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• #Blessed? Pope Francis begins 'new journey', joins Instagram

  19-03-2016 20:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Pope Francis has upped his social media game yet again. This time, he's gotten himself an Instagram account. He's already scored more than 750,000 followers.
  
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• U.S., Russian crew arrives at space station

  19-03-2016 17:55
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station on Friday, ending a nearly six-hour flight, a NASA TV broadcast showed.
  
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• Is this the best ever name for a ship? RRS Boaty McBoatface is leading the vote as public name new polar vessel

  19-03-2016 17:25
  The NERC may end up regretting asking the public to choose a name for their new ship…
  
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• What's the future of zoos and aquariums?

  19-03-2016 16:26 via cbc.ca
  
  The president of SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment wrote an impassioned defence of zoos and aquariums this week, saying "the real enemies of wildlife are poaching, pollution, unsustainable human development and man-made disasters such as oil spills." What's the future of zoos and aquariums?
  
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• CBC Forum: What's the future of zoos and aquariums?

  19-03-2016 16:26 via cbc.ca
  
  The president of SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment wrote an impassioned defence of zoos and aquariums this week, saying "the real enemies of wildlife are poaching, pollution, unsustainable human development and man-made disasters such as oil spills." What's the future of zoos and aquariums?
  
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• Adjunctive minocycline microspheres

  19-03-2016 15:42
  The aim of this study was to compare the effects of adjunctive Minocycline HCl Microspheres (Arestin) with debridement alone on the levels of 40 subgingival bacterial species in the treatment of peri-implantitis. Reseachers recruited 208 subjects (from 11 centers in the USA) with at least 1 implant with peri-implantitis and randomized to receive either mechanical debridement alone (n=104) or mechanical debridement followed by Arestin (1 mg) (n=104) at baseline and day 90.
  
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• Why 2016 Will Have the Earliest Spring Equinox Since 1896

  19-03-2016 15:18
  
  If you're ready to see blooming flowers and sunny skies, it may help to know that this year's spring equinox will be the earliest to arrive in 120 years, largely because of an old rule governing leap years, experts said. There are two equinoxes (taken from the Latin words aequus for "equal" and nox for "night") each year, marking the start of spring and fall. Usually, the spring equinox happens on March 20 or 21.
  
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• How the Computer Beat the Go Master

  19-03-2016 14:00 via rss.sciam.com
  
  As a leading go player falls to a machine, artificial intelligence takes a decisive step on the road to overtaking the natural variety
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• Has Earth Hour run its course in B.C.?

  19-03-2016 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  In 2015, British Columbians saved 15 megawatt hours of electricity for Earth Hour, the lowest savings in the past eight years.
  
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• Slooh Celebrates Earliest Spring Since 1896: Watch Live Today

  19-03-2016 13:31
  
  Just in time for changing seasons, the online community observatory Slooh will host a live view of the sun and discuss the aurora borealis today (March 19) in a webcast celebrating the earliest northern spring since 1896. Starting at 5 p.m. EDT Saturday, March 19, Slooh and The Old Farmer's Almanac will provide views from the Prescott Observatory in Arizona and the "spectacle of the aurora borealis from northern latitudes," Slooh representatives wrote in a statement. You can watch the webcast li
  
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• 90 Years Ago, the Liquid-Fueled Rocket Changed Space Travel Forever

  19-03-2016 13:31
  
  A newly re-released animation (shown here) shows NASA employees celebrating the launch of Goddard's small rocket during a 1976 celebration (which was the 50th anniversary of the historic test flight). The looped animation shows employees gathered in front of a school bus at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, which was named in honor of Robert Goddard, watching the rocket replica take off. Liquid propellant is used for most major space launches today, from human flights to interplanetary mission
  
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• Sydney among first cities to switch off lights for Earth Hour

  19-03-2016 11:15
  Cities on Australia's east coast were among the first in the world to turn lights out on Saturday for the 10th annual Earth Hour, a global lights out event designed to highlight the threat from climate change. The Sydney Opera House, normally brightly lit, switched off its lights at 8:30 p.m. (0930 GMT), along with the Sydney Harbour Bridge and dozens more buildings across the city and Australia. This year's theme is a celebration of "Places We Love," such as beaches, forests, reefs, snow-capped
  
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• 30 years later, does The Legend of Zelda need to be reinvented?

  19-03-2016 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Legend of Zelda is one of the most beloved video game series in the industry. But are its games, which still borrow heavy influence from the 1998 classic Ocarina of Time, too old-fashioned for today's market?
  
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• Three new crew, including US grandpa, join space station

  19-03-2016 09:39
  
  Three new crew members have joined the International Space Station, including a US grandfather who is poised to enter the record books during his time there, NASA said.
  
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• New crew boards International Space Station

  19-03-2016 08:54
  New crew members have joined astronauts including the UK's Tim Peake aboard the International Space Station after a Soyuz space capsule carrying two Russians and an American docked with the orbiting laboratory.
  
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• Russian spacecraft with US grandpa onboard docks at space station

  19-03-2016 06:04
  
  A Russian spacecraft carrying three crew to the International Space Station, including a US grandfather who is poised to enter the record books, has successfully docked with the orbital outpost, NASA said.
  
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• Homo sapiens' sex with extinct species was no one-night stand

  19-03-2016 02:32
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Our species, Homo sapiens, has a more adventurous sexual history than previously realized, and all that bed-hopping long ago has left an indelible mark on the human genome.
  
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• California mite has 'fastest relative speed' of any animal

  19-03-2016 00:56 via cbc.ca
  
  A little-studied mite native to California has the proportionate speed of a human running at Mach 1.6, faster than the speed of sound.
  
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• Seismologist Lucy Jones retiring from US Geological Survey

  19-03-2016 00:54
  
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Seismologist Lucy Jones, the face of earthquake science and safety in Southern California for many years, is retiring from the U.S. Geological Survey.
  
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• Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend rock opening of NY teen cancer lounge

  19-03-2016 00:16
  Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of the British rock band The Who were on hand for the opening on Friday of a special social area at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for teens and young adults suffering from the illness.     Called The Lounge, the new space was developed by Teen Cancer America, a nonprofit organization co-founded by the two rock stars. The charity works with hospitals to develop state-of-the-art facilities to give teens suffering from cancer a place to meet,
  
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