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• Some sunscreen ingredients may disrupt sperm cell function

  01-04-2016 06:00
  
  (The Endocrine Society) Many ultraviolet (UV)-filtering chemicals commonly used in sunscreens interfere with the function of human sperm cells, and some mimic the effect of the female hormone progesterone, a new study finds. Results of the Danish study will be presented Friday at the Endocrine Society's 98th annual meeting in Boston.
  
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• Meet 'Backpack', the chunky bear who won Fat Bear Week

  30-09-2026 15:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The brown bear, described by one supporter as having both the "chonk and the badonk", will shortly enter hibernation, which can last up to six months.
  
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• Only 28% of nurdles 'recovered', researchers say

  30-09-2026 14:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists predict that nurdles will continue to wash up on North East beaches.
  
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• Young minds develop ideas to tackle climate change

  30-09-2026 11:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sixteen teenagers take part in a hackathon to devise ways to combat issues such as light pollution.
  
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• Dead animals found in canal where children row

  30-09-2026 11:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Residents in Brentford raise concerns about sewage flowing into the local canal network.
  
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• Orionid meteor shower to streak across night sky this week

  30-09-2026 08:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Orionid meteor shower peaks in October as Earth passes through debris left behind by Halley’s Comet.
  
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• Watch: Moment a government building collapses into a river in Nepal amid floods

  30-09-2026 05:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The municipality building in Baglung was left teetering on an unstable ledge due to floods before it fell into a river.
  
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• Gold beetles to Darwin's finds - the 70 million museum artefacts going online

  30-09-2026 02:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 70 million specimens from 100 UK collections will be put into an online digital museum
  
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• Hull conference to discuss training space workers

  29-09-2026 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The event will bring together leaders from industry, education and the space sector.
  
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• Oura pulls $15bn stock market listing days after announcement

  29-09-2026 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The wearable technology company had been expected to list its shares in the US.
  
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• New tool measures real-world impacts of fossil fuel projects like N.L's Bay du Nord

  29-09-2026 15:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Australian researchers say they've built the world's first public tool for calculating how fossil fuel developments will affect the climate, and they're using the Bay du Nord offshore oil project as a test subject.
  
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• Hurricane Polo makes landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast

  29-09-2026 12:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The storm moved ashore on the Baja California peninsula, which is a popular tourist destination.
  
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• Lives 'will be lost' unless UK does more to combat wildfires, committee chairwoman says

  29-09-2026 12:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Baroness Brown says there must be better training and planning, after a record year for wildfires in England and Wales.
  
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• Warning more homes will be uninsurable due to flood risk

  29-09-2026 11:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aviva boss Amanda Blanc said England was "for sure" building homes that might be uninsurable at some point in the future.
  
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• Grave of boy who vanished at residential school found decades later, First Nation looks for others like him

  29-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The family of 11-year-old Johnny Kiyawasew, who never came home from St. Francis Xavier residential school, spent decades searching for answers. Now, Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation and the University of Alberta say they're doing extensive research to uncover the stories of other children like Johnny who went to residential school but never made it home.
  
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• Canada led a 2022 deal to protect the world's nature. Has there been progress since then?

  29-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada helped land a global agreement to protect nature in 2022. A new assessment shows how successful it's been.
  
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• 1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide is caused by infections, study suggests

  29-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  New global research suggests 12 per cent of cancers were caused by infections, predominantly caused by HPV and H. pylori
  
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• 1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide are caused by infections, study finds

  29-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  New global research suggests 12 per cent of cancers were caused by infections, predominantly caused by HPV and H. pylori
  
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• Watch: Bangkok locals create floating market during floods

  29-09-2026 08:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As sellers waded through floodwaters to sell produce like fish and vegetables from floating platforms and foam boxes, buyers walked or paddled between the makeshift stalls to buy their groceries.
  
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• Elephants may use medicinal plants to treat themselves and their babies

  28-09-2026 23:30 via cbc.ca
  
  A new study taps into local knowledge to identify dozens of medicinal plants used elephants in the Mount Elgon region of Kenya. However, scientists caution that more research is needed.
  
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• Watch: Starship splashdown ends in fireball

  28-09-2026 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The mission was supposed to last 10 hours, but SpaceX announced it was ending after 90 minutes.
  
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• SpaceX sends giant Starship into orbit for the first time but ends the flight early

  28-09-2026 18:18 via cbc.ca
  
  SpaceX launched its enormous Starship into orbit for the first time Monday and successfully delivered the most advanced Starlinks yet, but decided to cut short the flight.
  
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• Fossil found on Welsh beach ends 'confusion' over 200-million-year-old fish teeth

  28-09-2026 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fossilised teeth across Europe had been wrongly identified until the latest find in south Wales.
  
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• Watch: From launch to fiery splashdown, SpaceX's Starship completes orbit test

  28-09-2026 15:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A thunderous lift off, rapid satellite deployments and a fiery ending. That's how SpaceX's 14th launch of its Starship rocket panned out today.
  
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• North Atlantic right whales at greater risk of collision with boats at night: study

  28-09-2026 14:46 via cbc.ca
  
  A recent study has found that critically endangered North Atlantic right whales are feeding closer to the ocean’s surface at night, increasing their risk of being struck by boats.
  
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• Crows are being given naloxone after suspected drug overdoses in Prince George

  28-09-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The increased toxicity of the illicit drug supply has prompted public warnings in the north-central B.C. city.
  
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• Offshore wind plant to bring jobs boost to Montrose

  28-09-2026 13:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The new facility will manufacture parts for offshore wind farms in Scottish waters and for overseas markets.
  
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• Severe dust pollution blowing into Alberta community downwind of the oilsands, study warns

  28-09-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  New peer-reviewed research shows that Fort McKay, Alta. faces disproportionately high levels of dust pollution, frequently exceeding Alberta's regulatory guidelines for ambient air quality. Researchers say outdated monitoring standards leave the community vulnerable to intense spikes of contamination.
  
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• Astronaut chooses small-town Saskatchewan bison jerky to take to international space station

  28-09-2026 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  After approval through a NASA and CSA selection process, the food company based in Gull Lake will be supplying jerky for the four-person mission with a launch date of Oct. 1.
  
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• Speed over species? What experts are saying about Ottawa's new major projects bill

  28-09-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The federal government says the purpose of Bill C-39 is to make project decisions in one year. But tucked inside are a dizzying array of more than 300 clauses that amend more than a dozen separate pieces of federal legislation, including laws to protect species at risk, water quality and fisheries.
  
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