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• 'BPA-free' plastic accelerates embryonic development, disrupts reproductive system

  01-02-2016 16:35
  Companies advertise 'BPA-free' as a safer version of plastic products ranging from water bottles to sippy cups to toys. Yet a new study demonstrates that BPS, a common replacement for BPA, speeds up embryonic development and disrupts the reproductive system. The research is the first to examine the effects of BPA and BPS on key brain cells and genes that control organs involved in reproduction.
  
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• Bats can catch and eat birds mid-flight. A painter may have known that 400 years before scientists

  10-07-2026 18:17 via cbc.ca
  
  Europe’s biggest bat is capable of an impressively athletic feat: snatching birds out of the air and eating them, midflight — something a Flemish painter seems to have noticed hundreds of years before scientists.
  
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• China successfully lands the first stage of a rocket in reusability demonstration

  10-07-2026 18:06 via cbc.ca
  
  China successfully landed the first stage of a rocket after a launch on Friday in a breakthrough for the country's space program, state media said.
  
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• Ban breeding and entertainment as condition to ship Marineland whales to U.S., animal rights group urges

  10-07-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadian government permits allowing most of the 30 beluga whales at Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., to be shipped to U.S. aquariums should come with the condition that the whales aren't to be bred, a national animal law advocacy organization is urging.
  
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• China lands reusable rocket for first time, state media says

  10-07-2026 08:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It follows similar landings of reusable rockets by US-owned companies SpaceX and Blue Origin.
  
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• How a 40-year project helped save little terns

  10-07-2026 06:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The marine bird is threatened by high tides and beachgoers, but volunteers give a helping hand.
  
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• Great white shark gets up close and personal | The Moment

  10-07-2026 04:08 via cbc.ca
  
  Atlantic Shark Institute executive director Jon Dodd tells The National about the moment he captured a rare close up of a great white shark in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
  
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• UK bakes in 35C highs as heatwave to continue next week

  10-07-2026 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  On Thursday, temperatures exceeded 34C for the eighth day this year, breaking the previous record of seven days in a calendar year.
  
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• Pressure builds on Europe's biggest port to be greener

  10-07-2026 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A lawsuit demands that the Port of Rotterdam moves faster to cut its dependence on fossil fuel firms.
  
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• Canadians design bubbly floating solar for icy lakes

  09-07-2026 20:00 via cbc.ca
  
  In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we check out a new design for a floating solar system designed for Canadian winters, see how Toronto boosted cycling to cut traffic during the World Cup and learn how cities could recycle heat produced by data centres.
  
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• Viral squeaky frog now at risk of extinction

  09-07-2026 15:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A squeaky frog that became an internet sensation is added to a global list of species at risk of extinction.
  
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• Lynx reintroduction plans opposed by councillors

  09-07-2026 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northumberland County Council members oppose supporting any application to release lynx in the wild.
  
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• Taiwan braces for powerful typhoon after floods in China kill dozens

  09-07-2026 13:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Authorities in southern China said Thursday that 39 people have died in flooding from tropical storm Maysak, as Taiwan and China's east coast braced for another major storm expected to make landfall in the coming days.
  
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• UK heatwave spreads north and west as further heat health alerts issued

  09-07-2026 12:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  This year's third heatwave is one of the longest lasting heatwaves since the infamous year of 1976.
  
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• Don't stand in 'deadly' ocean in St. Vincent's, N.L., whale-watchers warned

  09-07-2026 10:30 via cbc.ca
  
  St. Vincent's residents are fearful of potential deaths, saying some whale watchers are ignoring warnings and stepping into dangerous waters.
  
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• A diarrhea-causing parasite has infected more than 1,000 in the U.S. Is it in Canada?

  09-07-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A diarrhea-causing parasite has led to a growing outbreak in the United States that has sickened more than 1,000 people and sent dozens to hospital.
  
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• 'It felt a bit James Bond': The mission to reintroduce a lost insect

  09-07-2026 07:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Species Recovery Trust hopes to reintroduce the New Forest cicadas not seen in UK since the 1990s.
  
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• Rare moth find in town park sparks hopes of others

  09-07-2026 07:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The six-belted clearwing is found by conservationists at Rough Park who hope to spot it elsewhere.
  
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• How beachgoers are turning snaps into science

  09-07-2026 07:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists hope to learn more about the impact of climate change on coasts through people's photos.
  
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• Spike in Vancouver coyote aggression due to human habituation, study finds

  09-07-2026 06:04 via cbc.ca
  
  A team of researchers at the University of British Columbia investigated 45 coyote attacks in Stanley Park between December 2020 and August 2021. Their research found the animals became habituated to people.
  
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• Amber heat health alerts in effect as UK set for one of longest-lasting heatwaves since 1976

  08-07-2026 20:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Temperatures are set to rise as high as 36C (97F) for parts of southern England this week.
  
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• U.S. government approves emergency rescue of belugas from Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont.

  08-07-2026 20:16 via cbc.ca
  
  The U.S. government has formally approved an emergency rescue of most of the beluga whales from Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., to aquariums in the United States.
  
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• Canada-wide nocturnal bird sound migration tracker takes flight

  08-07-2026 18:59 via cbc.ca
  
  A pair of UWindsor grad students are using AI software with 100 acoustic box recorders placed across country to identify and monitor how birds communicate and travel at night.
  
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• 'Extreme' marine heatwave expected for parts of UK

  08-07-2026 16:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists fear that high sea temperatures could have wide-ranging consequences for marine life.
  
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• Jackdaw owner says gas field will 'not materially influence' climate change

  08-07-2026 14:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The new assessment was required by the industry regulator, after it found several areas had not been adequately addressed in a previous submission.
  
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• Have you heard of Flying Ant Day?

  08-07-2026 13:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sophia Herod explains how it isn't a single day, but something that happens through the summer.
  
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• There's a great white shark in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Don't worry — it's normal

  08-07-2026 13:02 via cbc.ca
  
  A 730-pound shark named Bella was recorded near Quebec's Magdalen Islands, but experts say the sharks should be expected as "regular seasonal visitors" to the region as the great white population shows signs of recovery.
  
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• Disbanding of federal weather radar research group will hamper tornado-warning ability, experts say

  08-07-2026 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Federal government cuts to a weather radar research group will limit the ability of weather forecasters to spot coming tornadoes — like one that recently hit a Winnipeg neighbourhood without any advance alert being issued, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Manitoba warns.
  
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• Underwater images reveal 1st look at Quest, the final ship of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton

  08-07-2026 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  An expedition almost 400 metres below the surface of the Labrador Sea is revealing the first images of Quest, the sunken wreck of the ship that carried famed Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton on his final voyage.
  
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• We’re going to the moon to stay, and Canada stands to play an important role

  08-07-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada is stepping up to play an important role in the goal to return humans to the moon. In fact, Canadian tech is already there.
  
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