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• Giant pandas rebound off endangered list

  04-09-2016 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Decades of conservation efforts by China lead to a rise in the number of giant pandas, as they are taken off the endangered species list.
  
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• Eastern gorilla gets added to critically endangered list

  04-09-2016 21:40
  
  The world's largest living primate has been listed as critically endangered, making four of the six great ape species only one step away from extinction, according to a report released Sunday at the World ...
  
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• Japan, China to hold summit meeting on Monday amid island row

  04-09-2016 19:11
  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, the Japanese government said, the first such meeting in more than a year as Asia's two largest countries are locked in a territorial dispute. Tension flared up last month after more than a dozen Chinese coastguard and other government ships sailed near a group of East China Sea islets controlled by Tokyo but claimed also by Beijing, making a meeting between the two top leaders on the sidelines of the
  
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• The Smithsonian Channel's 'Building Star Trek': 5 Things We Learned'

  04-09-2016 17:57
  
  Tonight (Sept. 4), the Smithsonian Channel has a special just for Trekkies. It will air a documentary called "Building Star Trek," which focuses not only on the props used for the show, but the technology Star Trek inspired that we use today. It's appropriate given that "Star Trek" is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
  
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• 'Building Star Trek' Doc Celebrates TV Series' Tech Legacy

  04-09-2016 17:57
  
  From phasers to communicators, the science of "Star Trek" seemed so incredibly futuristic when the first show aired 50 years ago, on Sept. 8, 1966. One of the themes of "Building Star Trek" (which airs tonight, Sept. 4) is how much of the technology is already present in our everyday lives. As curators race to preserve half-century-old artifacts for display at two museums featured in the film, the documentary makers travel across the United States to find people who make their living using and r
  
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• What is the best way to end cellphone use while driving?

  04-09-2016 16:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Quebec wants it criminalized. B.C. and Ontario are cracking down Labour Day weekend— all to stop what's fast becoming more deadly than drunk driving. What is the best way to end cellphone use while driving? Join Duncan McCue Sunday on CBC Radio One at 1 p.m. PT, 2 p.m. MT, 3 p.m. CT, 4 p.m. ET, 5 p.m. AT and 5:30 p.m. NT.
  
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• Black hole app lets you blow up stars

  04-09-2016 14:00
  
  NOVA’s Black Hole app for iPad is an addictive game that teaches lessons about gravity and astronomy while letting you hurl stars at one another.
  
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• Zika pesticide kills millions of bees in South Carolina

  04-09-2016 13:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Millions of honeybees have been killed in South Carolina after pesticide was sprayed to kill off mosquitoes that could be harbouring the Zika virus.
  
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• Panda twins born at Zoo Atlanta to Lun Lun - again

  04-09-2016 11:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lun Lun, a 19-year-old giant panda, has given birth to twins - she also had twins in 2013.
  
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• Cancer Cases In Children Leap By 40% In 16 Years

  04-09-2016 10:02
  Fast food diets and lack of exercise could be responsible for a rise in cancer cases in young adults, scientists have warned. Alasdair Philips, science adviser at Children with Cancer UK, says there seems to be "a correlation between the lifestyle of young people" and a significant increase in the number of teenagers being diagnosed. "They tend to be doing a lot less exercise and there's also a lot of fast food being eaten, which is fine in moderation, but we know they do contain cancer giv
  
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• New handbook by Singapore scholars on emerging terrorist threats

  04-09-2016 06:00
  
  (Nanyang Technological University) The terrorism threat to the Asia Pacific region is serious, imminent and on a growth trajectory, say scholars from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) in the latest book titled Handbook of Terrorism in the Asia-Pacific.
  
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• Cardioprotective drug helps prevent long-term heart damage in children receiving chemotherapy

  04-09-2016 06:00
  
  (Wiley) A potent chemotherapy drug can be life saving for children with cancer, but a new review highlights how it can have long-lasting negative effects on the heart. The review, which is published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, also indicates that this chemotherapy-related heart damage may be prevented by a cardioprotective drug.
  
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• Quebec beluga whales now officially listed as endangered

  04-09-2016 02:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The federal government has followed through on its promise to strengthen protection for beluga whales in the St. Lawrence Estuary by bumping up its status on the endangered species list.
  
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• NASA's Juno captures stunning images of Jupiter's North and South Poles

  04-09-2016 00:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A NASA spacecraft has captured the best views of Jupiter yet, revealing turbulent storms in the North Pole. Jupiter’s northern polar region is stormier than expected and appears bluer than the rest of the planet, said a mission chief scientist.
  
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