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The UN Decade on Biodiversity 2011-2020
May 22, 2013, No Comments

CBD Strategic Plan for UN Decade of Biodiversity Background Information Webcast: The UN Decade on Biodiversity 2011-2020 ...

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Canada 2012 – 2013 Science & Technology
May 20, 2013, 1 Comment

National Research Council of Canada Allan Gregg: 1984 in 2012 – The Assault on Reason Notes for Remarks to Carleton Un ...

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Space: the final frontier
May 13, 2013, No Comments

See also Mars ; space.com 13 May Chris Hadfield returns from space  Great coverage from CBC with Marc Garneau’s c ...

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Social media, society and technology 2013
March 7, 2013, No Comments

Restrictions to limit Internet access on the rise, warns UNESCO The United Nations agency which deals with freedom of ex ...

Higgs boson particle Guardian
Higgs bosun
January 1, 2013, No Comments

Higgs boson was just a start for Cern’s atom smasher – other mysteries await The Large Hadron Collider will shut ...

One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) – bad news & good news
December 10, 2012, 2 Comments

Google makes MIT professor’s dream of “$100 laptop” a reality (Reuters) – Google Inc began selli ...

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Aviation & Shipping Emissions
December 10, 2012, 1 Comment

Top Obama men join U.N. quest to curb airline emissions (WEN|Planet Ark) A more than decade-long quest for a global plan ...

The Concorde
November 29, 2012, No Comments

Concorde website with photos and news of where individual aircraft are now displayed Good historical overview Concorde c ...

Mars
Mars
January 8, 2012, 1 Comment

Exploring Mars Historic pictures sent from Mars; space.com Mars500 mock mission reveals dangers of long space flights Fl ...

The conical drilling unit Kulluk sits grounded southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska
Arctic & Antarctic: Science and technology
January 7, 2012, No Comments

TED Talk James Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss Chasing Ice and Watch the the trailer Arctic future-reconcili ...