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• What do we know about how female bodies deal with heat?

  14-09-2024 18:00 via cbc.ca
  
  As our world heats up, endocrinologists and researchers say there's still a lot to learn about how female bodies deal with extreme heat, especially in life-changing times like perimenopause or pregnancy. 
  
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• RFK Jr. wants to stop putting fluoride in drinking water. Here's what scientists say

  08-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  On day one of Donald Trump's presidency, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he'll be advising Trump to take fluoride out of public water. The former presidential hopeful — and prominent proponent of debunked public health claims — has described fluoride as "industrial waste."
  
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• 2024 ‘virtually certain’ to be warmest year on record

  08-11-2024 04:12 via cbc.ca
  
  Scientists warn that this year could end 1.5 C hotter than pre-industrial times, surpassing the current record of 1.48 C set just last year. Some experts now fear Donald Trump’s less-than-friendly stance on climate change could make the crisis even worse.
  
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• First ferret babies born from a clone bring new hope for their species

  06-11-2024 23:48 via cbc.ca
  
  Sibert and Red Cloud, black-footed ferret siblings at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, are the first members of an endangered species born to a cloned animal.
  
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• 'We basically lost everything': Bats force Sask. family to abandon house

  06-11-2024 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Rachelle and Kelly Swan bought their house in Spiritwood two years ago. They gave up their keys to the bank voluntarily in May, closing the door on the bat-infested house.  
  
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• Iceland looking to add space solar power to its sources of renewable energy by 2030

  05-11-2024 20:30 via cbc.ca
  
  The U.K. based aerospace company, Space Solar, plans to launch its space-based solar power plant by 2030 to deliver clean energy to Iceland, which is already a renewable-energy powerhouse.
  
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• The cancer risk of repeat RNAs | Science Signaling

  05-11-2024 15:01 via science.org
  
  Repeat RNAs reprogram tumor cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts in pancreatic cancer.
  
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• Extracellular proximal interaction profiling by cell surface–targeted TurboID reveals LDLR as a partner of liganded EGFR | Science Signaling

  05-11-2024 15:01 via science.org
  
  A modified form of TurboID identifies extracellular interactions between transmembrane proteins.
  
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• Mystery of blobs washing up on Newfoundland's beaches solved, as scientists pinpoint chemical

  05-11-2024 10:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Throughout the fall, unusual white blobs have been washing ashore on beaches in eastern Newfoundland. A Memorial University chemist says the substance is a type of pollution that shouldn't have been in the ocean in the first place.
  
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• Volcanic eruption in Indonesia leaves at least 10 people dead

  04-11-2024 14:15 via cbc.ca
  
  Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency said Monday that at least 10 people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widens on the remote island of Flores.
  
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• Volcanic eruption in Indonesia leave at least 10 people dead

  04-11-2024 14:15 via cbc.ca
  
  Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency said Monday that at least 10 people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widens on the remote island of Flores.
  
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• Opposition to seal ban grows within EU, where hunters alliance is optimistic rules will change

  04-11-2024 12:30 via cbc.ca
  
  A group representing hunters in the Nordic countries says it’s more optimistic than ever that the European Union will lift a longtime ban on trading seal products that deprived Canadian sealers of their primary market.
  
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• An underwater war story: See ships sunk by Hitler’s U-boats just off Bell Island

  04-11-2024 10:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Go beneath the waves and back in time to explore the incredible story of the German attack on Bell Island. In 1942, four merchant ships were sunk by Hitler’s U-boats, coming to a final rest on the ocean floor. Now, we’ve teamed up with historians and divers to take you on an underwater tour of the shipwrecks.
  
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• Two tornadoes touch down in rare event for New Brunswick

  03-11-2024 23:33 via cbc.ca
  
  Researchers say tornadoes in Harvey, Sheffield areas on Friday evening were record-breaking for the province.
  
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• William returns to 'special place' Africa for prize awards

  02-11-2024 23:41 via bbc.com
  
  The awards event in South Africa will have emotional connections for the Prince of Wales.
  
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• Politicians not ambitious enough to save nature, say scientists

  02-11-2024 16:57 via bbc.com
  
  Representatives of 196 countries have been meeting in Cali, Colombia, as part of the COP biodiversity summit.
  
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• Giant tadpole fossil is the oldest ever discovered

  01-11-2024 13:25 via cbc.ca
  
  Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a tadpole, which lived among the Jurassic dinosaurs 160 million years ago.
  
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• Green farming budget freeze 'will hit nature work'

  31-10-2024 14:47 via bbc.com
  
  Environmental groups warn that next year's farm payments budget will not be enough to protect nature.
  
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• Move aside, moose — a new study has found the most distinct animals in Canada

  31-10-2024 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  When we think of Canadian animals, the moose or beaver probably come to mind first — but according to a new study, the most distinct animals in Canada are creatures like the spiny softshell turtle and the mudpuppy, which both embody more than 150 million years of evolution.
  
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• Deadliest weather made worse by climate change - scientists

  31-10-2024 05:27 via bbc.com
  
  Human-caused climate change made recent extreme weather events more intense and more likely, new analysis finds.
  
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• Can a forest write a song? Ecuador copyright claim puts 'rights of nature' to the test

  30-10-2024 23:35 via cbc.ca
  
  Four songwriters have petitioned Ecuador’s copyright to recognize the Los Cedros forest as their official co-author.
  
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• Ancient oak named after a band is UK Tree of the Year

  30-10-2024 09:05 via bbc.com
  
  The Skipinnish Oak in Lochaber is at least 400 years old.
  
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• China declares success as its youngest astronauts reach space

  30-10-2024 07:16 via bbc.com
  
  The BBC’s Laura Bicker sees the Shenzhou 19 spacecraft take off in a record year of space exploration.
  
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• Extreme drought areas treble in size since 80s - study

  30-10-2024 01:15 via bbc.com
  
  Forty-eight percent of the world went through at least one month of extreme drought in 2023.
  
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• As the Arctic warms, some polar bears are being injured by painful ice buildup on their paws: study

  29-10-2024 23:58 via cbc.ca
  
  Researchers observing polar bears in two different populations in northern Canada and Greenland found that some of the bears were experiencing hair loss, gashes and ice buildup on their paws that, in some cases, seriously affected their mobility.
  
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• Nature presenter Chris Packham settles case over axing of green policy

  29-10-2024 19:54 via bbc.com
  
  The TV presenter says the previous Tory administration was "reckless" to scale back climate policy.
  
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• Microsoft, Google and Amazon turn to nuclear energy to fuel the AI boom

  29-10-2024 17:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Big Tech companies are investing in nuclear energy to meet the demands of generative artificial intelligence. But AI and climate change researcher Sasha Luccioni says it's actually the carbon footprint of AI that needs a closer look.
  
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• The de novo purine synthesis enzyme Adssl1 promotes cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac regeneration | Science Signaling

  29-10-2024 14:01 via science.org
  
  The repair of damaged heart tissue is supported by an enzyme critical for purine synthesis.
  
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• Neurons go antiviral | Science Signaling

  29-10-2024 14:01 via science.org
  
  A neuropeptide-receptor pair promotes the differentiation of TH1 cells and enhances their response to viral infection.
  
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• CXCR4 signaling determines the fate of hematopoietic multipotent progenitors by stimulating mTOR activity and mitochondrial metabolism | Science Signaling

  29-10-2024 14:01 via science.org
  
  CXCR4-induced metabolic changes cause myeloid skewing in lymphoid progenitors in a mouse model of WHIM syndrome.
  
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