Science

A magnitude-6.6 earthquake off the coast of Vancouver Island was felt by residents across the Island and on the mainland Wednesday night. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the quake, first reported as a 6.7, off the west coast of the Island at 8:10 p.m., about 94 kilometres south of Port Hardy and 11 kilometres deep.

Scientists say a massive 255-square-mile iceberg with an area almost twice the size of Atlanta is moving into the ocean off Antarctica. It could threaten shipping during the antarctic winter. In a report from NASA’s Earth Observatory, scientists say the ice island covers 255-square miles and could be almost a third of a mile thick.

Mysteries of one of the most fascinating nearby planetary systems now have been solved, report authors of a scientific paper published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The study, which presents the first viable model for the planetary system orbiting one the first stars discovered to have planets – the star named 55 Cancri – was …

A California Brown Pelican whose entire pouch was cut with a sharp object like a knife is in stable condition at International Bird Rescue’s (IBR) bird hospital in San Pedro. The bird was found at 5400 Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach on April 16th by Animal Control. A reward of $2,500 is being offered for for information leading to the …

The Canadian government said that humpback whales are no longer an “endangered ” but ” special concern” by the ” significant” increase in copies, but environmental groups said the decision has been taken to facilitate the expansion of the oil sector. The Canadian government published its recommendation on Saturday, although its existence was not known until today, to lower the …

Scientists at the medical school of Harvard University in the U.S. proved that monkeys are capable of performing mathematical operations of addition, the digital portal The Verge reported today. The team led by the neurobiologist Margaret Livingstone taught three Rhesus macaque to identify the symbols that represent the numbers from zero to 25, and then these monkeys were trained to …

One man from Florida caught an 11-foot-shark weighing 805 pounds that may just break the world record for land-based shark fishing for makos. Last Tuesday night in Joey Polk of Milton, Florida wrestled with the monster mako shark and at times used almost 900 yards of fishing line from his reel.

The unmanned Dragon capsule from the private US firm SpaceX successfully reached the International Space Station Sunday, its third trip carrying supplies and equipment to the orbiting lab. NASA television broadcast live images of the ISS’s 17.6 meter (57.7 foot) long robotic arm as it grabbed hold of the gumdrop-shaped capsule on schedule at 11:14 GMT. “Capture complete, congratulations to …

More than 250,000 crown-of-thorns starfish have been removed from the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland in the past two years, Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt says. The pest is considered to be one of the biggest threats to the reef and has traditionally been hard to destroy. In recent decades, the crown-of-thorns starfish has been responsible for 42 per cent …

Staff at the Federal Fisheries Department say it appears a species of mussel not ever seen before in Canadian waters must have drifted across the Pacific amid debris from the powerful Japanese tsunami – and came to rest in BC waters.

A little boy goes out exploring near his Michigan home and ends up making a prehistoric find! The nine-year-old stumbled across the tooth of a mastodon in a creek by his house. Mastodons were an elephant-like beast that roamed North America 10,000 years ago.