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Renowned exoplanet researcher Sara Seager is bringing her quest to find another Earth back home to Canada
Canadian astronomical research is getting a big boost with the return of Sara Seager to Canada after around 20 years at MIT. Her research includes looking for life in the clouds of Venus and searching for Earth 2.0. Source link
DFO investigating 3rd whale death off B.C.'s coast within weeks
Caitlin Birdsall, executive director of the Marine Education and Research Society, says the whale discovered Nov. 8 off Lasqueti Island in the Georgia Strait near the Sunshine Coast and is the third confirmed death since late September. Source link
Thunderbird eggs returned to their 'nest' at Kettle and Stony Point First Nation
Two ancient stone spheres were returned to their home at Kettle and Stony Point First Nation on the shores of Lake Huron last Tuesday. Source link
Wildlife traffickers moving ‘dirty money’ within web of organized crime, researcher finds
The illegal wildlife trade is deeply connected to other forms of organized crime, including arms dealing, drug trafficking and human smuggling, a new study has found. Source link
Goats 'delight' at Hamilton property as they destroy invasive buckthorn one bite at a time
Goats in the City arrived at the Flamborough home last week with a trailer of goats ready to bleat around the bush. Source link
How NASA’s proposed budget cuts could threaten the future of space exploration
A tremendous effort is underway at NASA to send humans to Mars and return astronauts to the moon, including the flight of Canadian Jeremy Hanson on Artemis II early next year. Meanwhile, every other research program at the space agency is facing cuts. The US administration has proposed a 24 per cent cut to NASA’s […]
New N.S. study finds microplastics in edible portions of lobster tails
Dalhousie University researchers found an average of six to seven microplastic particles per gram of meat. Source link
'A miracle': Cow gives birth to four calves at once, stunning Ontario farmer
The odds of healthy quadruplet calves are estimated at one in 11 million. Maybe that’s why Abram Knelsen, a Ruthven, Ont., farmer, is still marveling that his female Black Angus cow birthed four sprightly offspring in one pregnancy. Source link
Drought could threaten salmon returning to N.S. rivers to spawn, say conservationists
In October and November, Atlantic salmon return from their ocean feeding grounds to the rivers where they were born, looking for an ideal place to spawn. But in Nova Scotia, the ongoing drought is threatening some fish as they attempt to complete an important step in their life cycle. Source link
Researchers find gaps in environmental impact assessments of Canadian mining projects
The lack of data means it can be difficult to assess how a mine is impacting the surrounding community, researchers say. Source link