Should whales be kept at the Vancouver Aquarium?Science | 206643 hits | 2:36 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
The latest death of a baby beluga at the Vancouver Aquarium on Monday night has renewed critics' calls for a public vote on whether to stop keeping whales at the facility. Organic pesticides can be worse than synthetic: study
University of Guelph researchers say organic requires larger doses New Agers, neo-pagans see Stonehenge solsticeScience | 206654 hits | 5:18 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
Thousands of New Agers and neo-pagans danced and whooped in delight Monday as a bright early morning sun rose above the ancient stone circle Stonehenge, marking the summer solstice. The European fire antScience | 206923 hits | 10:17 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
They look so harmless. But anyone who's been swarmed by European fire ants (Myrmica rubra) knows how painful and frightening an attack from these tiny critters can be.Major climate decisions may come from ozone treaty
Governments have moved closer to curbing the use of chemicals commonly used as coolants in refrigerators, air conditioners, hair spray and other household items in what some say would be among their biggest climate decisions ever.
Science | 206608 hits | 9:06 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
Governments have moved closer to curbing the use of chemicals commonly used as coolants in refrigerators, air conditioners, hair spray and other household items in what some say would be among their biggest climate decisions ever.Ancient climate change 'link' to CO2
A "global pattern" of change in the Earth's climate began 2.7 million years ago, say scientists. Researchers found that, at this point, temperature patterns in the tropics slipped into step with patterns of Ice Ages in the Northern Hemisphere.
A "global pattern" of change in the Earth's climate began 2.7 million years ago, say scientists. Researchers found that, at this point, temperature patterns in the tropics slipped into step with patterns of Ice Ages in the Northern Hemisphere.Humans too simple to understand universe: scientist
A top British scientist says we may never know all the secrets of the universe because, quite simply, we're just not smart enough.
A top British scientist says we may never know all the secrets of the universe because, quite simply, we're just not smart enough. Largest dinosaur graveyard found in Alberta
Scientists in Alberta have discovered the largest dinosaur bonebed ever documented — along with evidence of massive carnage — near Hilda, 50 kilometres north of Medicine Hat.NASA finds potential planetary bonanza
NASA's Kepler orbiting telescope has found more than 700 objects in a far-off region of our galaxy that could be planets, the space agency has announced.
NASA's Kepler orbiting telescope has found more than 700 objects in a far-off region of our galaxy that could be planets, the space agency has announced. B.C. inquiry into 10 million missing salmon beginsScience | 206696 hits | 11:59 AM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
An official investigation into the collapse of sockeye salmon stocks in B.C.'s Fraser River is expected to get underway in Vancouver on Tuesday morning.Scientists develop tech to track carbon dioxide
Scientists have developed a method for detecting and tracking carbon dioxide deep underground, giving the federal government an important tool as people look for ways to keep carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from crowding the atmosphere.
Science | 206621 hits | 8:39 AM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Scientists have developed a method for detecting and tracking carbon dioxide deep underground, giving the federal government an important tool as people look for ways to keep carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from crowding the atmosphere.Japanese space probe recovered in Australia
A team of scientists flew to the Australian Outback on Monday and recovered a Japanese space capsule that they hope contains asteroid samples providing clues into the evolution of the solar system.
A team of scientists flew to the Australian Outback on Monday and recovered a Japanese space capsule that they hope contains asteroid samples providing clues into the evolution of the solar system.Study raises alarm over declining snake populations
A new study suggests snake populations are decreasing in different parts of the world, though scientists cannot pinpoint the cause of what they say is an "alarming trend."
Science | 206641 hits | 7:59 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
A new study suggests snake populations are decreasing in different parts of the world, though scientists cannot pinpoint the cause of what they say is an "alarming trend."Scientist uncovers dirty secrets about birds' sex lives
Biologist Bridget Stutchbury was once introduced at a university lecture as someone who "probably knows more about sex than anyone in this room."
Science | 206605 hits | 7:56 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Biologist Bridget Stutchbury was once introduced at a university lecture as someone who "probably knows more about sex than anyone in this room."Japan unfurls Ikaros solar sail in space
Japanese scientists are celebrating the successful deployment of their solar sail, Ikaros.
Japanese scientists are celebrating the successful deployment of their solar sail, Ikaros.Comets may come from other solar systems
Some of the comets that streak across the night sky may not originate from our sun, but from one of its far-flung stellar siblings.
Some of the comets that streak across the night sky may not originate from our sun, but from one of its far-flung stellar siblings.World's oldest leather shoe found
The world's oldest leather shoe, 1,000 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt and 400 years older than Stonehenge in Britain, has been found perfectly preserved in a cave in Armenia.
Science | 206883 hits | 8:34 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
The world's oldest leather shoe, 1,000 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt and 400 years older than Stonehenge in Britain, has been found perfectly preserved in a cave in Armenia.Asteroid probe returns to Earth Sunday
Hayabusa — the Japanese probe launched seven years ago to try to capture the first samples from an asteroid — is on its way home and is due to land Sunday in South Australia.
Hayabusa — the Japanese probe launched seven years ago to try to capture the first samples from an asteroid — is on its way home and is due to land Sunday in South Australia. Large Planet photographed while forming in another solar system
For the first time, astronomers have been able to directly follow the motion of an exoplanet as it moves from one side of its host star to the otherAustralian study finds crocodiles surf the seas
CANBERRA, Australia — Crocodiles can surf ocean currents to take long leisurely journeys across open seas in the South Pacific, a researcher said on Wednesday.
CANBERRA, Australia — Crocodiles can surf ocean currents to take long leisurely journeys across open seas in the South Pacific, a researcher said on Wednesday.Huge seas 'once existed on Mars'
US scientists have found further evidence that huge seas existed long ago on Mars. A geological mapping project found sedimentary deposits in a region called Hellas Planitia which suggest a large sea once stood there.
US scientists have found further evidence that huge seas existed long ago on Mars. A geological mapping project found sedimentary deposits in a region called Hellas Planitia which suggest a large sea once stood there.Back to Canada News
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