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• 4 bison killed for a film being shot in Alberta

  26-06-2016 22:39 via cbc.ca
  
  The American Humane Association is investigating after four bison were reportedly killed for use in a film being shot in Alberta.
  
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• Climate change forcing builders to rethink how they design structures, expert says

  26-06-2016 19:49 via cbc.ca
  
  Severe weather events like wildfires and floods are becoming more frequent and more difficult to predict, forcing architects and engineers to rethink how they design buildings, infrastructure and cities.
  
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• Orthodox chiefs warn over Middle East, science dangers

  26-06-2016 17:35
  
  Orthodox church leaders from around the world on Sunday called for the protection of religious minorities in the war-torn Middle East at a rare global meeting that also warned against the "moral dilemmas" of rapid scientific progress.
  
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• ‘Lab Girl’ invites readers into hidden world of plants

  26-06-2016 14:00
  
  In Lab Girl, geobiologist Hope Jahren reveals secret lives of plants — and scientists.
  
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• Gene Editing Takes on Heart Disease

  26-06-2016 14:00 via rss.sciam.com
  
  Stem cell researcher Qiurong Ding says altering cell DNA may enable reprogramming disease right out of patients
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• Possible perp found in mystery of Milky Way’s missing galaxy pals

  26-06-2016 13:00
  
  Billions of years of supernovas could explain why galaxies like the Milky Way have so few tiny companions and why those companions have so little mass.
  
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• Perovskite Solar Cells Supercharge Electricity Production

  26-06-2016 13:00 via rss.sciam.com
  
  Even a relatively small initial supply of the new cells could bring solar power to remote locations that are not yet connected to any electrical grid 
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• China on schedule for launch this year of 2nd space station

  26-06-2016 11:45
  
  BEIJING (AP) — China on Sunday recovered an experimental probe launched aboard a new generation rocket, marking another milestone in its increasingly ambitious space program that envisions a mission to Mars by the end of the decade.
  
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• Are these funerals gross or 'green'? The Marketplace consumer cheat sheet

  26-06-2016 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Miss something this week? Don't panic. CBC's Marketplace has rounded up the consumer and health news you need.
  
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• Juno Probe Carrying 'Lego Galileo' Nears Jupiter

  26-06-2016 06:23
  
  NASA has released a new image of Jupiter as the Juno spacecraft edges close to the giant gas planet. The robotic explorer is due to reach the planet on 4 July after a five-year, 1.4 billion-mile journey from Earth. On 11 June, the robotic explorer began sending and receiving data around the clock to and from Earth as it prepares for the completion of its journey, NASA said on its website.
  
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• Seeds of black holes could be revealed by gravitational waves detected in space

  26-06-2016 06:00
  
  (Durham University) Gravitational waves captured by space-based detectors could help identify the origins of supermassive black holes, according to new computer simulations of the universe.
  
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• Radioactive cesium fallout on Tokyo from Fukushima concentrated in glass microparticles

  26-06-2016 06:00
  
  (Goldschmidt Conference) New research shows that most of the radioactive fallout which landed on downtown Tokyo a few days after the Fukushima accident was concentrated and deposited in non-soluble glass microparticles, as a type of 'glassy soot.'These results are announced at the Goldschmidt geochemistry conference in Yokohama, Japan.
  
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• Improvements needed in end-of-life care for patients with organ failure

  26-06-2016 06:00
  
  (Brigham and Women's Hospital) In a study of patients who died at 146 inpatient facilities within the Veteran Affairs health system, a research team led by investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital has found that family-reported end-of-life care was significantly better for patients with cancer or dementia than for patients with other serious illnesses. The team's findings were presented today at AcademyHealth's Annual Research Meeting and simultaneously published in JAMA Internal Medicine
  
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• Georgetown Institute launches real-time study of smartphone fertility app use

  26-06-2016 06:00
  
  (Georgetown University Medical Center) In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center's Institute for Reproductive Health are recruiting as many as 1,200 women to study, in real time, a smartphone app that calculates a woman's chance for pregnancy on a daily basis.
  
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• A shampoo bottle that empties completely -- every last drop

  26-06-2016 06:00
  
  (Ohio State University) Researchers at The Ohio State University have found a way to create the perfect texture on plastic to let soap products flow freely out of the bottle.
  
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• 30 Nobel Laureates at Lake Constance for a week

  26-06-2016 06:00
  
  (Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings) The 66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting was inaugurated today in Lindau on the banks of Lake Constance, Germany. Countess Bettina Bernadotte af Wisborg, President of the Council, welcomed the guests who hail from some 80 different countries. 30 Nobel Laureates and more than 400 selected young scientists are taking part in the meeting, which runs until 1 July. This year it is dedicated to the field of physics.
  
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• 29 Nobel Laureates at Lake Constance for a week

  26-06-2016 06:00
  
  (Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings) The 66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting was inaugurated today in Lindau on the banks of Lake Constance, Germany. Countess Bettina Bernadotte af Wisborg, President of the Council, welcomed the guests who hail from some 80 different countries. 29 Nobel Laureates and more than 400 selected young scientists are taking part in the meeting, which runs until July 1. This year it is dedicated to the field of physics.
  
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