Tag: Technology & Science

  • Mitigating the Effects of Mining: Land reclamation benefits Alberta’s grizzly bear population

    Mitigating the Effects of Mining: Land reclamation benefits Alberta’s grizzly bear population

    By Jennifer Pascoe In the face of ongoing demand for resource extraction, scientists are challenged to minimize disruption to sensitive wilderness species. A team from the University of Alberta has studied the effects of human disturbance—specifically mining and reclaimed mines—on grizzly bear movements. “We were concerned that mining and reclamation might be very disruptive to…

  • Winners Take the Stage in Technology at Montreal International Auto Show

    Winners Take the Stage in Technology at Montreal International Auto Show

    AJAC’s 2016 Canadian Car of the Year Awards Data Driven by Canadian Expertise AJAC’s 2016 Best New Technology Awards for Innovation and Safety MONTREAL, QC, January, 2016 /CNW/ – Two “Best New Technology” award winners were announced (Thursday) by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) at the Montreal International Auto Show. BEST NEW SAFETY TECHNOLOGY for…

  • Parent Presentation on Social Media Safety by Expert Paul Davis

    Parent Presentation on Social Media Safety by Expert Paul Davis

    On January 14th, 2016, Paul Davis presented a seminar on Social Media Safety at Oilfields High School. The evening was very well attended and Paul gave some invaluable tips. He covered many topics, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google Searching, Emails in general and some websites that have further information. Some of these websites were www.netlingo.com,…

  • See all Five Bright Planets Simultaneously!

    See all Five Bright Planets Simultaneously!

    All five bright planets will appear together in the morning sky from about January 20 to February 20, 2016. That hasn’t happened since 2005. An EarthSky reader asked us: When will all five visible planets be seen simultaneously? The last time that all five visible planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) appeared in the…

  • University of Calgary’s Top 10 Changemaker Stories of 2015

    University of Calgary’s Top 10 Changemaker Stories of 2015

      UToday’s most-read stories about people at the University of Calgary making a difference in the community By Lynda Sea When Foghorn the rooster was discovered by Calgary Animal and Bylaw Services, he had lost both his feet due to severe frostbite and couldn’t walk. The account of how three imaginative researchers from the Faculty…

  • King Kong was Inflexible

    King Kong was Inflexible

      The giant ape went extinct 100,000 years ago, due to its inability to adapt Scientists from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment in Tübingen and from the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt examined the demise of the giant ape Gigantopithecus. In their study, published recently in the scientific journal “Quaternary International,” they…

  • How Adolescents Cope with Digital Stress

    How Adolescents Cope with Digital Stress

      By Rachael Stephens The Internet has redefined how we do nearly everything, including how adolescents learn to navigate social challenges and relationships. An estimated 92% of teenagers go online daily, and nearly a quarter report being online “almost constantly” according to a 2015 report by the Pew Research Center. With more teenagers owning smartphones each year, these…

  • Award Winning Empyrean Lighting’s Revolutionary LED Products Now Available to Canada Through Official Agent Prolux Lighting

    Award Winning Empyrean Lighting’s Revolutionary LED Products Now Available to Canada Through Official Agent Prolux Lighting

      Empyrean Lighting Designs, Manufactures and Supplies Ultra-High Quality LED Lighting Products That Are at the Cutting Edge of Research and Technology; These Products Will Now Be Available Through Empyrean’s Alberta-Based Agent: Prolux Lighting VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – December 2015) – Award winning Empyrean Lighting is proud to announce that Prolux Lighting will act as…

  • Lumosity to Pay $2 Million to Settle FTC Deceptive Advertising Charges for Its “Brain Training” Program

    Lumosity to Pay $2 Million to Settle FTC Deceptive Advertising Charges for Its “Brain Training” Program

    Company Claimed Program Would Sharpen Performance in Everyday Life and Protect Against Cognitive Decline January 2016 The creators and marketers of the Lumosity “brain training” program have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges alleging that they deceived consumers with unfounded claims that Lumosity games can help users perform better at work and in school,…

  • Giant squid surfaces in Japanese harbor

    Giant squid surfaces in Japanese harbor

    Rare encounter with a giant squid. First one caught on camera was in 2012. Spectators on a pier in Toyama Bay in central Japan were treated to a rare sighting of a giant squid. Footage provided by Diving Shop Kaiyu, and posted at YouTube by CNN on December 28, 2015. Source: EarthSky News

  • It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a plesiosaur!

    It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a plesiosaur!

    New addition to the Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science highlights strength of vertebrate paleontology program. By Jennifer Pascoe on January 4, 2016 Soaring through the sky in the Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science swims a Cretaceous sea monster. Spanning 50 feet from head to tail, the Elasmosaurus platyurus belongs to a group of ancient long-necked…

  • Was the Christmas Star real?

    Was the Christmas Star real?

    A wondrous star has grown to be a major symbol of Christmas around the world. But what was it, really? The Star of Bethlehem, or Christmas Star, is mentioned in the Bible. It’s said to have led the three wise men to Bethlehem. It has become a major symbol of Christmas throughout the world. So…

  • Winter break means more time for student team to work on robotic arm

    Winter break means more time for student team to work on robotic arm

      (Edmonton) The winter break gives students the precious gift of time. Some head to the tropics or the ski slopes, others kick back and celebrate Christmas with families and friends. But odds are that you’ll find engineering students using that time to get together and work on major design projects. For one group of…

  • Canada Takes Aim at an Asteroid

    Canada Takes Aim at an Asteroid

    The Canadian Space Agency delivers its contribution to the first U.S. mission to return a sample of an asteroid to Earth Longueuil, Quebec – The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has delivered a sophisticated laser-based mapping system, its contribution to a NASA mission that will be Canada’s first international attempt to bring a sample of an asteroid…

  • What is digital literacy and why is it important for Canadian youth?

    What is digital literacy and why is it important for Canadian youth?

      Canadian Science Policy Centre By Jennifer Flanagan, CEO of Actua Youth in Canada are incredibly enthusiastic when it comes to using new technology. Their day-to-day engagement seems natural and effortless, leading many to believe that youth are experts in all things digital; that they embody the term “digital literacy.” I want to take a step back…