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• Scientists capture rare images of wolverine in Sierra Nevada

  24-07-2016 22:23
  
  TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Scientists following up on a rare wolverine sighting in the Sierra Nevada set up cameras and captured video of the animal scurrying in the snow, scaling a tree and chewing on bait.
  
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• 'Star Trek' Makeup by M-A-C Beams Into San Diego Comic-Con

  24-07-2016 19:12
  
  The makeup mavens at M-A-C beamed their new "Star Trek" line of cosmetics to San Diego Comic-Con this week (complete with their own transporter pad) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic science fiction franchise.
  
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• 'Star Trek' Art at SDCC 2016 Celebrates 50 Years of Strange New Worlds

  24-07-2016 19:12
  "Star Trek" is taking art into a whole new frontier at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con with a new exhibition that honors the 50th anniversary of the science fiction franchise.
  
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• Global deal on cutting HFCs could be reached this year

  24-07-2016 17:12 via cbc.ca
  
  A global agreement on cutting the use of hydrofluorocarbons — potent greenhouse gases used in aerosols, refrigerants and air conditioning — seems within grasp, delegates said on Sunday after 10 days of talks on climate change in Vienna.
  
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• Global deal on cutting greenhouse gases could be reached this year

  24-07-2016 17:12 via cbc.ca
  
  A global agreement on cutting the use of hydrofluorocarbons — potent greenhouse gases used in aerosols, refrigerants and air conditioning — seems within grasp, delegates said on Sunday after 10 days of talks on climate change in Vienna.
  
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• How about some consequences for bad behaviour online?

  24-07-2016 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Bad behaviour via social network has seemed to reach a boiling point and embroil prominent pop culture figures like Leslie Jones, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. As our online and offline lives intertwine, are we lacking real-world legal consequences for social media offences?
  
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• New books deliver double dose of venomous animal facts

  24-07-2016 14:00
  
  In Venomous and The Sting of the Wild, researchers delve into the world of venomous creatures and the scientists who study them.
  
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• ASEAN deadlocked on South China Sea after Cambodia blocks statement

  24-07-2016 13:32
  By Manuel Mogato and Simon Webb VIENTIANE (Reuters) - Southeast Asian nations failed to find common ground on maritime disputes in the South China Sea on Sunday after Cambodia stuck to its demand the group make no reference to an international court ruling against Beijing in a statement, diplomats said. Foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met for the first time since the U.N.-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague handed an emphatic leg
  
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• See the Starship Enterprise, design virtual robots, and more

  24-07-2016 13:00
  
  New museum exhibits highlight air and space travel, DARPA technologies and pterosaurs.
  
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• Tigers maul two women at Beijing wildlife park

  24-07-2016 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tigers at a wildlife park in Beijing have killed one woman and injured another after the pair left their vehicle, Chinese media reports say.
  
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• Anger, mourning in Afghanistan after Kabul suicide attack

  24-07-2016 10:27
  By Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) - Relatives of some of those killed in a big suicide attack in Kabul searched through a bloodied assortment of belongings left after the twin blasts as they prepared for funerals on Sunday in a mood of growing anger with political leaders. "Those are my cousin's sandals," said Sayed Mohammad as he stood in a crowd of people looking for anything familiar among the remnants spread out by authorities on an Afghan flag in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of Kabul where the
  
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• Medical and public health effects of total power grid outage in a major city

  24-07-2016 06:00
  
  (Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health) This meeting will inform attendees with factual information and educational resources characterizing the current and emerging threats to our bulk power grids which would catastrophically degrade nationwide provision of healthcare and other emergency capabilities; and identify and discuss principal direct, indirect and cascading effects of power outage following a national-level outage event.
  
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• Solar plane takes off from Egypt on final leg of world tour

  24-07-2016 03:16
  
  CAIRO (Reuters) - An aircraft powered by solar energy left Egypt on Sunday on the last leg of the first ever fuel-free flight around the globe.
  
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• Solar Impulse: Zero-fuel plane begins final flight

  24-07-2016 01:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse sets out from Egypt's capital, Cairo, on the last leg of its quest to circle the globe.
  
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• Ursula Franklin, renowned Canadian scientist, dead at 94

  24-07-2016 01:35 via cbc.ca
  
  Ursula Franklin, one of Canada's most accomplished scientists and educators, died Friday in Toronto at age 94.
  
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