Note: If you are interested in a short description of the pictures, please go to the slideshow. African penguins are the newest exhibit at Toronto Zoo. I watched them being fed, while they were swimming at the surface and also through the under-water viewing windows. While penguins are usually associated with the ice of Antarctica, [...]
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Note: If you are interested in a short description of the pictures, please go to the slideshow. Toronto Zoo is not only a zoo, it is also one of Ontario’s main sources of knowledge for nature conservancy activities. Last Saturday, Toronto Zoo hosted its fifth yearly event for people participating in the Adopt-A-Pond programme. Toronto [...]
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NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2011 /CNW/ – In September 2011 a neutrino beam from a CERN lab in Geneva, Switzerland to the 454 miles remote INFN Gran Sasso lab in Italy seemed to travel 0.0025 percent faster through the Earth than the speed of light in a vacuum. Some hitherto undisputed pillars of classical physics will totter if this experiment turns out to be [...]
Continue reading …Uniting Physics: Science of Black Hole Thermodynamics to be Discussed at Perimeter Institute Public Lecture on November 2
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WATERLOO, ON, Oct. 12, 2011 /CNW/ – Black holes are hot! This discovery made by Stephen Hawking ties together gravity, spacetime, quantum matter, and thermal systems into the beautiful and exciting science of “black hole thermodynamics”. Its beauty lies in the powerful way it speaks of the unity of physics. On Wednesday, November 2, as [...]
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MARKHAM, ON, Sept. 21, 2011 /CNW/ – The construction of ViaSat-1, North America’s first 4G broadband satellite, is complete. A game-changer in terms of ubiquitous broadband access in Canada, ViaSat-1 will allow for previously unavailable speed and bandwidth economics, and will provide Canadians in its footprint, which includes many remote areas, the opportunity to get [...]
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The Space Launch System (SLS) will give NASA astronauts in deep space a new way to traffic beyond current limits. Designed to carry cargo, experiments and equipment and the new Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle it’s the next step in deep space exploration. Planned to take off for space at the end of 2017 the SLS [...]
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Is evolution to much for American kids to happen? A Canadian book, Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be that has been getting awards is not being offered south of the border. Canadian libraries are praising Daniel Loxton’s book about evolution but across the border in the United States the subject matter [...]
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