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• Worse fire seasons predicted for Hawaii, Alaska, Southwest

  01-05-2016 23:47
  
  Hawaii, Alaska and the Southwest face an increased threat of wildfires this summer, but most of the country should see normal or below-normal problems, forecasters said Sunday.
  
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• High-speed video reveals secret behind peacock mating display

  01-05-2016 19:38 via cbc.ca
  
  Biologists have known for some time that peacocks use their shimmery, iridescent feathers to woo partners (known as peahens) — but they now have a better idea of what the frenzied feather shaking looks like to potential mates.
  
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• The pipeline test of Justin Trudeau's leadership

  01-05-2016 17:05 via cbc.ca
  
  After meeting with Justin Trudeau last week, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said he had told the him that the prime minister "was uniquely positioned to be a champion, for want of a better word, for pipelines in this country.”
  
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• The SpaceX Rocket Landing is Even More Amazing in 360-Degrees

  01-05-2016 15:14
  
  The historic April 8 landing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 reusable rocket booster on a drone ship is now yours to view in amazing, 360-degree glory. The rocket landing took place on April 8, and the company broadcast live footage of the event, shot by cameras located a safe distance away from the ship. This was SpaceX's 5th drone ship landing attempt in 15 months, and its first success.
  
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• 'Open data': Why it's making waves across Canada

  01-05-2016 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Open data has the potential to change the relationship between citizens and government, say advocates who are calling on governments to open vast troves of digital information to the public.
  
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• Radiotherapy more effective than chemotherapy for early stage II testicular cancer

  01-05-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO)) A large study of testicular cancer patients has shown that radiation therapy is a better treatment than chemotherapy for patients with stage IIa disease (where one or more regional lymph nodes contain cancer cells but they are less than 2 cm in diameter). These findings, presented at the ESTRO 35 conference and published simultaneously in Clinical Oncology, are important because, until now, there has been little evidence about which treatm
  
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• Radiotherapy for lung cancer patients is linked to increased risk of non-cancer deaths

  01-05-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO)) Researchers have found that treating patients who have early stage non-small cell lung cancer with a type of radiotherapy called stereotactic body radiation therapy is associated with a small but increased risk of death from causes other than cancer. The findings are presented at the annual meeting of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology - ESTRO35.
  
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