Science and Technology

The Great Wall of China ain't the only thing man mad visible from space

Submitted by Rainertaycho on March 13, 2018 - 9:22pm
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According to the article "The Global footprint of fisheries" by Julie Cohen, 55% of the world's waters are covered by fisheries. The Earth is composed of at least 70% water, so being able to cover 55% of that is staggeringly impressive (human greed is the best motivation afterall). UC Santa Barbara teamed up with prominent scientific figures such as Global Fishing Watch, National Geographic, Dalhousie University,Skytruth, Google, and Stanford University in order to accurately illuminate the world's global fishery net.

How to Overcome a Water Shortage

Submitted by Lauranie Phan on February 22, 2018 - 10:53pm
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Fake porn is not funny

Submitted by nicboutin on February 7, 2018 - 11:47am

While there are lots of fake news flying all over the web, a new trend of those fraudulent news is making an entrance in the world of net, fake porn. This disturbing tendency is create by users of the internet by using some old videos or pictures of a celebrity and then, they do a montage and put all inside a pornographic video.  The first fake porn video was a film of wonder woman actress, Gal Gadot.

Computers Will Never Win

Submitted by mintoo on December 19, 2017 - 12:28am

 According to Coughlan (2015), OECD has ranked Australia, Denmark and Greece as the top countries in ‘average daily minutes using internet at school’, and the countries at the bottom of the list include Poland, Japan, Hong Kong, Shanghai and, South Korea. It is said that Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden had “significant declines” in reading performance, and Spain, Norway, and Denmark had results that had “stagnated” (Coughlan, 2015).

Sustainable tour Project - The Middle East

Submitted by ClaudiaM on November 30, 2017 - 8:49am

Here is the first step which I have taken towards the creation of a sustainable tour of the Middle East.  This is an informative pamphlet which would be given to prospective tourists (before their trip) so that they can be better informed about sustainable practices.  The next step will be to publish the full 7-day itinerary of the tour that I am creating, along with the full pre-trip briefing that the travellers will receive before embarking.

Project - Sustainable tour of the Mediterranean

Submitted by Alyson Gauthier on November 26, 2017 - 12:22pm

Here is the first step which I have taken towards the creation of a sustainable tour of the Mediterranean..  This is an informative pamphlet which would be given to prospective tourists (before their trip) so that they can be better informed of sustainable practices.   My next step will be to publish the full 7-day itinerary of the tour that I am creating, along with the full pre-trip briefing that the travellers will receive before embarking.

 

Alyson Gauthier

Global Trends to Combat Climate Change

Submitted by cicada on November 10, 2017 - 9:41pm
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Stories of the disastrous consequences of climate change as well as attempts to fight it have been in headlines for years now. Fortunately, there have been recent global trends to combat the menace that is climate change—including improvements for environmentally-friendly products and the gradual abandonment of environment-damaging processes.

Michigan Opening the Door to the Great Lakes for Potential Invaders

Submitted by Jhunt08 on November 10, 2017 - 6:26pm
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Michigan Opening the Door to the Great Lakes for Potential Invaders
Justin Hunt
 

Raw Sewage and Untreated Waste Water Polluting Canada's Water

Submitted by skeeler on November 10, 2017 - 2:54pm
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             Raw sewage and untreated wastewater is polluting Canada’s pristine rivers, lakes, and oceans at alarming rates – 205 billion liters in 2015 to be exact. It is one of the biggest issues of pollution that Canada is facing in present day. This number is in no way decreasing and in some cases it is increasing. Old systems of water treatment have not been improved in many years, due to limited funding and municipalities prioritizing other local projects.

Climate Variation and Marine Food Chains

Submitted by mmccalli on November 10, 2017 - 2:01pm
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Over the past century, our marine ecosystems have been rapidly changing. This has altered the population dynamics of various species and had critical ecological consequences. A new study in the journal, Science Advances has found chemical clues in the skin cells of dolphins that suggest changes in  the length of the marine food chain. Because dolphins occupy the upper level of the food chain, they accumulate chemical information about the species that occupy the rest of the food chain.