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• US, Russian and French Crew Arrives at Space Station for 6-Month Stay

  19-11-2016 23:23
  
  HOUSTON — The International Space Station (ISS) received three new crewmembers today (Nov. 19), with the arrival of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
  
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• Houthi missile and Saudi-led air strikes strain Yemen truce

  19-11-2016 23:11
  By Mohamed Ghobari SANAA (Reuters) - A 48-hour truce aimed at ending Yemen's civil war came under pressure on Saturday as residents said fighting was still going on in parts of the country. The ceasefire declared by the Saudi-led military coalition trying to restore a Saudi-backed government raised hopes of an end to a 20-month conflict that has drawn in regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia and left Yemen on the verge of famine. It appeared largely to be holding on Saturday but was strained by
  
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• Why some Facebook employees are willing to risk their jobs to fight fake news

  19-11-2016 17:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Fake news is hardly new. But it is now being viewed as a real problem by those who believe that the posting of hoax stories on Facebook influenced the U.S. presidential campaign in Donald Trump's favour. CBC's The Investigators spoke to a journalist who has reported heavily on the topic.
  
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• Russia demands answers on why Swiss jets flanked APEC plane

  19-11-2016 15:30
  Moscow has demanded to know why a government airliner was buzzed by three Swiss fighter jets as it made its way to an international summit in Peru. The plane was carrying members of Russia's delegation to the Asia-Pacific summit when the F/A 18 jets joined it in the air and kept it surrounded as it travelled through Switzerland's air space, according to reports. "We have expressed surprise and asked for explanations from Switzerland over the incident with the Russian government plane in the
  
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• Researchers build tool to help prevent 'selfie deaths'

  19-11-2016 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A group of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University studied over 120 selfie deaths in the hopes of creating a system that might discourage others from putting their lives at risk.
  
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• Yemen truce strained by reports of air strikes and fighting

  19-11-2016 14:54
  By Mohamed Ghobari SANAA (Reuters) - A truce aimed at ending more than a year of war in Yemen began on Saturday, although residents said fighting was still going on in parts of the country. The 48-hour ceasefire by the Saudi-led military coalition raised hopes of an end to a humanitarian crisis caused by a war that has drawn in regional foes Iran and Saudi Arabia. The truce seemed to be largely holding up despite gun battles in the Western city of Taiz and air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition
  
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• Oldest alphabet identified as Hebrew

  19-11-2016 14:00
  
  Contested study indicates ancient Israelites developed first alphabet from Egyptian hieroglyphics.
  
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• New Space Station Crew Arrives as Weather Satellite Launches Today: Watch Live

  19-11-2016 13:57
  
  Space fans can catch a double dose of action in quick succession this afternoon (Nov. 19).
  
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• Exploring Clocks, Calendars & the Universe with Gorgeous Cosmic Watch App

  19-11-2016 13:45
  
  The ancient Greeks captured the celestial motions in the famous Antikythera Mechanism, discovered in a shipwreck in 1900 and dated between 150 and 100 B.C. Once clock-making technology became sufficiently advanced, planetary motions were reproduced with hand-cranked or clock-driven mechanical miniature solar systems called orreries. This astronomical clock is located in the Old Town Square in Prague. The digital era has allowed all of the mathematics, geometry and beauty of these astronomical in
  
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• A Mars 160 Crew Message: CapCom, We Hear You!

  19-11-2016 13:45
  
  The Mars Society is conducting the ambitious two-phase Mars 160 Twin Desert-Arctic Analog missionto study how seven crewmembers could live, work and perform science on a true mission to Mars. Mars 160 crewmember Annalea Beattie is chronicling the mission, which will spend 80 days at the Mars Desert Research Station in southern Utah desert before venturing far north to Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station on Devon Island, Canada in summer 2017. I'm Bernard, and I will be your CapCom for this ev
  
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• The Politics of Hope: Donald Trump as an Entrepreneur of Identity

  19-11-2016 13:00 via rss.sciam.com
  
  The President-Elect won the election by artfully shaping and responding to his supporters’ views
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• Saudi-led coalition starts 48-hour truce in Yemen - SPA

  19-11-2016 11:03
  By Mohamed Ghobari SANAA (Reuters) - Saudi-led military forces fighting in Yemen began a 48-hour ceasefire on Saturday, raising hopes of an end to war that has displaced millions and caused a humanitarian disaster. The Gulf Arab coalition has been fighting Houthi rebels and forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh since March 2015 to restore to power President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who was overthrown by the Houthis in 2014. The truce started at noon (0900 GMT), the Saudi Press Agenc
  
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• Customers not happy with Apple's 'pitiful' cure for iPhone 'touch disease'

  19-11-2016 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Apple is finally offering a cure for its iPhone 6 Plus models plagued by so-called "touch disease." But some customers are dismayed to discover the company is charging a fee and placing the blame on them.
  
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• Saudi soldier killed by missile from Yemen hours before ceasefire

  19-11-2016 08:42
  A Saudi soldier was killed on Saturday by a missile fired by Yemeni rebels across the border into the kingdom's southern Asir province, the interior ministry said. The Iran-allied Houthis, who are battling the internationally recognised government of Yemen's President Abd Rabbu Mansour al-Hadi, often fire mortars into southern Saudi regions and test Saudi defences with guerrilla-style incursions. A news agency controlled by the group said Saudi jets early on Saturday bombed an area of farmland i
  
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• Pacific nation of Kiribati establishes large shark sanctuary

  19-11-2016 06:49
  
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The island nation of Kiribati has established a large shark sanctuary that will help ensure the creatures are protected across much of the central Pacific.
  
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• Saudi-led coalition to start 48-hour truce in Yemen

  19-11-2016 06:30
  CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) - A Saudi-led military coalition will start a 48-hour ceasefire in Yemen's war at noon (0900 GMT) on Saturday, official media reported, in the latest effort to end a conflict that has displaced millions and caused a worsening humanitarian disaster. The coalition has been fighting Houthi rebels and forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh since March 2015 to restore to power the internationally backed President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, overthrown by the Houthis in
  
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• New NOAA weather satellite a 'game-changer' for forecasts

  19-11-2016 04:26 via cbc.ca
  
  The first of NOAA’s advanced weather satellites will lift off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday afternoon, ushering in the next generation of forecasts and warnings.
  
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• Academics 'must not be used as Brexit pawns'

  19-11-2016 04:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Theresa May is being warned not to use scientists and academics as pawns in negotiations over Brexit.
  
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• Climate talks: 'Save us' from global warming, US urged

  19-11-2016 03:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The next head of the UN global climate talks calls on the US to save Pacific islands from global warming.
  
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• UN climate talks end with pleas for Trump to join fight

  19-11-2016 01:49
  
  MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — The first U.N. climate conference after the landmark Paris Agreement closed Friday with delegates appealing to Donald Trump to join the battle against global warming and inviting him to see its impacts in Pacific islands.
  
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• Under Trump shadow, climate talks set 2018 deadline to agree rules

  19-11-2016 01:32
  By Alister Doyle and Megan Rowling MARRAKESH, Morocco (Reuters) - Nearly 200 nations agreed around midnight on Friday to work out the rules for a landmark 2015 global deal to tackle climate change within two years in a new sign of international support for a pact opposed by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. At the end of two-week talks on global warming in Marrakesh, which were extended an extra day, many nations appealed to Trump, who has called climate change a hoax, to reconsider his threat
  
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• How cryonics plans to help you live longer

  19-11-2016 00:29 via cbc.ca
  
  They say you can't live forever, but some people are hoping at the very least to extend their lives.
  
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• 2 moose found frozen mid-fight near remote Alaska village

  19-11-2016 00:20 via cbc.ca
  
  Two moose were recently discovered frozen in battle and encased in ice near a remote village on Alaska's unforgiving western coast.
  
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• SpaceX Tests Huge Fuel Tank for Mars Colony Spaceship (Photo)

  19-11-2016 00:00
  
  SpaceX has successfully tested a prototype of the gigantic fuel tank the company is developing for its planned Mars spaceship, company representatives said. SpaceX towed the full-size carbon-fiber tank — the largest such vessel ever produced, according to company founder and CEO Elon Musk — out to sea on a barge last week, then tested how the tank performed under pressure. "Hit both of our pressure targets — next up will be full cryo[genic] testing," SpaceX wrote via Twitter, w
  
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• Bizarre Hexagon on Saturn Shines in Spectacular NASA Photo

  19-11-2016 00:00
  
  NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this dramatic view on Sept. 5, as the probe flew 890,000 miles (1.4 million kilometers) above the planet. A six-sided jet stream known as "the hexagon" — which measures approximately 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers) wide — swirls above Saturn's north pole, with wind speeds reaching upward of 200 mph (322 km/h). The dark spot seen in the center of the vortex is believed to be the eye of the hurricane-like storm, NASA officials said in a statement deb
  
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