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• Milky Way’s loner status is upheld

  07-06-2017 23:47
  
  Galaxy surveys show the Milky Way lives in a vast cosmic void, which could help ease tensions between ways of measuring how fast the universe is expanding.
  
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• Einstein's theory provides new technique to size up stars

  07-06-2017 23:40
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronomers have found a new application for Albert Einstein's century-old theory of relativity - using it to directly measure the size of a star beyond the sun. 
  
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• Tracking ticks: New study forecasts spread of Lyme disease in Eastern Canada

  07-06-2017 23:33 via cbc.ca
  
  If you live in an area that hasn't encountered blacklegged ticks yet, don't get too comfortable.
  
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• Canada's 2 newest astronauts to be revealed within weeks

  07-06-2017 22:25 via cbc.ca
  
  ​Canadians will find out within the next month the identity of the country's two newest astronauts.
  
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• NASA announces 12 new astronauts

  07-06-2017 21:29 via cbc.ca
  
  ​NASA has chosen 12 new astronauts from its biggest pool of applicants ever.
  
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• Moroccan fossils shake up understanding of human origins

  07-06-2017 19:20
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The understanding of human origins was turned on its head on Wednesday with the announcement of the discovery of fossils unearthed on a Moroccan hillside that are about 100,000 years older than any other known remains of our species, Homo sapiens.
  
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• 'First of our kind' found in Morocco

  07-06-2017 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fossils of modern humans uncovered in north Africa are at least 300,000 years old.
  
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• The oldest Homo sapiens: Fossils found in Morocco date back 300,000 years

  07-06-2017 19:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A recent finding of human bones dating back 300,000 years calls into question the belief that modern humans evolved in east Africa, researchers say.
  
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• Oldest known Homo sapiens fossils come from northern Africa, studies claim

  07-06-2017 19:00
  
  Moroccan fossils proposed as oldest known H. sapiens, from around 300,000 years ago.
  
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• Einstein’s light-bending by single far-off star detected

  07-06-2017 17:15
  
  A measurement so precise Einstein thought it couldn't be done has demonstrated his most famous theory on a star outside the solar system for the first time.
  
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• Apple to make it easier to fix cracked iPhone screens

  07-06-2017 16:07 via cbc.ca
  
  Apple customers will soon have more choices as the company looks to reduce long wait times for iPhone repairs at its retail stores.
  
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• After Trump's Paris pullout, MPs line up behind climate change accord

  07-06-2017 15:49 via cbc.ca
  
  The Liberals are leaning into this moment of Trump-era climate politics - and in so doing, they seem to want to test the Conservative opposition.
  
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• Living Large: How Whales Got to Be So Enormous

  07-06-2017 12:45 via rss.sciam.com
  
  A new theory traces their gargantuan size to changing food sources during ice ages
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• Paris pollution victim sues France for bad air

  07-06-2017 11:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parisian Clotilde Nonnez has lived in the capital for 30 years and has seen her health deteriorate.
  
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• British ice station on the move

  07-06-2017 09:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Halley VI Research Station was moved more than 20km across the ice sheet.
  
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• Big move

  07-06-2017 09:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The permanent reoccupation of the UK's Halley station depends on how an ice crack develops.
  
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• Antarctic base waits on 'Halloween' crack

  07-06-2017 09:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The permanent reoccupation of the UK's Halley station depends on how an ice crack develops.
  
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• This week from AGU: Offshore wind turbines vulnerable to Category 5 hurricane gusts

  07-06-2017 06:00
  
  (American Geophysical Union) Offshore wind turbines built according to current standards may not be able to withstand the powerful gusts of a Category 5 hurricane, creating potential risk for any such turbines built in hurricane-prone areas, according to a new study in Geophysical Research Letters.Plus, more weekly news from GeoSpace and EOS.
  
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• New confirmation of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity

  07-06-2017 06:00
  
  (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) Albert Einstein predicted that whenever light from a distant star passes by a closer object, gravity acts as a kind of magnifying lens, brightening and bending distant starlight. Yet, Einstein added, 'There is no hope of observing this phenomenon directly.' Now, Kailash C. Sahu and colleagues have done just that. Terry Oswalt of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University says the discovery opens a new window to understanding 'the history and evolution of galaxies
  
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• High-pressure experiments solve meteorite mystery

  07-06-2017 06:00
  
  (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) With high-pressure experiments at DESY's X-ray light source PETRA III and other facilities, a research team has solved a long standing riddle in the analysis of meteorites from Moon and Mars. The study can explain why different versions of silica can coexist in meteorites, although they normally require vastly different conditions to form. The results also mean that previous assessments of conditions at which meteorites have been formed have to be carefull
  
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• Einstein's 'impossible hope' comes true: Weighing a star with gravity

  07-06-2017 06:00
  
  (American Association for the Advancement of Science) A little more than 100 years after Einstein developed his theory of general relativity, researchers have used its laws to observe something the iconic scientist claimed, in a 1936 Science paper, 'there [was] no hope of observing ... directly.'
  
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• Drone research attracts Leverhulme Trust research fellowship success

  07-06-2017 06:00
  
  (Lancaster University) With the advent of drones to deliver parcels to homes in the UK, an expert at Lancaster University is set to gauge the impact of atmospheric technologies on our lives and on our airspace.Funding for the study entitled 'Opening the drone code: the privatisation of the atmosphere in the UK' has just been announced by the Leverhulme Trust this week.
  
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• Climate change misconceptions common among teachers, study finds

  07-06-2017 06:00
  
  (University of Missouri-Columbia) A new study by Mizzou education researchers shows that many secondary school science teachers possess climate change misconceptions similar to average Americans.
  
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• China making 'preliminary' preparations for manned lunar mission

  07-06-2017 02:29
  
  BEIJING (Reuters) - China is making "preliminary" preparations to send a man to the moon, state media cited a senior space official as saying, the latest goal in China's ambitious lunar exploration program.
  
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• Study casts doubt on the idea of 'big fluffy T. rex'

  07-06-2017 01:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Evidence suggests the dinosaur had scales rather than feathers or fluff, as some have speculated.
  
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• 'I really want to touch it': U of A experts discover dinosaur skin fossils

  07-06-2017 01:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Members of an international research team, including palaeontologists from the University of Alberta, know what it's like to touch a Tyrannosaurus rex.
  
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• Even moderate drinking linked to changes in brain structure, study finds

  07-06-2017 00:34
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Drinking even moderate amounts of alcohol is linked to changes in brain structure and an increased risk of worsening brain function, scientists said on Tuesday.
  
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