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• As Japan sends a wooden satellite into space, experts say astronauts could one day live in wooden structures

  19-11-2024 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  After Japanese scientists launched the world's first wooden satellite into space last week, experts in Canada are proposing ways in which wood could become a bigger part of space exploration. 
  
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• Elon Musk launches Starship test flight with Donald Trump watching

  20-11-2024 00:26 via cbc.ca
  
  Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its sixth Starship test flight to space on Tuesday from Texas, eyeing an array of improvements on the rocket as U.S. president-elect Donald Trump watched in person.
  
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• TYK2 on tau | Science Signaling

  19-11-2024 15:01 via science.org
  
  The kinase TYK2 facilitates pathological tau assembly through protein-stabilizing modifications.
  
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• Repurposing colforsin daropate to treat MYC-driven high-grade serous ovarian carcinomas | Science Signaling

  19-11-2024 15:01 via science.org
  
  A drug that treats acute heart failure may also be used to treat an aggressive subtype of ovarian cancer.
  
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• Promiscuous Janus kinase binding to cytokine receptors modulates signaling efficiencies and contributes to cytokine pleiotropy | Science Signaling

  19-11-2024 15:01 via science.org
  
  Competition among JAKs for receptor binding may underlie cell type–specific differences in cytokine signaling.
  
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• Court won't overturn decision to cut quota from N.S., N.B. elver licence holders

  18-11-2024 20:18 via cbc.ca
  
  Three judges have delivered another blow to beleaguered commercial groups that fish for lucrative juvenile eels in the Maritimes, agreeing with a lower court ruling that upheld Ottawa’s 2022 decision to transfer a portion of their quota to First Nations without compensation.
  
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• Flatulence tax: Denmark agrees deal for livestock emissions levy

  18-11-2024 19:43 via bbc.com
  
  It is part of a wider plan to reduce emissions and pollution and restore natural habitat.
  
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• N.S. couple seeks to save dog from cancer using stem cell treatment only available in U.S.

  18-11-2024 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A couple's journey to try to save their dog from lymphoma is leading a Halifax-area veterinarian to look into a rare procedure only done in the U.S.
  
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• This company wants to cool the planet one balloon at a time. Some scientists aren't buying it

  17-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Luke Iseman and Andrew Song have a plan to cool the planet, inspired by a science fiction novel, using balloons full of heat-reflecting sulfur dioxide launched into the Earth's stratosphere. But some scientists aren't buying it.
  
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• Demolishing buildings is a waste. There's another way: deconstruction

  17-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Constructing buildings takes a lot of wood, metal, concrete and other valuable resources. Demolishing them generates a huge amount of waste and carbon emissions. But there's another way – what if they were "deconstructed" so the materials could be reused and recycled?
  
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• 'The sixth great extinction is happening', conservation expert warns

  17-11-2024 01:20 via bbc.com
  
  Conservationist Jane Goodall on the urgent need to turn the tide on climate change and nature loss.
  
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• Why is everything 'quantum' now?

  16-11-2024 17:30 via cbc.ca
  
  CBC News science specialist Darius Mahdavi takes a tour of UBC's Quantum Matter Institute to learn more about quantum science and how many of the experiments being done there could launch science and humanity into the unknown.
  
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• This Laurentian University researcher is collecting DNA from the air inside beehives

  16-11-2024 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A professor at Laurentian University will be putting honey bees to work to better understand how climate change is affecting different plants and pollinators across Ontario.
  
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• Volcanoes once erupted on the far side of the moon

  16-11-2024 11:06 via bbc.com
  
  Volcanic rock, dating back billions of years, has been detected in the first samples collected from the mysterious "dark side".
  
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• With more heat waves in our future, researchers say we need to look at clean cooling

  16-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  As we head into winter, it's unlikely Canadians are thinking about heat waves. But before we know it, summer will be upon us again, as will more extremely hot days. The challenge is, how do we stay cool in the future without contributing to climate change?
  
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• Tests show high level of 'forever chemicals' in Montreal firefighter bunker gear

  16-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The chemical cocktails that are emitted when modern homes burn, as well as foams used to extinguish fires, were long seen as the biggest hazards to firefighters. But firefighters increasingly worry that PFAS, which make firefighting gear more resistant to abrasion, heat and moisture, could also be hurting them.
  
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• Killing cancer cells with alpha particles could be the next frontier in treatment

  16-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadian cancer researchers are part of global efforts to test targeted alpha therapy, a new form of treatment that some oncologists believe is the next frontier in attacking cancer at the cellular level.
  
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• Blind and sighted people alike can learn to 'see' with echolocation, study finds

  15-11-2024 22:17 via cbc.ca
  
  Some people who are blind have been able to forego a walking cane by using echolocation instead to visually sense their world. Now in a new study, scientists discovered that sighted individuals can also gain this ability through training.
  
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• COP climate talks aren't working and need an overhaul, climate leaders say in letter

  15-11-2024 21:55 via cbc.ca
  
  A group of former leaders and climate experts say the annual UN COP climate talks are no longer fit for purpose and need to be reformed, publishing a critical open letter mid-way through what has so far been a fractious summit.
  
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• Samples from far side of the moon show history of ancient volcanoes

  15-11-2024 19:42 via cbc.ca
  
  The first surface samples retrieved from the dark side of the moon show that there used to be erupting volcanoes there, just as there were on the near side billions of years ago, according to new research.
  
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• COP29 hosts accused of detaining climate defenders

  15-11-2024 13:03 via bbc.com
  
  Human rights groups have called for a review of how countries are chosen to host the COP climate summits.
  
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• UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say key experts

  15-11-2024 12:35 via bbc.com
  
  Call for change comes after host country Azerbaijan's president calls oil and gas a "gift of God".
  
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• Surprisingly snuggly pythons upend what scientists thought they knew about snakes

  15-11-2024 00:07 via cbc.ca
  
  Ball pythons — long believed to be solitary creatures, and often kept as solo pets — seem to enjoy each other’s company, according to a new study out Ontario's Wilfrid University.
  
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• Data shows many Halifax lakes have high salt levels

  14-11-2024 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Halifax is exploring ways to limit the salt ending up in the region's waterways, after new data showed high levels of salinization in more than a dozen freshwater lakes.
  
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• #TheMoment a meteor lit up skies over parts of Alberta

  14-11-2024 04:14 via cbc.ca
  
  University of Alberta professor Chris Herd recounts the moment a meteor illuminated the skies over southern Alberta in the early morning hours.
  
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• Avian flu has been confirmed in Canada. What does that mean for you?

  13-11-2024 21:26 via cbc.ca
  
  Avian flu typically spreads between wild and domestic birds but can spread to other animals and people. There have now been more than 40 confirmed human cases in the United States, according to the Centre for Disease Control, most of which have been found in California. 
  
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• Avoid contact with sick or dead birds, health officials urge, amid concerns about avian flu

  13-11-2024 17:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Experts and health authorities say that while the risk of human infection with the H5N1 strain of the avian influenza remains low, people should avoid contact with sick or dead birds.
  
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• 1st case of H5N1 avian flu in Canada confirmed. Health Canada says there are vaccines

  13-11-2024 17:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Experts and health authorities say that while the risk of human infection with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza remains low, people should avoid contact with sick or dead birds.
  
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• 1st case of avian flu in Canada confirmed. Health Canada says there are vaccines

  13-11-2024 17:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Experts and health authorities say that while the risk of human infection with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza remains low, people should avoid contact with sick or dead birds.
  
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• 1st case of avian flu in Canada confirmed. Health Canada says it has stockpile of vaccines

  13-11-2024 17:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Experts and health authorities say that while the risk of human infection with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza remains low, people should avoid contact with sick or dead birds.
  
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