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• Turns out the Bank Holiday weekend is going to have a stormy end

  29-05-2016 22:08
  
  It’s alright, by Friday the umbrellas can (hopefully) go away again.
  
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• Yearlong-Mission Astronaut Scott Kelly Honored at NYC's Fleet Week

  29-05-2016 16:07
  
  Former astronaut Scott Kelly, who set the record for the longest sojourn in space for any American after his nearly yearlong mission ended in March, was honored at the Intrepid Museum's 25th annual Salute to Freedom gala Thursday (May 26). Kelly returned from the International Space Station's "Year-in-Space" mission on March 2. On Thursday morning, Kelly met the Breitling Jet Team on the flight deck of the Intrepid.
  
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• Mars Is Closest to Earth in 11 Years on Monday: What to Expect

  29-05-2016 16:03
  
  Time to tune up your telescopes! Mars is at its closest to Earth in 11 years on Monday (May 30), providing a great closer to Memorial Day events. Even if you're too busy doing other things that night to gaze at the Red Planet, you'll still get a good chance for at least two weeks. While Mars is technically at its closest on Monday at 47.2 million miles (76 million kilometers) from Earth, it will remain closer than 48 million miles (77.2 million km) up until June 12.
  
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• 'Best-preserved specimen in existence': 40,000-year-old baby wooly mammoth Lyuba comes to Canada

  29-05-2016 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A 40,000-year-old wooly mammoth named Lyuba, on loan from a Russian museum, is coming to the Royal BC Museum, and will be seen by the public beginning June 3. The exhibit also features a dire wolf, made famous by Game of Thrones.
  
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• 'Best-preserved specimen in existence': 40,000-year-old baby woolly mammoth Lyuba comes to Canada

  29-05-2016 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A 40,000-year-old wooly mammoth named Lyuba, on loan from a Russian museum, is coming to the Royal BC Museum, and will be seen by the public beginning June 3. The exhibit also features a dire wolf, made famous by Game of Thrones.
  
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• Pioneering geophysicist’s theory of peak oil still debated

  29-05-2016 14:00
  
  The life of geophysicist Marion King Hubbert, creator of the “peak oil” prediction, was intertwined with the politics and science of the oil industry.
  
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• Five Ukrainian soldiers killed in separatist attacks

  29-05-2016 13:28
  Five Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and four wounded in the past 24 hours as a result of attacks by pro-Russian rebels in separatist eastern regions, Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said on Sunday. This follows a report of the deaths of seven Ukrainian soldiers last Tuesday - the highest daily casualty figure for government troops since August. A ceasefire signed in February 2015 has failed to quell all fighting in Ukraine's separatist east, with each side accusing the o
  
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• New incentives needed to develop antibiotics to fight superbugs

  29-05-2016 13:04
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drugmakers are renewing efforts to develop medicines to fight emerging antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but creating new classesof drugs on the scale needed is unlikely to happen without new financial incentives to make the effort worth the investment, companies and industry experts said.
  
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• Netflix border crackdown: Why some Canadians feel wronged

  29-05-2016 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Netflix customers affected by the crackdown on virtual border hoppers believe they have a right to complain. That's because for years they were able to freely sneak across borders with no repercussions.
  
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• Flexi-space room expansion complete

  29-05-2016 10:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new, expandable "room" has been opened up on the International Space Station.
  
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• Iran assembly head wins initial re-election vote - state media

  29-05-2016 10:39
  Moderate conservative Ali Larijani was re-elected on Sunday as the temporary speaker of Iran's new parliament which is dominated by first-term deputies. Larijani, who had cooperated closely with the government of pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani in approving Iran's nuclear deal with world powers last year, won 173 votes in the 290-seat assembly, state media reported. Senior reformist Mohammad Reza Aref, who had been the top vote-getter in the parliamentary race in Tehran, received 103 votes,
  
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• Zoo gorilla shot as boy falls into moat

  29-05-2016 09:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Zoo officials shoot dead a gorilla after it grabbed a four-year-old boy who fell into its enclosure in the US city of Cincinnati.
  
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• Prototype space station module inflated on NASA's second try

  29-05-2016 09:14
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station on Saturday inflated an experimental fabric module that may provide a less expensive and safer option for housing crews during long stays in space, a NASA TV broadcast showed.
  
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• Eve the Jurassic sea monster

  29-05-2016 07:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Piecing together the bare bones of a sea reptile that swam at the time of the dinosaurs.
  
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• Wind turbines on Galapagos replace millions of liters of diesel since 2007, meet 30 percent of energy needs

  29-05-2016 06:00
  
  (Terry Collins Assoc) A trio of wind turbines operating on the Galapagos Islands since 2007 has mitigated the need for diesel imports and inspired an ambitious plan to expand renewable energy in this ecologically precious archipelago with a growing appetite for electricity.The performance summary and expansion recommendations are contained in a report by the Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership, which led and financed the initial $10 million wind project.
  
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• Using solid-state materials with gold nanoantennas for more durable solar cells

  29-05-2016 06:00
  
  (Hokkaido University) Hokkaido University scientists are testing the development of solar cells made of solid materials to improve their ability to function under harsh environmental conditions.
  
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• Child's play: Australia's newest roboticists see eye-to-eye with R2-D2

  29-05-2016 06:00
  
  (Queensland University of Technology) Children from age 4 can become robot programmers rather than waiting for the higher years in schooling, says a QUT education researcher.
  
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• America's lack of woman president 'exceptional'; Hillary Clinton suited for job

  29-05-2016 06:00
  
  (Binghamton University) It's high time the United States elected the first woman president, and Hillary Clinton's ability to handle global and domestic issues makes her most qualified to do the job, according to a new book edited by Dinesh Sharma, associate research professor at the Institute for Global Cultural Studies, Binghamton University, State University of New York.
  
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• Houston, We Have A Spare Room In Space

  29-05-2016 05:07
  
  NASA has successfully inflated a new experimental room at the International Space Station, two days after running into problems during the first attempt. The operation to expand and pressurise the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, took much longer than expected, stretching over three days - but victory, when it came, was sweet. "A significant milestone has been accomplished," Bigelow Aerospace, the inflatable chamber's creator, announced on Twitter.
  
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• Alma telescope peers into space

  29-05-2016 01:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alma telescope peers into space from Chile
  
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• 1st Inflatable Habitat for Astronauts All Pumped Up on Space Station

  29-05-2016 01:26
  
  NASA has inflated the first-ever expandable room for astronauts on the International Space Station, a round module that made occasional popcorn-like popping sounds as it reached its full size. It took NASA astronaut Jeff Williams on the station more than seven hours to inflate the privately built Bigelow Expandable Activity Module today (May 28). The new space room, called BEAM for short, was built for NASA by Bigelow Aerospace.
  
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• Three children left fighting for their lives after lightning bolt hits Paris park

  29-05-2016 00:44
  
  Meanwhile, another group of people was also hit by lightning on Saturday at a children’s football match in Germany.
  
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• On 2nd try, NASA successfully pumps up inflatable space room

  29-05-2016 00:08 via cbc.ca
  
  NASA successfully inflated a new experimental room at the International Space Station on Saturday, producing the world's first pump-it-up compartment for astronauts.
  
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