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• Florida man tries to kiss rattlesnake; gets bitten

  17-05-2017 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "One boy said: I'm going to kiss it in the mouth," the snake's owner said.
  
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• When it’s hot, plants become a surprisingly large source of air pollution

  17-05-2017 23:33
  
  During a heat wave, trees and shrubs can sharply raise ozone levels, a new study shows.
  
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• Google unveils latest apps, updates and services

  17-05-2017 21:43 via cbc.ca
  
  Google provided a look at its latest digital offerings, with a heavy focus on its efforts to extend artificial intelligence features into more of its apps and services.
  
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• WannaCry sheds light on where malware might attack next

  17-05-2017 20:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Hundreds of thousands of computers around the world have been infected by ransomware in the past few days. CBC tech columnist Dan Misener looks at where the next big attack could take place.
  
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• Orangutans take motherhood to extremes, nursing young for more than eight years

  17-05-2017 20:46
  
  Weaning in orangutans has been tricky to see in the wild, so researchers turned to dental tests to reveal long nursing period.
  
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• Discovery of hot water in New Zealand fault line has energy potential

  17-05-2017 20:32 via cbc.ca
  
  When researchers in New Zealand drilled deep into an earthquake fault, they stumbled upon a discovery they say could provide a significant new energy source for the South Pacific nation.
  
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• Climate change threatening some migratory birds that breed in Canada

  17-05-2017 19:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Imagine a day when the familiar bird calls of spring are no more. This could become a reality in the face of climate change, new research suggests.
  
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• Pushy AI Bots Nudge Humans to Change Behavior

  17-05-2017 19:00 via rss.sciam.com
  
  Researchers use artificially intelligent bot programs to stimulate collaboration and make people more effective
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• Tyrannosaurus rex could bite with the force of three cars

  17-05-2017 18:54 via cbc.ca
  
  Scientists have come up with one more reason to be amazed by Tyrannosaurus rex. When the huge carnivorous dinosaur took a bite, it did so with an awe-inspiring force equal to the weight of three small cars, enabling it to crunch bones with ease.
  
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• Tyrannosaurus rex could bite with the force of 3 cars

  17-05-2017 18:54 via cbc.ca
  
  Scientists have come up with one more reason to be amazed by Tyrannosaurus rex. The huge carnivorous dinosaur took a bite with an awe-inspiring force equal to the weight of three small cars, enabling it to crunch bones with ease.
  
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• Jeremy the snail still lonely after potential suitors only have eyestalks for each other

  17-05-2017 18:16 via cbc.ca
  
  Efforts to find Jeremy the snail a compatible mate have backfired after its two suitors instead opted to copulate with each other.
  
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• Trudeau to promote Canadian tech, lure foreign investment at Microsoft summit

  17-05-2017 17:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to pitch major multinational companies on benefits of investing in Canada's technology sector on Wednesday.
  
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• Jumping genes are part of all that makes us human

  17-05-2017 17:00
  Ask 10 people what makes humans human and you’ll probably get 10 different answers — and then some.
  
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• Readers ponder the randomness of DNA errors

  17-05-2017 16:49
  Readers sent feedback on cellular slip-ups, moon mayhem and more.
  
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• Over 220,000 young Chinook to be released to help B.C.'s endangered orcas

  17-05-2017 15:50 via cbc.ca
  
  It's a project started by a group of B.C fishermen that's expected to turn big results in a few years time.
  
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• A creepy solution

  17-05-2017 14:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What are the options for tackling antibiotic resistance?
  
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• Chaco Canyon’s ancient civilization continues to puzzle

  17-05-2017 13:00
  
  A dynasty may have risen from the dead in an ancient Chaco great house.
  
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• Can Plants Hear?

  17-05-2017 12:45 via rss.sciam.com
  
  Flora may be able to detect the sounds of flowing water or munching insects
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• Bell breach may have exposed over 1 million new email addresses to phishing and spam

  17-05-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  According to one estimate, 60 per cent of the leaked email addresses haven't appeared in prior data breaches, giving attackers a potential source of new data.
  
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• The Gruber Foundation awards $1.5 million in prizes to 3 top scientists

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  (Yale University) The Gruber Foundation will award $1.5 million to an astronomer who explores populations of distant stars, a biologist who investigates how cells repair damaged DNA, and a neuroscientist who studies the formation of synapses that facilitate sight, the foundation announced May 17.
  
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• Space weather events linked to human activity

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Human activities, like nuclear tests and radio transmissions, have been changing near-Earth space and weather, and have created artificial radiation belts, damaged satellites and induced auroras.
  
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• NASA's Van Allen Probes spot man-made barrier shrouding Earth

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Humans have long been shaping Earth's landscape, but now scientists know that we also can shape our near-space environment with radio communications, which have been found to interact with particles in space.
  
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• NASA annual Arctic ice survey expanded range this year

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Operation IceBridge, a NASA airborne mission that monitors changes at the Earth's poles, concluded its 2017 spring Arctic campaign on May 12. This field campaign has greatly expanded the survey's reach across the Arctic Basin.
  
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• First direct exploration of magnetic fields in the upper solar atmosphere

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  (National Institutes of Natural Sciences) Scientists have explored the magnetic field in upper solar atmosphere by observing the polarization of ultraviolet light with the CLASP sounding rocket experiment during its 5-minute flight in space on Sept. 3, 2015. The data show that the structures of the solar chromosphere and transition region are more complicated than expected. It is proven that ultraviolet spectropolarimetry can be used in future investigations of the magnetic fields in upper solar
  
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• Cities need 'hedges as well as trees' for environment

  17-05-2017 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists suggest smaller plants are better at absorbing air pollution around tall buildings.
  
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• Higher temperatures could trigger an uptick in damselfly cannibalism

  17-05-2017 01:05
  
  Experiments in the lab suggest that increases in temperature could indirectly lead to an increase in cannibalistic damselfly nymphs.
  
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