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• North Korean nuclear tests trigger earthquakes and fears of radiation leaks

  28-10-2017 21:00 via cbc.ca
  North Korea has experienced three earthquakes since the September 3rd nuclear test.
  
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• Octopuses 'walking out of the sea' on the Welsh coast

  28-10-2017 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Scores of the sea creatures are witnessed crawling out of the water at a beach in Ceredigion.
  
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• Maritime softwoods to decline due to global warming: federal study

  28-10-2017 15:31 via cbc.ca
  A new federal study says climate change in the Maritimes may lead to a gradual reduction in the growth of softwood trees, which are crucial to the region's pulp industry.
  
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• Magnificent Microscopy: Capturing the Hidden Beauty of the "Microenvironment"

  28-10-2017 15:00 via rss.sciam.com
  Nikon recently announced winners for the Small World photomicrography competition
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• Caimans helped out of a sticky situation in Brazil

  28-10-2017 12:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Animals have got stuck in mud after searching for relief from Brazil's prolonged drought.
  
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• 'One of our greatest challenges in the digital era': Worrying about democracy means thinking about Facebook

  28-10-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  Less than a year ago, the future of Canadian democracy seemed to hang on the question of electoral reform. In October 2017, the new concern might be Facebook.
  
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• Canadian astronomer spots 'visitor' from beyond our solar system

  28-10-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  No, it's not an alien, but we may have just been visited by something that originated beyond our solar system. For the first time, astronomers have observed something passing through our solar system that has likely travelled light years to get here.
  
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• Stephen Hawking gives talk on black holes at Oxford University

  28-10-2017 10:43 via bbc.co.uk
  World-renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking thrilled fans with a talk on black holes.
  
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• Mystery space object may be first confirmed interstellar visitor

  28-10-2017 05:03
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A small asteroid or comet that has been spotted racing through our solar system may have come from elsewhere in the galaxy, U.S. space scientists say, possibly marking the first such interstellar visitor observed from Earth.
  
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• Professor Stephen Hawking's PhD viewed two million times

  28-10-2017 03:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Cambridge University say the online repository has "never seen numbers like this before".
  
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• Breaking the sound barrier in the Supersonic Bloodhound jet car

  28-10-2017 01:00 via cbc.ca
  Fighter pilot Andy Green is trying to break the world land speed record he set 20 years ago. His goal: 1,600 kilometres an hour in a custom-engineered jet car.
  
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• A global chocolate shortage? Scientists race to beat the threat from climate change

  28-10-2017 01:00 via cbc.ca
  While kids are gearing up for Halloween, scientists are working to help cocoa farmers protect their crops from disease and the effects of climate change.
  
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• Facebook to use Canada as testing ground for new ad transparency features

  28-10-2017 00:07 via cbc.ca
  Social media giant says that starting next month Canadian users will be able click "View Ads" on a Facebook page to view what ads it is running on the main platform, as well as Messenger and Instagram.
  
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