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• Pakistan, Russia to sell warplanes to Nigeria, air force chief says

  04-12-2016 23:29
  Nigeria is expecting the arrival of warplanes and helicopters it ordered from Pakistan and Russia, its latest effort to counter terrorist and militant activities, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar said on Sunday. Nigeria is battling jihadist group Boko Haram, which has waged a seven-year insurgency in the northern part of the country aimed at creating an Islamic state. The subsequent loss of crude oil output has hurt government revenues.
  
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• Explosive advances in DNA testing raise hope, ethical questions

  04-12-2016 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  A Calgary author and university professor says advances in DNA testing available to the average person are taking off, but so are ethical questions Canadians will be forced to address.
  
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• Virgin Galactic's spaceship lands safely after test flight

  04-12-2016 20:57
  
  Astronaut Tim Peake also sent his well-wishes to the Virgin team as the test glide got under way.
  
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• Researchers grow protective biological soil crusts

  04-12-2016 19:45
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — In a greenhouse at Northern Arizona University, a professor is researching an oft-overlooked ecological field that could play an important role in preventing erosion and helping plants grow.
  
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• Is your office building making you sick?

  04-12-2016 18:30 via cbc.ca
  
  If only we could just crack a window open around here...
  
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• Killer whales eating their way further into Manitoba

  04-12-2016 18:19 via cbc.ca
  
  The food chain in Hudson Bay is drastically changing as killer whales take advantage of less sea ice and eat their way into Manitoba, a researcher in Arctic mammal populations says.
  
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• Killer whales eating their way farther into Manitoba

  04-12-2016 18:19 via cbc.ca
  
  The food chain in Hudson Bay is drastically changing as killer whales take advantage of less sea ice and eat their way into Manitoba, a researcher in Arctic mammal populations says.
  
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• Colombia's ELN says peace talks will begin once rebels freed

  04-12-2016 17:21
  By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Peace talks between the Colombian government and Marxist insurgent group the National Liberation Army (ELN) will begin only after a simultaneous release of a politician held by the guerrillas and two imprisoned rebels, an ELN leader said. Colombia's second-largest leftist rebel group and the government of President Juan Manuel Santos have agreed to begin peace negotiations in Ecuador, part of Santos' efforts to end a 52-year conflict that has killed more t
  
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• Gears Made of Metallic Glass Could Be Ideal for Space Missions

  04-12-2016 13:24
  
  Metallic glass is called BMG when it is used to manufacture products larger than 0.04 inches (1 millimeter). To make BMG, engineers first melt metal. These rapidly cooled metals are also known as amorphous metals, and "by virtue of being cooled so rapidly, the material is technically a glass.
  
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• This guy took to Twitter to explain how he hibernates his tortoise and it's weirdly fascinating

  04-12-2016 12:10
  
  Who knew it would be so interesting?
  
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• You’ve probably been tricked by fake news and don’t know it

  04-12-2016 12:00
  
  In the fight against falsified facts, the human brain is both the weakest link and our only hope.
  
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• Gore says U.S. climate curbs on track, hopes Trump will surprise

  04-12-2016 11:06
  By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are likely to fall irrespective of the pro-coal policies of President-elect Donald Trump, who may still surprise the world by embracing global action to limit climate change, former vice president Al Gore said. Gore, a climate activist who will lead a 24-hour televised marathon on Dec. 5-6 about global efforts to limit rising temperatures, told Reuters that companies and U.S. states would cut emissions desp
  
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• Uzbekistan's interim leader expected to win presidential election

  04-12-2016 06:05
  Uzbekistan's prime minister and interim president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, looks likely to win a presidential election on Sunday by a landslide and become the second leader of Central Asia's most populous nation since independence. Karimov, who ran the resource-rich former Soviet republic of 32 million people with an iron fist since 1989, died from a stroke in September, aged 78. Mirziyoyev, cabinet head since 2003, swiftly emerged as Karimov's most likely successor after the speaker of the upper ch
  
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• Women with dementia receive less medical attention

  04-12-2016 06:00
  
  (University College London) Women with dementia have fewer visits to the GP, receive less health monitoring and take more potentially harmful medication than men with dementia, new UCL research reveals.The study, published in Age and Ageing, also found that only half of all dementia patients had a documented annual review even though GP surgeries are offered financial incentives to carry these out.
  
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• Torture: Rehabilitation experts from 80 nations meet in Mexico City

  04-12-2016 06:00
  
  (Terry Collins Assoc) Over 300 participants -- 70 percent of them clinical professionals -- from 80 nations will exchange expertise on torture rehabilitation at a scientific symposium, Mexico City Dec. 5-7, organized by the Denmark-based International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims.100+ presentations will address issues from torture in Syria, southern European refugee transit camps, Central American migrants, and the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where denial of help t
  
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• The promise of greener power generation

  04-12-2016 06:00
  
  (King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)) The characterization of compounds produced in combustion could lead to cleaner, more efficient power stations.
  
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• Melbourne scientists publish evidence for world-first therapeutic dental vaccine

  04-12-2016 06:00
  
  (University of Melbourne) A world-first vaccine developed by Melbourne scientists, which could eliminate or at least reduce the need for surgery and antibiotics for severe gum disease, has been validated by research published this weekend in a leading international journal.
  
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• Highly efficient genome engineering in flowering plants

  04-12-2016 06:00
  
  (Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University) Plant biologists at ITbM, Nagoya University have developed a genome editing method to knockout target genes in a model plant with high efficiency. The team reports a new CRISPR/Cas9 vector for the model plant that can strongly induce inheritable mutations. This method is expected to become a powerful molecular tool for genome engineering in various plant species.
  
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• A handful of nuts a day cuts the risk of a wide range of diseases

  04-12-2016 06:00
  
  (Imperial College London) A large analysis of current research shows that people who eat at least 20g of nuts a day have a lower risk of heart disease, cancer and other diseases.
  
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• Buzz Aldrin: Altitude sickness forced South Pole evacuation

  04-12-2016 03:31
  
  CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Buzz Aldrin said he was evacuated from the South Pole last week because he became short of breath and began showing signs of altitude sickness.
  
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