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Another Lesson in Science Reporting
Calgary is a cold place in the winter. And sometimes, it gets really, really cold. Like -30 degrees celsius cold! But a few times a year, thanks to Calgary’s proximity to the Rocky Mountains, we get a...
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Cool Fossil Find In The Oilsands
While debate about the Keystone XL pipeline rages on (I just read this very interesting piece on Scientific American about the project), the excavation of the Alberta oilsands has actually revealed...
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Fireball Over Canada
I love it when I get to talk about science news from Canada. Last night, around 8:45 PM Mountain time, a meteor of approximately 100 kilograms erupted into a firebally show of goodness of Alberta and...
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Do You Live in Alberta?
If so, be sure to go out and vote in the provincial election on Monday. If you are not sure who to vote for, or haven’t been keeping up with the issues, CBC has created a “VoteCompass” to determine...
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Politicization of Global Warming Reaches Canada
Science should dictate politics, not the other way around. But this is the real world, and in the real world things don’t work the way they should. Particularly when it comes to the debate on global...
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On the evening of April 23 the earth experienced a large geomagnetic storm. You know what that means! The video was made by InFocus Imagery and I found it thanks to Bad Astronomy. Enjoy!
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Canada Loves Barack Obama
I like looking at data of all types, not just physics data. In particular, I enjoy following political poll data for Canadian and American politics. With the American general election coming up, there...
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Venus Transit Caught by SDO
The Solar Dynamics Observatory caught some pretty stellar (I know, haha) images of the Venus transit last night. Images courtesy of NASA/SDO, HMI, and AIA science teams. The National Post has some...
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The Adventure of Links (July 15, 2012)
The S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier In this weeks Adventure of Links, a new TMNT animated series, a man spends $1.2 million on video games, and a physicist determines if the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier could...
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Canada to Fund Study on Health Effects of Wind Turbines
In southwestern Ontario, if you turn north of the 401 and head up towards the Bruce peninsula, you will eventually stop seeing familiar farmland and your eye will be drawn to the towering wind turbines...
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