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• Experts caution on study citing method to predict sexual orientation

  08-10-2015 23:28
  (Reuters) - U.S. researchers on Thursday said they had found a way to predict male sexual orientation based on molecular markers that control DNA function, but genetics experts warned that the research has important limitations and will not provide definitive answers to a potential biological basis for sexual preference.
  
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• Stretching 2,689 miles, the world's longest coastal path opens in England

  19-03-2026 03:36 via bbc.com
  The King Charles coastal path will allow walkers right of access to the entire coast for the first time.
  
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• Higgs boson breakthrough was UK triumph, but British physics faces 'catastrophic' cuts

  18-03-2026 20:40 via bbc.com
  Britain is preparing to cancel its contribution to one of the Large Hadron Collider's next major upgrades.
  
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• Fly tippers face clearing up own rubbish as punishment

  18-03-2026 18:13 via bbc.com
  Fly tippers could face up to 20 hours of community service removing rubbish they have illegally dumped.
  
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• Science has an Epstein problem. Women in paleontology say it's a symptom of a deeper misogyny

  18-03-2026 09:00 via cbc.ca
  The names of hundreds of scientists have appeared in the Epstein files, including prominent dinosaur researchers. As the paleontology community reckons with the fallout of these revelations, women in the field say it's bringing to the forefront what they've known for years — that paleontology is ripe with abuse and harassment, and its institutions protect men at the top at the expense of women trying to build careers in spaces that treat them as disposable.
  
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• Dog owners to face unlimited fines if their pets attack livestock under new law

  18-03-2026 03:26 via bbc.com
  Police will have new powers to seize and detain dogs that have attacked or chased farm animals.
  
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• Moment suspected meteor is spotted over Ohio and Pennsylvania

  17-03-2026 21:46 via bbc.com
  The fireball, which Nasa confirmed to have fallen near Cleveland, broke the sound barrier and caused a kaboom as it landed.
  
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• Mayors to gain more spending power under Reeves tax plans

  17-03-2026 19:26 via bbc.com
  The chancellor sets out the government's plan for economic growth, which also includes closer ties to the EU.
  
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• Electricity demand, natural gas production and renewable power expected to soar by 2050

  17-03-2026 16:30 via cbc.ca
  Electricity demand is set to boom in Canada by 2050, according to new modelling from the national energy regulator released on Tuesday.
  
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• The unphosphorylated, closed form of ezrin binds to RNA to maintain a metastatic phenotype in osteosarcoma cells | Science Signaling

  17-03-2026 14:01 via science.org
  
  Unphosphorylated ezrin is not dormant but rather binds to RNAs to regulate transcription and translation.
  
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• Redox regulation of the transcription factor HAT1 limits basal defenses and promotes responses to infection in Arabidopsis thaliana | Science Signaling

  17-03-2026 14:01 via science.org
  
  The redox status of cysteine residues in a transcription factor balances plant defense gene expression.
  
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• Erratum for the Research Article “Caveolin-1–mediated internalization of the vitamin C transporter SVCT2 in microglia triggers an inflammatory phenotype” | Science Signaling

  17-03-2026 14:01 via science.org
  
  HomeScience SignalingVol. 19, No. 929Erratum for the Research Article “Caveolin-1–mediated internalization of the vitamin C transporter SVCT2 in microglia triggers an inflammatory phenotype”Back To Vol. 19, No. 929 Full accessErrata Share on Erratum for the Research Article “Caveolin-1–mediated internalization of the vitamin C transporter SVCT2 in microglia triggers an inflammatory phenotype”Scie…
  
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• Discussion over the future of Sark launched

  17-03-2026 13:45 via bbc.com
  Islanders are being urged to share their ideas on what matters most for them and their home.
  
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• Teens sue Musk's xAI over Grok's pornographic images of them

  16-03-2026 22:06 via bbc.com
  Musk's AI chatbot has created millions of fake sexualised images, experts say.
  
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• Ottawa puts $200M into space launch pad in Nova Scotia

  16-03-2026 16:31 via cbc.ca
  The federal government is putting $200 million toward a Canadian-owned launch pad to send satellites into orbit.
  
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• Elusive nightjar birds making remarkable comeback, conservationists say

  16-03-2026 12:13 via bbc.com
  An ecological survey has found 109 nightjar territories in the lowland heaths of east Hampshire.
  
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• Farmers 'hammered' by fertiliser and fuel rises

  16-03-2026 07:13 via bbc.com
  Andrew Williamson, who farms near Bridgnorth, says he is concerned how the Iran war is affecting prices.
  
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• Police-style powers to tackle fly-tippers being considered

  15-03-2026 11:41 via bbc.com
  The move would allow officers to search premises without a warrant, seize assets and arrest those suspected of criminality.
  
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• NASA's asteroid deflection test for planetary defence even more successful than we thought

  15-03-2026 09:00 via cbc.ca
  The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission not only altered an asteroid’s orbit but, for the first time, a new study shows we also successfully changed the asteroids' path around the sun.
  
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• Funding for green community initiatives

  15-03-2026 08:32 via bbc.com
  Staffordshire Moorlands District Council says projects can receive up to £5.000.
  
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• The astronaut who took one giant leap for Manx-kind

  15-03-2026 08:30 via bbc.com
  Retired astronaut Nicole Stott says being in space "does make you look at Earth differently".
  
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• Major hedgerow restoration project begins on farm

  15-03-2026 07:19 via bbc.com
  The restored hedgerows will boost wildlife and help farm productivity, says the National Trust.
  
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• Former dairy farm could become peat research centre

  14-03-2026 10:28 via bbc.com
  Honeygar Farm is one of the few areas in the UK that still holds deep lowland peatland.
  
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• How your smartphone could help unlock the mystery of the monarch butterfly's migration from Mexico

  14-03-2026 09:00 via cbc.ca
  A total of 160 monarchs across Mexico’s six butterfly sanctuaries have been tagged with new transmitters that will provide the most detailed look to date at the first leg of the the insects' migration back north.
  
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• How reintroducing beavers is changing our landscape

  14-03-2026 08:23 via bbc.com
  Four pairs of beavers were released into the Par and Fowey river catchment in February.
  
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• 'Carnage' unleashed on sleeping town when river hit 18-times normal level

  14-03-2026 08:19 via bbc.com
  Storm Claudia devastated residents in Monmouth, with many still living with the damage.
  
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• How astronauts deal with medical emergencies in space — and how scientists are working to prevent them

  13-03-2026 22:16 via cbc.ca
  Serious health issues could potentially become show stoppers for longer missions to the moon and Mars, so scientists are working hard to understand more about the health issues long distance astronauts may face, and how to deal with them if they come up.
  
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• Austrian glaciers disintegrating due to climate change, say scientists

  13-03-2026 20:09 via bbc.com
  Scientists say nearly all of the significant glaciers in the Austrian Alps have shrunk.
  
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• Oil giant forced to pay £6m after major spill

  13-03-2026 17:37 via bbc.com
  A major incident was declared when a leak occurred at a pipeline operated by gas company Perenco.
  
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• 3G pitch given approval despite pollution fears

  13-03-2026 14:46 via bbc.com
  A charity is worried about microplastics but a council says the plans follow environmental guidance.
  
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