{"id":40355,"date":"2016-07-29T10:16:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T14:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=40355"},"modified":"2016-07-29T10:16:38","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T14:16:38","slug":"brock-in-the-news-july-23-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2016\/07\/brock-in-the-news-july-23-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock in the News \u2013 July 23-29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Brock University-led team discovers way of tapping into testing Earth\u2019s prehistoric air<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New research led by a Brock University international team examines oxygen levels in the Earth\u2019s atmosphere from 800 million years ago, helping us to better understand what life was like on Earth during this time and how it evolved: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/science-and-technology\/21702742-new-way-chart-rise-oxygen-time-capsules?fsrc=rss%7Csct\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Economist<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/technology\/ancient-air-oxygen-life-1.3698842?cmp=rss\" target=\"_blank\"><em>CBC<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bendbulletin.com\/nation\/4536620-151\/a-new-clue-to-the-evolution-of-life\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Bulletin<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/science\/environment\/a22038\/scientists-release-trapped-air\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Popular Mechanics<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/earthmysterynews.com\/2016\/07\/26\/ancient-air-bubbles-could-revise-history-of-earths-oxygen\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Earth Mystery News<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmt.edu\/news-archive\/535-2016\/5746-sniffing-the-air-breathed-by-earth-s-first-animals\" target=\"_blank\"><em>New Mexico Tech<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/this-atmospheric-time-capsule-could-change-earths-histo-1784258389\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Gizmodo<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abdn.ac.uk\/news\/9456\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>University of Aberdeen<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/nerdreactor.com\/2016\/07\/25\/scientists-release-800-million-year-old-air\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Nerd Reactor<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/read\/scientists-release-air-that-has-been-trapped-for-800-million-years\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Motherboard Magazine<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/ancient-air-bubbles-could-revise-history-earth%E2%80%99s-oxygen\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Science News Magazine<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2016-07-scientists-air-earth-animals.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Phys Org<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newstalk.com\/Scientists-are-measuring-the-air-breathed-by-Earths-first-animals\" target=\"_blank\"><em>News Talk 106-108FM<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Animal cruelty investigators working in \u2018shocking conditions,\u2019 report says<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Findings from a new report led by Labour Studies professor Kendra Coulter reveals that OSPCA officers are facing dangerous working conditions, making recommendations to the government on how to support these investigators: <a href=\"http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/2850729\/ontario-study-finds-animal-cruelty-workers-struggle-to-do-job\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Global News<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/kitchener.ctvnews.ca\/study-finds-ospca-officers-have-limited-resources-for-a-dangerous-job-1.3003958\" target=\"_blank\"><em>CTV News<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/2016\/07\/25\/study-animal-cruelty-investigators-underfunded\" target=\"_blank\"><em>St. Catharines Standard<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2016\/07\/25\/animal-cruelty-investigators-working-in-shocking-conditions-report-says.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Toronto Star<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news-story\/6781433-animal-cruelty-investigators-working-in-shocking-conditions-report-says\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Hamilton Spectator<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lfpress.com\/2016\/07\/25\/ospca-workers-at-risk-when-responding-to-animal-cruelty-complaints-study-finds\" target=\"_blank\"><em>London Free Press<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/ckxsfm.com\/animal-cruelty-agents-stretched-to-the-limit\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>99.1FM<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metronews.ca\/news\/toronto\/2016\/07\/25\/ontario-animal-cruelty-investigators-report.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Metro News<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/windsorstar.com\/news\/local-news\/study-finds-ospca-investigators-in-danger\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Windsor Star<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com\/2016\/07\/25\/ospca-workers-at-risk-when-responding-to-animal-cruelty-complaints-study-finds\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Peterborough Examiner<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesudburystar.com\/2016\/07\/26\/animal-welfare-agents-at-risk-study-concludes\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sudbury Star<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nugget.ca\/2016\/07\/29\/animal-welfare-agents-at-risk-study\" target=\"_blank\"><em>North Bay Nugget<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the anti-doping battle, athletes are collateral damage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the 2016 Olympic Summer Games one week away, Sport Management professor Hilary Findlay discusses the anti-doping battle in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/in-the-anti-doping-battle-athletes-are-collateral-damage\/article31118908\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Globe and Mail<\/em><\/a> and how a blanket ban on doping athletes isn\u2019t the best 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