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• Should cell phone case companies reimburse customers for damages to devices?

  21-08-2016 23:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A Sudbury mom wants a company to stop advertising its cell phone cases as waterproof after her son's device was damaged.
  
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• The Myth of the Sustainable City

  21-08-2016 16:00 via rss.sciam.com
  
  Urban areas are usually celebrated for their energy efficiency and low per capita carbon dioxide emissions, but such accounting ignores how and where they acquire their resources
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• The push to teach coding in school reflects our digital world

  21-08-2016 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Coding is beginning to be considered a necessary skill for the 21st century, right alongside reading, writing and arithmetic. Some Canadian kids are learning to code at summer camps, and Grade 6 to 9 students in British Columbia will soon learn coding as a mandatory part of their classes.
  
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• 'Great American Total Solar Eclipse' Just 1 Year Away

  21-08-2016 14:18
  
  On that date, the sun will be partially eclipsed over an immense area that includes all of North America, the northern third of South America, much of the eastern Pacific Ocean (including the Hawaiian Islands), virtually all of the north Atlantic Ocean and a slice of western Europe. And a total eclipse will be visible along a narrow track that runs diagonally from northwest to southeast across the Lower 48 — the first such event that's visible for this part of the world since February 1979
  
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• Darwin’s Dogs wants your dog’s DNA

  21-08-2016 14:00
  
  The Darwin’s Dogs citizen science project is collecting canine DNA to better understand dog genetics and behavior.
  
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• Why the hate-on for Pokemon Go? It's making people healthy

  21-08-2016 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Many people love to hate Pokemon. The game may have some downsides, but it also offers a huge benefit: it's getting people outside and exercising.
  
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• Milk protein used to make biodegradable food wrap

  21-08-2016 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A new biodegradable film made of milk protein has the potential to keep food fresher and replace plastic wraps, according to researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
  
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• Who are you? Squatters can actually help a neighborhood

  21-08-2016 06:00
  
  (American Sociological Association) Squatters who illegally occupy vacant homes or buildings are not always contributing to apathy or social disorder, says a new University of Michigan study.
  
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• Trust is key motivator for individuals who protest on behalf of people different from them

  21-08-2016 06:00
  
  (American Sociological Association) It appears that people who actively participate in demonstrations during social movements on behalf of those dissimilar to them do so for two important reasons.
  
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• Tall Poppy winner 'weeds out' bacterial superbugs

  21-08-2016 06:00
  
  (Queensland University of Technology) QUT molecular microbiologist Makrina Totsika is at the forefront of research to develop new therapies to beat multi-drug resistant bacteria.
  
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• Sex and gender more important than income in determining views on division of chores

  21-08-2016 06:00
  
  (American Sociological Association) For heterosexual couples, most Americans still believe in the traditional division of household labor between husbands and wives, while for same-sex couples, they think the 'more masculine' partner and the 'more feminine' partner should generally be responsible for stereotypically male and female chores, respectively, suggests a new study.
  
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• Relationships with family members, but not friends, decrease likelihood of death

  21-08-2016 06:00
  
  (American Sociological Association) For older adults, having more or closer family members in one's social network decreases his or her likelihood of death, but having a larger or closer group of friends does not, finds a new study.
  
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• Is divorce seasonal? UW research shows biannual spike in divorce filings

  21-08-2016 06:00
  
  (University of Washington) University of Washington researchers found what is thought to be the first quantitative evidence of a season, biannual pattern for divorce. They analyzed filings in Washington state over a 14-year period and found that they consistently peaked in March and August.
  
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• Is divorce seasonal? Study shows biannual spike in divorce filings

  21-08-2016 06:00
  
  (American Sociological Association) To everything there is a season -- even divorce, new research from University of Washington sociologists concludes.
  
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• Former friends, ex-dates more likely to turn into teen cybertormentors

  21-08-2016 06:00
  
  (Penn State) Youth cyberbullying is dramatically more likely to occur between current or former friends and dating partners than between students who were never friends or in a romantic relationship, according to researchers.
  
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• Color-graded pictogram label to reduce medicine-related traffic crashes found ineffective

  21-08-2016 06:00
  
  (Wiley) A new study questions the effectiveness of using pictogram message on the labels of anxiety and sleep medications that interfere with driving -- an approach this is currently implemented across France. The British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study found that the risk of being responsible for a crash associated with these medicines did not decrease long-term after the pictogram was introduced.
  
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• Astronomers identify a young heavyweight star in the Milky Way

  21-08-2016 06:00
  
  (University of Cambridge) A young star over 30 times more massive than the sun could help us understand how the most extreme stars in the universe are born.
  
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