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• Bronze Age village uncovered in Britain

  22-01-2016 23:40 via cbc.ca
  
  A 3,000 year-old Bronze Age village has been unearthed near the city of Peterborough, England.
  
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• Storks shun migration for junk food

  22-01-2016 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Storks feeding on rubbish dumps instead of migrating are more likely to survive the winter, research shows.
  
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• Cats, dogs and... an elk? A look at great scientists and their pets

  22-01-2016 23:33 via cbc.ca
  
  Many of history's greatest scientific minds found companionship in their pets. Some were even inspired by them.
  
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• Prehistoric Carnage Site Is Evidence of Earliest Warfare

  22-01-2016 22:45 via rss.sciam.com
  
  Discovery of 27 skeletons in Kenya point to the primal origins of conflict
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• Winter Storm Views from Space: See the Latest Satellite Images

  22-01-2016 22:42
  
  The latest space views of the winter storm from NOAA's GOES-East satellite show the U.S. East Coast as of 1:30 p.m. EST (1830 GMT) today (Jan. 22). "An area of low pressure centered over the southeastern U.S. will continue developing into a major winter storm which will impact a large portion of the East Coast from the southern Appalachians through the mid-Atlantic states from Friday into the weekend," officials with the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center said in a statement.
  
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• Zebra stripes not camouflage, University of Calgary study finds

  22-01-2016 22:12 via cbc.ca
  
  Contrary to popular belief, zebra stripes are not for camouflage, a study by scientists at the University of Calgary has found.
  
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• Deadly snowstorm hitting millions of Americans this weekend

  22-01-2016 22:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — One in seven Americans will get at least half a foot of snow outside their homes when this weekend's big storm has finished delivering blizzards, gale-force winds, whiteout conditions and flooding to much of the eastern United States.
  
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• North Face founder's widow donates land to Chile state

  22-01-2016 21:13
  
  The widow of the late billionaire co-founder of outdoor label The North Face has offered to donate a vast nature reserve he owned to the Chilean state, media said Friday.
  
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• Rapid spread of Zika virus in the Americas raises alarm

  22-01-2016 21:08
  
  After blazing through Brazil, a mosquito-borne virus called Zika, which may cause birth defects, is now poised to jump to the United States.
  
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• Feared weekend snowstorm arrives in US capital area

  22-01-2016 20:16
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Shoppers raided grocery and hardware stores, bishops excused Catholics from Sunday Mass and the nation's capital was shutting down Friday as a weekend blizzard began blanketing much of the Eastern United States. The first flakes of what could become two feet or more of wet, driving snow fell in Washington just after 1 p.m.
  
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• Tegu lizards warm up for mating season

  22-01-2016 20:00
  
  The heat is on in tegu lizards during mating season, study suggests.
  
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• From Strawberries to Wolves, See the Full Moon Names of 2016

  22-01-2016 19:55
  
  With the first full moon of 2016 set to rise on Saturday, it's the right time to take a look at each full moon's distinctive names for the year to come. Our annual take on the many names of the full moon gets a lot of feedback — and this is the 14th time we've posted such a list. Supposedly, these full-moon names date back to when Native Americans lived in what is now the northern and eastern United States.
  
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• Bigger On the Inside: 1st Look at Houston's New 747-Space Shuttle Exhibit

  22-01-2016 19:54
  
  Starting on Saturday (Jan. 23), the public will have a chance to see for themselves as general boarding begins of the largest single artifact saved from NASA's space shuttle program: the original Boeing 747 jumbo jet that ferried the shuttle orbiters across the country between missions. Making the 8-story-tall exhibit even bigger is the addition of a full-size space shuttle replica. "It is a world-class [exhibit]," said Frank Marlow, who was among the NASA pilots who flew the Shuttle Carrier Air
  
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• US, New Mexico ink settlements over nuclear radiation leak

  22-01-2016 19:15
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico and the U.S. Department of Energy have inked $74 million in settlements over dozens of permit violations stemming from a radiation leak that forced the closure of the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository.
  
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• What are the boundaries of debate on Twitter and Facebook?

  22-01-2016 19:01 via cbc.ca
  
  A man charged with criminal harassment over his dealings on Twitter with two Toronto women's rights activists has been found not guilty, but the debate about what is acceptable on social media is sure to continue. What do you believe is acceptable discussion on Twitter and Facebook?
  
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• CBC Forum: What are the boundaries of debate on Twitter and Facebook?

  22-01-2016 19:01 via cbc.ca
  
  A man charged with criminal harassment over his dealings on Twitter with two Toronto women's rights activists has been found not guilty, but the debate about what is acceptable on social media is sure to continue. What do you believe is acceptable discussion on Twitter and Facebook?
  
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• Blizzard dumping snow in South; DC mayor says 'hunker down'

  22-01-2016 17:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Shoppers raided grocery and hardware stores, bishops excused Catholics from Sunday Mass and the nation's capital was shutting down Friday, just ahead of a gnarly blizzard that will blanket much of the Eastern United States this weekend.
  
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• Scientists eager for info from Juno spacecraft

  22-01-2016 16:28 via cbc.ca
  
  Johanna Wagstaffe explains the significance of the solar power NASA craft
  
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• Eastern Arctic bucks 2015 global warming trend: NASA

  22-01-2016 15:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Most of the planet set record-high temperatures in 2015. Most, except for a few parts of the eastern Arctic and northern Quebec and Labrador.
  
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• Gregory Alan Elliott not guilty in Twitter harassment case

  22-01-2016 15:36 via cbc.ca
  
  A man charged with criminal harassment over his dealings on Twitter with two Toronto women's rights activists has been found not guilty.
  
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• We can see to the edge of the universe, so how did we miss Planet 9?

  22-01-2016 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  While scientists are excited about the latest evidence of a new planet beyond Pluto, actually seeing it will be more difficult than spotting galaxies at the edge of the universe.
  
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• Can Cannabis Treat Epileptic Seizures?

  22-01-2016 15:00 via rss.sciam.com
  
  New evidence suggests that a chemical derived from marijuana may be an effective treatment for patients with drug-resistant forms of epilepsy
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• 'Planet 9' hasn't been spotted yet, but check out these 9 space objects

  22-01-2016 14:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Planet 9, a possible new addition to the solar system, hasn't been spotted yet and it could take years for researchers scouring the skies with telescopes to document it. In the meantime, here are a few awesome astronomical images related to recent discoveries in space.
  
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• Stop killer robots before it is too late, scientists tell Davos forum

  22-01-2016 14:05
  
  The world must act quickly to avert a future in which autonomous robots with artificial intelligence roam the battlefields killing humans, scientists and arms experts warned at an elite gathering in the Swiss Alps.
  
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• Plant 'counts' as it digests flies

  22-01-2016 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists say the Venus flytrap controls its digestion process by gauging the number of times a struggling insect touches its trigger hairs.
  
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• 'Sea monster' could be 'new species'

  22-01-2016 13:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Jurassic sea beast found in a Cambridgeshire quarry could prove to be a new species of plesiosaur, scientists say.
  
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• Tags give insight into shark behaviour

  22-01-2016 13:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists say satellite tagging basking sharks off Scotland has given valuable insights into their behaviour of the world's second biggest fish.
  
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• Putin discusses Moldova with security council - RIA cites Kremlin

  22-01-2016 13:18
  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the escalation of the political situation in Moldova with his security council on Friday, RIA news agency cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying. The discussion comes after protests in the Moldova's capital against the hasty appointment of a new prime minister on Thursday. (Writing by Lidia Kelly and Jack Stubbs)
  
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• Antarctic Microbes Hold Clue to Earth's Oxygen

  22-01-2016 13:15
  
  It wasn't until about 2.4 billion years ago that oxygen filled Earth's primordial atmosphere for the first time, in what scientists call the Great Oxidation Event. The oxidation of Earth's atmosphere and oceans, evidence of which has been seen in ancient rocks, is the biggest chemical change on the surface of the Earth that scientists have ever detected, said Dawn Sumner, a geobiologist at the University of California, Davis. Prior research suggests this spike in oxygen levels was probably due t
  
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• This Monster Galaxy is Too Bright for Its Own Good

  22-01-2016 13:13
  
  A new study reveals that the black hole at the center of this galaxy, which is responsible for making the galaxy so incredibly bright, is also generating turbulence throughout it. "The galaxy is tearing itself apart," Roberto Assef, an astronomer with the Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago, Chile, said in a statement from NASA. The momentum and energy of the light coming from the region around the black hole "are so great that they are pushing the gas out in all directions," he said.
  
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• How Astronomers Could Actually See 'Planet Nine'

  22-01-2016 13:13
  
  On Wednesday (Jan. 20), scientists announced that a planet about 10 times more massive than Earth likely lurks in the distant outer solar system, orbiting perhaps 600 times farther from the sun than Earth does on average. "It's actually not obscenely faint," said Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena. Brown and lead author Konstantin Batygin, also of Caltech, wrote the new paper laying out the evidence for the putative planet's existence.
  
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• Gorgeous pictures: Snow monkeys bathe in hot springs on frozen ground at Jigokudani Park in Japan

  22-01-2016 13:02
  Jigokudani Wild Monkey Park in Japan is home to the Japanese Macaque – a terrestrial Old World monkey species. Established in 1964, Jigokudani Wild Monkey Park allows visitors to observe the monkeys in their natural habitat, as they bathe in the warm springs, which are surrounded by hot steam and boiling water that bubbles out of tiny gaps in the frozen ground. Surrounded by towering cliffs and formidably hostile forests, the term 'Jigokudani' derives from 'Hell's Valley' which is where th
  
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• Nigeria's former security adviser in first high-profile graft trial

  22-01-2016 12:15
  Nigeria's former national security adviser Sambo Dasuki was in court on Friday for fraud charges in the country's first high-profile corruption trial since President Muhammadu Buhari launched a promised crackdown on graft. Buhari, a former military ruler, was elected in March on an anti-corruption ticket and the prosecution of Dasuki and any other senior officials will be the first since Nigeria's return to civilian rule in 1999. Graft spiked under the previous administration of Goodluck Jonatha
  
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• Middleweight black hole suspected near Milky Way’s center

  22-01-2016 12:00
  
  A gas cloud in the center of the galaxy might be temporarily hosting the second most massive black hole known in the Milky Way.
  
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• Diseased algae inspire designs

  22-01-2016 12:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Images from a microscope of healthy and infected algae inspires the designs of a Scottish-based textiles producer.
  
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• Everything you need to know about 4K TVs

  22-01-2016 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  No longer the purview of early adopters and technology aficionados, 4K TVs are going mainstream. Here's what you need to know about what they are, how they work and what you can do with them.
  
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• Regional EPA official resigns over Flint water crisis

  22-01-2016 10:32
  
  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A regional director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency resigned in connection with the drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan, the same day the agency's chief issued an emergency order directing state and city officials to take actions to protect public health.
  
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• India's maverick 'frog man'

  22-01-2016 09:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The scientist who was 'made' by a purple frog with a snout
  
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• VIDEO: Controversial plan to save rhinos

  22-01-2016 07:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Karen Allen meets a rhino breeder with a controversial solution to stop poachers killing his animals for their horns.
  
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• IAEA: Japan nuclear regulation should improve skills, law

  22-01-2016 07:36
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Japan's nuclear safety regulation has improved since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, but it still needs to strengthen inspections and staff competency, a team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency said.
  
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• Zebra stripes not for camouflage, new study finds

  22-01-2016 06:00
  
  (University of California - Davis) Looking through the eyes of zebra predators, researchers found no evidence supporting the notion that zebras' black and white stripes are for protective camouflage or that they provide a social advantage.
  
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• Will blocking IL-17A help treat kidney disease?

  22-01-2016 06:00
  
  (Bentham Science Publishers) Animal studies of diseases damaging glomeruli suggest that IL-17A/F and Th17 cells are involved in the initial inflammatory response within the kidney.
  
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• Study: Paramedics' risk of being assaulted far exceeds firefighting colleagues

  22-01-2016 06:00
  
  (Drexel University) A study of ambulance personnel found that paramedics are 14 times more likely to be violently injured on the job than their firefighting colleagues.
  
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• SIR 2016: Improving patient care through innovation, research and technology

  22-01-2016 06:00
  
  (Society of Interventional Radiology) Registration is now open for the Society of Interventional Radiology's (SIR's) Annual Scientific Meeting (sirmeeting.org).
  
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• Self-stacking nanogrids

  22-01-2016 06:00
  
  (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) In a new paper in the journal Nature Communications, MIT researchers describe the first technique for stacking layers of block-copolymer wires such that the wires in one layer naturally orient themselves perpendicularly to those in the layer below.
  
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• Russian volunteer programmers helped the Lomonosov MSU to find the mysterious black holes

  22-01-2016 06:00
  
  (Lomonosov Moscow State University) An international team of astronomers led by Ivan Zolotukhin from the Sternberg Astronomical Institute of the Lomonosov Moscow State University is close to understanding one of the most important mysteries of the modern astronomy -- the so-called intermediate-mass black holes (IMBH).
  
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• Pursuing Alzheimer's dsease from the periphery

  22-01-2016 06:00
  
  (University of Pittsburgh) The University of Pittsburgh's Renã Robinson recently received a five-year, $1.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to explore novel ways of efficiently and powerfully measuring the effects of amyloid-beta protein production in organs outside the central nervous system, the focus of most Alzheimer's disease research.
  
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• New study identifies lead exposure risk of water pipe replacement

  22-01-2016 06:00
  
  (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A new long-term simulation study confirms that partial replacement of lead pipes with copper, has caused serious problems in Flint, MI and Washington, DC, and more than doubles the lead released into the water supply. A partial lead and copper pipe approach to service line replacement may increase the risk of lead exposure to harmful levels, as described in the study published in Environmental Engineering Science.
  
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• New sensors to combat the proliferation of bacteria in very high-humidity environments

  22-01-2016 06:00
  
  (Elhuyar Fundazioa) The Telecommunications Engineer Aitor Urrutia-Azcona has designed some humidity sensors with anti-bacterial properties that combat the proliferation of micro-organisms in environments where the humidity level is very high, such as hospitals and industrial premises for foodstuffs or pharmaceutical products. These devices combining nanotechnology and fibre optics are part of his PhD thesis read at the Public University of Navarre (NUP/UPNA).
  
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• NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Victor weakening under wind shear

  22-01-2016 06:00
  
  (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) After days at hurricane-force, NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite showed that Tropical Cyclone Victor in the South Pacific Ocean was falling apart as a result of wind shear. Victor has weakened to a tropical storm.
  
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