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• High-Speed Stars Make Telltale Waves

  15-01-2016 13:20
  
  "Over the past year, we have identified hundreds of hot, massive star candidates streaming at supersonic speeds," William Chick said last week at a press conference at the 227th annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Kissimmee. Chick, a graduate student at the University of Wyoming, is part of a team of astronomers that pored through archived images taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Spitzer Space Telescopes in search of the wavelike structures, then i
  
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• Jade across the Rockies: New research on stone celt artifacts helps map Indigenous trade routes

  27-07-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  New research analyzing jade artifacts, unearthed east of the Rocky Mountains, sheds light on vast Indigenous trade networks that once cut across pre-colonial Western Canada.
  
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• Tick-borne illness on the rise in Nova Scotia

  27-07-2026 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  When Nova Scotia began listing anaplasmosis as a notifiable disease in 2023, it logged 317 cases. Last year, that number was 681.
  
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• Meteorites from viral June fireball event recovered from island in Lake Huron

  27-07-2026 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Scientists with Western University's Meteor Physics Group have verified that the fragments recently recovered from Cockburn Island in northern Ontario are meteorites from June 19 fireball event.
  
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• Fredericton backyards abuzz with an insect that's finally being tracked

  27-07-2026 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Equipped with insect nets, vials and a temperature-controlled cooler, Nature NB is searching across Fredericton this summer to document an important but not well understood neighbour: the native bumblebee.
  
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• Volunteer scheme credited with changing man's life

  27-07-2026 07:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Michael Reynolds, 27, says the scheme helps him to "get away from day-to-day life".
  
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• 'Off the scale' haul of nitrous oxide cans found

  27-07-2026 07:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Litterpickers say they found 82 in a day, and normally find between three and 12.
  
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• The nature reserve where 'magical' glow worms thrive

  27-07-2026 07:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The nature reserve in Sussex is seen as a 'stronghold' for the near threatened glow worm.
  
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• Littering fines draw in almost £100k across county

  27-07-2026 07:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New figures reveal which councils in Cambridgeshire have issued the most fines for littering.
  
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• Why scientists watched grass grow for 170 years

  27-07-2026 07:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Started by Victorians, Rothamsted Research are monitoring how grass grows.
  
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• Macron calls crisis meeting as wildfires threaten Bordeaux and heatwave looms

  27-07-2026 04:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Blazes are about 15km from Bordeaux, but the city's mayor says there are no plans to evacuate.
  
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• Firefighters battle wildfire as tens of thousands evacuated near Bordeaux

  26-07-2026 20:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 330,000 people have now been evacuated from wildfires across France and Spain.
  
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• Winnipeg couple becomes unwitting hosts to 'musical roommates' as threatened chimney swifts move in

  26-07-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Chimney swifts, a threatened migratory bird species, have taken up residence in a Winnipeg couple's 91-year-old home.
  
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• Scientists just found sugar in space. Here's why that matters

  26-07-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  It's a sweet discovery that has the science world talking — and may help us better understand the origins of life on Earth.
  
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• 'It's like having an amusement park and not opening it' - algae closures take toll

  26-07-2026 09:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There are currently 245 algae blooms across water systems in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Nasa boss praises rise of women in science

  26-07-2026 07:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dr Nicola Fox says she was one of four women on her science course at university in the 1991.
  
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• More than 300,000 flee wildfires in France and Spain

  26-07-2026 02:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Spain's PM warns of "complex hours" ahead as authorities in France say they are far from bringing blazes burning near Bordeaux under control.
  
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• How to see July's full Buck Moon as it rises in the night sky

  26-07-2026 02:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  July's full Moon, know as the Buck Moon, is set to light up the night sky next week.
  
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• Waymo’s driverless cars involved in 68% fewer crashes than human drivers, U.S. study finds

  25-07-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Waymo driverless cars were involved in 68 per cent fewer crashes than human drivers over a three-year period across four U.S. cities, according to new data from the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
  
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• Tornado warnings are rising faster than actual tornadoes. Is that a good thing?

  25-07-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  If you feel like you've been inundated with tornado warnings this year, it's not just you. Canada is not only on track for a record-setting tornado year, but warnings from Environment and Climate Change Canada are outpacing the twisters.
  
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• It's the cocktail taking young drinkers by storm - but the packaging is 'unrecyclable'

  25-07-2026 08:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BuzzBallz cannot be recycled because the metal lid and plastic body are attached, say experts.
  
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• More than 220,000 evacuated in France and Spain due to wildfires

  25-07-2026 04:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  French firefighters battle a blaze heading towards Bordeaux while officials in Madrid say they face the "worst fire in the history of the region".
  
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• Watch: SpaceX's successful test flight and splashdown for Starship

  25-07-2026 02:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The megarocket pulls off a soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean an hour after launch.
  
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• Parks Canada charges hikers after grizzly bear run-in with off-leash dog in Banff National Park

  25-07-2026 00:13 via cbc.ca
  
  A pair of hikers with an off-leash dog were charged after coming close to a well-known grizzly bear on a popular hiking trail in Banff National Park.
  
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• Are BuzzBallz actually recyclable?

  25-07-2026 00:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BuzzBallz cannot be recycled as the metal lid and plastic body are attached, say experts.
  
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• 'Buck Moon' set to light up sky

  24-07-2026 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  July's full Moon is set to be a special one - Sophia Herod explains why.
  
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• Rain returns for some parts of the UK

  24-07-2026 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rain is returning for some of us this weekend – but is it enough for places that have seen little or now rain for weeks?
  
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• Tens of thousands evacuated from French tourist spot and near Madrid as wildfires spread

  24-07-2026 16:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The fire has raged in the region for several days with officials now ordering the evacuation of the entire Cap Ferret peninsula.
  
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• Orcas filmed smashing sunfish to smithereens

  24-07-2026 16:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Orcas in the Gulf of California have been filmed teaming up to smash dead sunfish to pieces. In a new study, researchers speculate why they might be doing this.
  
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• Orcas filmed smashing dead sunfish to smithereens

  24-07-2026 16:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Orcas in the Gulf of California have been filmed teaming up to smash dead sunfish to pieces. In a new study, researchers speculate why they might be doing this.
  
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