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• Does Facebook need to act more like a news organization?

  10-09-2016 18:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Facebook’s decision Friday to reverse its ruling about an iconic photo from the Vietnam War that it initially said violated company policy is raising the issue about whether Facebook is a social media platform or a news distributor.
  
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• Hurricanes Normally Peak Today

  10-09-2016 15:59
  
  While none are brewing right now, odds are elevated today, as a result of a confluence of factors, from winds, to atmospheric pressure to ocean water temperature, according to the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration. Of course, that doesn't mean a nasty storm is actually in store for the Atlantic coast. "The tropical activity is usually greatest on average on that day," said Neal Dorst, a researcher with the NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory Hurricane Research
  
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• Striking Mars Landscape Captured In Colour By NASA Rover

  10-09-2016 14:20
  NASA has released new colour images taken by the Curiosity Mars rover, which it says will help increase understanding of the red planet's landscape. The pictures, taken on 8 September, were taken in the "Murray Buttes" region of lower Mount Sharp, an 18,000ft mountain, where the Rover has been based since 2014. Curiosity is looking into how and when habitable conditions on Mars that were once present evolved into drier conditions less favourable for life on the planet.
  
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• The Book That Predicted Proxima b [Excerpt]

  10-09-2016 13:00 via rss.sciam.com
  
  A science fiction novel published in 2013 pegged some of the most salient details for our nearest neighboring exoplanet
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• Iran, Russia start construction of new Iranian nuclear plant

  10-09-2016 12:27
  Iran began building a second nuclear plant with Russian help on Saturday, in a $10 billion project which follows Tehran's landmark nuclear deal with world powers last year, state media reported. State television showed Iranian and Russian officials at launching ceremonies for the 10-year project which will include two power plants with a total capacity of more than 1,000 megawatts after their completion. Iran already runs one Russian-built nuclear reactor at Bushehr, its first.
  
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• Apple be damned: the humble headphone jack has survived for more than a century

  10-09-2016 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Apple made waves this week when it announced its next iPhone won't have a traditional headphone jack. But what made the 3.5-mm plug such a ubiquitous, universal standard, to the point where almost no one today even thinks about it?
  
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• Group to vote on urging nations to end domestic ivory trade

  10-09-2016 07:40
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Members of an international environmental group are expected to vote on a proposal Saturday to urge leaders in every country to close domestic ivory markets that threaten elephants.
  
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• US government halts oil pipeline opposed by Native Americans

  10-09-2016 06:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US government blocks the building of an oil pipeline in North Dakota opposed by Native Americans, shortly after a district judge rules it can go ahead.
  
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• Interactions between ultrahot plasma contained within fusion facilities and the materials inside those facilities

  10-09-2016 04:35
  Physicists have successfully tested a new device that will lead to a better understanding of the interactions between ultrahot plasma contained within fusion facilities and the materials inside those facilities.
  
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• Six-day clinical trial finds integrative medicine program alters blood serum

  10-09-2016 04:34
  In a novel controlled clinical trial, participants in a six-day Ayurvedic-based well-being program that featured a vegetarian diet, meditation, yoga and massages experienced measurable decreases in a set of blood-based metabolites associated with inflammation, cardiovascular disease risk and cholesterol regulation.
  
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• A surgeon's downfall

  10-09-2016 02:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ground-breaking work on synthetic organ transplants made Paolo Macchiarini one of the most famous doctors in the world. Now his reputation lies in tatters.
  
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• School officials, EPA trade blame on school mercury response

  10-09-2016 02:02
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas officials insist they followed federal guidance when they quarantined more than a thousand middle school students overnight over the discovery of several drops of mercury, but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that no such standards exist.
  
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• Sleep 'prioritises memories we care about'

  10-09-2016 01:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers discover that during sleep the thoughts you care about are more likely to enter your memory.
  
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• DiCaprio’s 'Before The Flood' aims to make climate a U.S. election issue

  10-09-2016 01:41
  By Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) - Hollywood heartthrob and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio said he rushed to release his upcoming climate change documentary "Before the Flood" ahead of November's U.S. presidential elections to issue a clarion call to U.S. voters in time to influence their decisions. "We wanted this film to come out before the next election because ... the United States is the largest contributor to this issue," DiCaprio said to the audience after the film's world pr
  
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• All the ways to track your baby

  10-09-2016 01:17 via cbc.ca
  
  Would it make you feel better, or worse, to get a notification every time your baby cries?
  
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