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• March for Science will take scientists’ activism to a new level

  19-04-2017 22:03
  
  The March for Science may be the first of its kind, science historians say.
  
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• Newly discovered exoplanet best place to search for life, astronomers say

  19-04-2017 20:16 via cbc.ca
  
  About 40 light-years from Earth, a small but massive rocky world orbits a cool, red star. It's here, researchers say, where the best chance in our search for life may exist.
  
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• Newfound Super-Earth Boosts Search for Alien Life

  19-04-2017 19:37 via rss.sciam.com
  
  Planet LHS 1140 b orbits a dim red dwarf star just 40 light-years away, making it a prime target for life-finding telescopes
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• Saturday, Science Advocates Prepare for a Long March

  19-04-2017 15:30 via rss.sciam.com
  
  The Washington, D.C., protest needs to kick off a sustained effort to guide politics with sound research, organizers say
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• Scientists Launch Worldwide Search for Lost Species [Slide Show]

  19-04-2017 14:00 via rss.sciam.com
  
  A new initiative sets out to find and save long-missing animals before they really disappear
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• Mystery Memory Loss among Illicit-Drug Users Spurs Health Action

  19-04-2017 13:00 via rss.sciam.com
  
  Do 13 cases of amnesia among opioid users suggest a more widespread problem?
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• Facebook reviewing reporting practices after killing posted online

  19-04-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The posting of a video showing a 74-year-old man's shooting death on Facebook is raising questions about whether social media sites and their users have a role to play in preventing real-world violence from finding an audience online.
  
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• Driving to the top of the world: Exploring Canada's new Arctic highway

  19-04-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  There are over a million kilometres of road in Canada, but hardly any have gone as far as our third coast — the Arctic Ocean. But that's about to change.
  
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• The story of our universe from the Big Bang to the present day

  19-04-2017 06:00
  
  (World Scientific) Astronomy has long been the domain of physicists, but scientists working within the rapidly growing field of astrochemistry are currently making great strides in revealing the chemical history of the Universe, from the spontaneous formation of the first chemical elements shortly after the Big Bang to the evolution of the complex planet we find ourselves on today.
  
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• Scientists studied the problem of hydrodynamic stability of Keplerian flow

  19-04-2017 06:00
  
  (Lomonosov Moscow State University) Researches from Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Lomonosov Moscow State University have focused their efforts on one of the major theoretical issues of modern astrophysical fluid dynamics, which is the stability of Keplerian shear flow of liquid or gas.
  
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• Newly discovered exoplanet may be best candidate in search for signs of life

  19-04-2017 06:00
  
  (ESO) An exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth may be the new holder of the title 'best place to look for signs of life beyond the solar system.' Using ESO's HARPS instrument, and other telescopes, astronomers discovered a 'super-Earth' orbiting in the habitable zone around the star LHS 1140. This world is larger and more massive than the Earth and has likely retained most of its atmosphere. This makes it one of the most exciting targets for atmospheric studies.
  
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• New study ranks hazardous asteroid effects from least to most destructive

  19-04-2017 06:00
  
  (American Geophysical Union) If an asteroid struck Earth, which of its effects -- scorching heat, flying debris, towering tsunamis -- would claim the most lives? A new study has the answer: violent winds and shock waves are the most dangerous effects produced by Earth-impacting asteroids.
  
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• NASA sees a well-defined center in Ex-Tropical Depression 02W's remnants

  19-04-2017 06:00
  
  (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA's Terra satellite passed over the remnants of Tropical Depression 02W as it continued to linger west of the northern Philippines on April 19.
  
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• NASA engages the next generation with HUNCH

  19-04-2017 06:00
  
  (NASA/Johnson Space Center) NASA is making sure the next generation of high school graduates understand the variety of career paths that can lead to missions exploring space. In fact, hundreds of students are already helping NASA's astronauts live and work aboard the International Space Station -- the orbiting research platform making discoveries that benefit Earth while developing the technology that will allow humans to live and work in deep space.
  
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• Media registration for Starmus Science Festival in Norway now open

  19-04-2017 06:00
  
  (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Forty-six scientists and deep thinkers, from economists to filmakers to cybersecurity and AI experts, will assemble for the week-long Starmus Science festival. The festival is focused on the theme of 'Life and the Universe,' and will be held the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway.
  
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• March participants interested in both promoting, defending science

  19-04-2017 06:00
  
  (University of Delaware) Encouraging science-based policies and defending science from political attacks are strong motivators for March for Science participants, according to a new University of Delaware Center for Political Communication survey. Fully 93 percent of respondents said 'opposing political attacks on the integrity of science' would be a very important reason for participating in a March for Science event; 97 percent named 'encouraging public officials to make policies based on scie
  
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• Living with a star: NASA and partners survey space weather science

  19-04-2017 06:00
  
  (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Storms from the sun can affect our power grids, railway systems and underground pipelines. NASA has long been a leader in understanding the science behind this space weather.
  
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• First evidence for higher state of consciousness found

  19-04-2017 06:00
  
  (University of Sussex) Scientific evidence of a 'higher' state of consciousness has been found in a study led by the University of Sussex.
  
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• Astronomers perform largest-ever survey of high-mass binary star systems

  19-04-2017 06:00
  
  (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) An international group of astronomers led by researchers at the University of São Paulo's Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics & Atmospheric Sciences (IAG-USP) in Brazil, have just identified and characterized 82 new high-mass binaries located in the Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
  
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