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• Philippine typhoon toll hits 54 as floods shift

  22-10-2015 07:12
  
  The death toll from a ferocious typhoon in the Philippines climbed to 54 on Thursday, as home-wrecking floods shifted downstream to coastal villages, displacing tens of thousands of residents.
  
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• Out-of-this-world medical tech could boost health care on Earth, researchers say

  13-06-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The shift toward deep space exploration is set to bring new developments for Earth’s health-care systems, researchers say, including innovations such as portable medical technology and robotic care.
  
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• Elon Musk's stratospheric rise to trillionaire status - in charts

  13-06-2026 01:05 via bbc.com
  
  The BBC breaks down how the tech mogul's fortune has grown.
  
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• Elon Musk gets public trading of SpaceX under way from Texas

  12-06-2026 17:56 via bbc.com
  
  SpaceX founder Elon Musk said he gave the company "less than a 10% chance of succeeding at all" when it first started, and it is now going public "with the largest IPO ever".
  
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• What is the super new Moon?

  12-06-2026 17:30 via bbc.com
  
  A super new Moon is coming. While you won’t be able to see it, it's still going to have an impact. But, what exactly is it and what does it have to do with the tide?
  
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• The fight to stop animals dying in fishing nets

  12-06-2026 15:27 via bbc.com
  
  Thousands of sea mammals and birds are killed as a result of fishing nets every year.
  
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• First few days of new chicks hatched at osprey centre captured on camera

  12-06-2026 15:20 via bbc.com
  
  Six of the new chicks are from two pairs who can be seen at a centre in north Wales.
  
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• Comox Valley residents come together to halt spread of invasive American bullfrog

  12-06-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A group of residents in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island are coming together to remove invasive American bullfrogs in local lakes and water bodies, with tadpole trapping workshops starting this weekend.
  
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• Have you ever heard of Earthshine?

  12-06-2026 13:20 via bbc.com
  
  Sophia Herod looks at how the Moon can be lit by sunlight reflected from the Earth.
  
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• Bear wandering around with pipe stuck on head rescued by conservation officers

  12-06-2026 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The B.C. Conservation Service is not sure how the yearling got its head stuck in a stove pipe, but adds it is an important reminder to callthe service if you see an animal in distress.
  
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• 'I was employee number one at SpaceX'

  12-06-2026 11:59 via bbc.com
  
  The BBC's Michelle Fleury spoke to Tom Mueller, who was one of the company's founders alongside Elon Musk in 2002.
  
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• SpaceX kicks off wave of monster IPOs: What to know about companies going public

  12-06-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  IPOs like SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI have dominated headlines lately, as a number of high-profile private companies announced they will become publicly traded firms. The hype is hard to ignore — but could these IPOs fall flat?
  
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• El Niño is officially here, and scientists say it will be particularly strong with widespread impacts

  11-06-2026 17:49 via cbc.ca
  
  El Niño, nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists said Thursday.
  
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• Four days of extreme rain killed 7% of world's rarest orangutans, study says

  11-06-2026 17:02 via bbc.com
  
  Climate change-induced weather events are pushing orangutan populations to extinction, says a study.
  
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• El Niño under way and threatens weather extremes, scientists say

  11-06-2026 15:26 via bbc.com
  
  An El Niño event has officially started, say US scientists, raising fears of extreme weather and higher temperatures.
  
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• Tornado warnings risk being ignored if issued too broadly, Manitobans say

  11-06-2026 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Phones buzzed repeatedly across southern Manitoba with tornado alerts Tuesday night, even though the threat was far away for many who got the frequent alerts.
  
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• Like it or not, the ticks are advancing and Canadians will have to adapt

  11-06-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Climate change is pushing ticks into new habitats across southern Canada and experts say the pests could soon be bothering a majority of Canadians.
  
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• Pollution rules criticised for raising new home costs

  11-06-2026 07:43 via bbc.com
  
  Developers claim the rules will stop them from hitting housebuilding targets.
  
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• 'Worrying' pollution in Cotswolds river - volunteers

  10-06-2026 20:11 via bbc.com
  
  Volunteers record high phosphate and nitrate levels and call on the Environment Agency to investigate.
  
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• Squirrel poop dating back to last ice age is full of mammoth, horse DNA

  10-06-2026 18:48 via cbc.ca
  
  Scientists have reconstructed genomes of woolly mammoths, horses, steppe bison and ground squirrels that roamed the grasslands of the Canadian Arctic as far back as 700,000 years ago using DNA found in frozen squirrel poop from the Yukon.
  
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• Frozen squirrel poop from Yukon is a treasure trove of woolly mammoth, horse DNA

  10-06-2026 18:48 via cbc.ca
  
  Scientists have reconstructed genomes of woolly mammoths, horses, steppe bison and ground squirrels that roamed the grasslands of the Canadian Arctic as far back as 700,000 years ago using DNA found in frozen squirrel poop from the Yukon.
  
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• The world has a mosquito problem. Here's how scientists are trying to solve it

  10-06-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Infection rates for deadly mosquito-borne diseases are extremely low in Canada. But experts warn climate change and evolving environmental factors — including deforestation — are rapidly expanding the geographical range of the world's deadliest animal, and the way it lives and breeds.
  
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• Star Blanket Cree Nation welcomes return of bison with new herd

  10-06-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Star Blanket Cree Nation in Saskatchewan welcomed a herd of bison in May, one of many First Nations that are bringing the animal back to the Prairies and to their communities. Those now tasked with their care talk about what’s it like to carry the responsibility of the future for the bison and for their nation's connection to them.
  
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• CTE ruins lives but can’t be confirmed until you’re dead. Canadian scientists are trying to change that

  10-06-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Former soldier Brendan Hynes thinks he has CTE, but the devastating brain disease can’t be confirmed until after someone’s dead. Could cutting-edge Canadian research be the solution?
  
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• 'Our nature project has been amazing for wildlife'

  10-06-2026 07:26 via bbc.com
  
  Residents have spent the past year sowing wildflower meadows and encouraging no mow areas.
  
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• Women prepare for 'space jobs that don't exist yet'

  10-06-2026 07:21 via bbc.com
  
  Hundreds of women attend the annual AeroWomen women event in Yeovil.
  
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• Hundreds of twitchers flock to see African bird in UK for first time

  10-06-2026 07:12 via bbc.com
  
  It is the first time the African bird has been recorded in the UK.
  
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• Nasa reveals crew for Artemis III mission

  09-06-2026 20:44 via bbc.com
  
  The crew, who are all men, are scheduled to blast off in 2027 to test systems ahead of a planned Moon landing.
  
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• Nasa names next astronauts for Artemis Moon programme

  09-06-2026 19:46 via bbc.com
  
  Nasa names its next Artemis crew, though they will not be walking on the Moon or even going anywhere near it.
  
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• Nasa has named the Artemis III crew - what is their mission?

  09-06-2026 19:45 via bbc.com
  
  Artemis III will help test crucial systems needed for the planned Artemis IV Moon landing in 2028.
  
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