Bob McDonald
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1 week ago |
cbc.ca | Bob McDonald
Quirks and Quarks·Analysis: Bob's BlogScientists created a version of the extinct dire wolf. But we should be directing our resources to preventing extinction in the first place.
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2 weeks ago |
coastalview.com | Bob McDonald
The Carpinteria Valley Water District (CVWD) is asking for input on a crucial decision that will affect how customers pay for the Carpinteria Advanced Purification Project (CAPP). Should CAPP costs appear as a line item on semi-annual property tax bills, or as a new fixed charge on monthly water bills? CAPP is a drought-resistant, locally controlled water source project.
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2 weeks ago |
cbc.ca | Bob McDonald
Quirks and Quarks·Analysis: Bob's blogChimps apply engineering skills to select tools with the right characteristic for hunting termites. This can teach us more about how ancient humans learned to use tools. Chimps apply engineering skills to select tools with the right characteristic for hunting termitesBob McDonald · CBC Radio · Posted: Apr 04, 2025 11:53 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes agoThis chimpanzee is using a stick to fish for termites.
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1 month ago |
businessandamerica.com | Bob McDonald
A tense situation among members of an isolated base in Antarctica could foretell conflicts among astronauts on a long distance journey to Mars. The South African Antarctic research base, SANAE IV, is located at a remote location in East Antarctica. It hosts a nine-member team made up of a doctor, scientists, and engineers who spend 10 months in isolation during the harsh, dark southern winter.
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1 month ago |
cbc.ca | Bob McDonald
Quirks and Quarks·Analysis: Bob's BlogA tense situation among members of an isolated base in Antarctica could foretell conflicts among astronauts on a long distance journey to Mars.
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An "AI scientist" re-discovered fundamental scientific theories like Kepler's third law of planetary motion, Einstein's time dilation equation and Langmuir's adsorption law, which governs the behaviour of gases. https://t.co/Mn7xNhWros
Bob's blog: If there is life around our sun, we're more likely to find it inside other bodies in the solar system than on any surface. https://t.co/2jSV7onOJb