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• Necropsies completed on North Atlantic right whales

  02-07-2017 21:00 via cbc.ca
  
  After performing three necropsies in as many days on North Atlantic dead right whales found floating in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, scientists have left western P.E.I. in order to analyze samples and determine what happened.
  
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• Hawking: Climate change a 'great danger'

  02-07-2017 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After President Trump withdrew from a climate agreement, Prof Hawking warns of the threat from global warming.
  
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• Hawking says Trump's climate stance could damage Earth

  02-07-2017 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stephen Hawking warns over Donald Trump's climate policy in a BBC interview marking his 75th birthday.
  
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• Canada isn't getting a national bird after all

  02-07-2017 17:37 via cbc.ca
  
  The Royal Canadian Geographical Society wanted the grey jay recognized as a national bird for Canada 150, but that isn't happening.
  
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• Chinese rocket launch fails one hour after lift-off

  02-07-2017 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A powerful rocket, the Long March-5 Y2, failed an hour after lift-off from Hainan island.
  
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• China's new heavy-lift rocket launch fails in flight

  02-07-2017 15:53
  
  BEIJING (Reuters) - China's launch of a new heavy-lift rocket, the Long March-5 Y2, carrying what the government said was its heaviest ever satellite, failed on Sunday, official news agency Xinhua said.
  
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• UK to withdraw from international fishing arrangement

  02-07-2017 15:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ministers say ending the arrangement will help the UK take back control of access to its waters.
  
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• Here’s how a child sees a Van Gogh painting

  02-07-2017 14:00
  
  Children’s eyes are drawn to vivid, bright and bold parts of Van Gogh paintings. But they can shift their viewing strategies with a little prompting, a new study suggests.
  
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• When day turns into night: Canadians, Americans prepare for total solar eclipse

  02-07-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A highly anticipated celestial event takes place in slightly less than two months. Here's what to expect from a rare alignment of the moon, sun and Earth that will produce a total eclipse over much of the United States.
  
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• UNIST receives funding for $4.5 million ITRC project

  02-07-2017 06:00
  
  (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology(UNIST)) South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology has embarked on a research project to develop a self-powered tracking device for bird flu outbreak prediction.
  
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• Under pressure -- Extreme atmosphere stripping may limit exoplanets' habitability

  02-07-2017 06:00
  
  (Royal Astronomical Society) New models of massive stellar eruptions hint at an extra layer of complexity when considering whether an exoplanet may be habitable or not. Models developed for our own Sun have now been applied to cool stars favoured by exoplanet hunters, in research presented by Dr Christina Kay, of the NASA Goddard Flight Center, on Monday 3rd July at the National Astronomy Meeting at the University of Hull.
  
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• The peace builders of Northern Kenya; Successful research led model spreads to other African nations

  02-07-2017 06:00
  
  (Terry Collins Assoc) An award-winning, research led model used to build and maintain peace between rival groups in Kenya is expanding through new African centers, beginning with Cote d'Ivoire, Tanzania and the Central African Republic.Founded by an Irish priest in the aftermath of deadly 2007-08 post-election violence (Kenya's next national elections take place Aug. 8), Nairobi-based Shalom Centre has successfully helped foster peace between 11 ethnic communities of Northern Kenya, where assaul
  
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• Milking it: A new robot to extract scorpion venom

  02-07-2017 06:00
  
  (Society for Experimental Biology) A new scorpion-milking robot designed to extract venom could replace the traditional manual method. Scorpion venom is used in medical applications such as immunosuppressants, anti-malarial drugs and cancer research, but the extraction process can be potentially life-threatening."This robot makes venom recovery fast and safe", says Mr Mouad Mkamel who designed the robot with a team of researchers from Ben M'sik Hassan II University, Morocco.
  
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• Keeping the heat out

  02-07-2017 06:00
  
  (King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)) Insights into the thermal behavior of metal nitride nanowires could open new avenues in optical electronics.
  
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• Delivery rates in IVF are affected by the age of the male partner

  02-07-2017 06:00
  
  (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) A few studies have found that the chance of natural conception can be affected by the age of the male partner, particularly in the genetic health of sperm cells, but the celebrity examples of Charlie Chaplin or Luciano Pavarotti have kept alive the notion that male fertility goes on forever. Now, a new study from the USA in IVF couples shows quite clearly that live birth outcome is clearly affected by the age of the male partner.
  
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• 'Brain training' app found to improve memory in people with mild cognitive impairment

  02-07-2017 06:00
  
  (University of Cambridge) A 'brain training' game developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge could help improve the memory of patients in the very earliest stages of dementia, suggests a study published today in The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology.
  
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• Photographer Ryo Minemizu finds the secret world of plankton

  02-07-2017 01:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Japanese underwater photographer Ryo Minemizu has photographed the plentiful but often ignored residents of the ocean.
  
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