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How does the human body respond to rising temperatures? This one-of-a-kind lab in Ottawa is trying to find out
Research patient Lise Cloutier sits in a climate research chair of Dr. Glen Kenny, Full Professor of Physiology and Research Chair in Human Environmental Physiology at uOttawa in Ottawa, Ont. on Thursday, May 5, 2022. Spencer Colby/The Globe and Mail
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China launches mission to complete space station assembly
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Kids’ activity: How do vacuums work?
Car interior textile seats chemical cleaning with professionally extraction method. Early spring cleaning or regular clean up.
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Robotic buoys developed to help keep Atlantic right whales safe
In this June 29, 2021, photo provided by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, an acoustic buoy floats in the water off the coast of Ocean City, Md. Acoustic buoys are equipped with technology developed at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, that can detect, classify, and report the sounds of marine animals in near real-time. Woods Hole is working with a French shipping company to deploy more of the buoys to protect rare North Atlantic right whales. (Mark Baugartner/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via AP)
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Dominant coronavirus mutant contains ghosts of pandemic past
FILE - This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19. The coronavirus mutant that just became dominant in the United States as of May 2022 is a member of the omicron family. But scientists say it spreads faster than its omicron predecessors, is adept at escaping immunity and might possibly cause more serious disease. (Hannah A. Bullock, Azaibi Tamin/CDC via AP, File)
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Consumer sentiment in Canada posts biggest drop since pandemic onset amid inflation
People are shown in a shopping mall in Montreal, Saturday, January 15, 2022, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Moon to go red this weekend in total lunar eclipse
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Trudeau announces Moderna facility to be built in Montreal
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Mars rover captures moon Phobos eclipsing Sun
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Canadian author Emily St. John Mandel on creative recklessness, time travel and her favourite science fiction novels
Emily St. John Mandel poses for a portrait outside her Echo Park office on Wed., March 30, 2022, in Los Angeles, Calif. Photo by Morgan Lieberman/For The Globe and Mail
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McCall MacBain scholarship winners announced, in recognition of inspiring leadership and resilience stories
Emilee Bews, a recipient of McGill’s McCall MacBain scholarship "Emilee is completing a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Calgary. Connecting with her Indigenous heritage, she volunteers as an Indigenous student peer mentor and has previously served on Calgary's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Committee. During the pandemic, she facilitated creative writing workshops and developed summer camp programs for elementary school students. Emilee developed team leadership skills at a young age, having been promoted to swing manager at McDonald's at age 18. She carries these skills throughout her studies and current role as the Indigenous librarian assistant at the University of Calgary. After she graduates, she will pursue a Master of Arts in Education and Society at McGill."
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Chinese national sentenced to U.S. prison after pleading guilty to stealing trade secrets
Justice Department's Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division Matthew Olsen, right, and Eastern District of New York U.S. Attorney Breon Peace, left, arrive at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2022, to discuss recent law enforcement actions to address transnational repression. The Justice Department says a Chinese operative sought to undermine the congressional candidacy of a Chinese dissident in New York, including by seeking to uncover or even manufacture derogatory information that would cause him to lose the race. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Sanctions could imperil International Space Station, Russian space chief says
This Nov. 8, 2021 photo provided by The International Space Station pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour. The former head of the National Space Council tells The Associated Press, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, that tensions in eastern Ukraine – and heightened Western fears of a Russian invasion – should not have a significant impact on the International Space Station or U.S.-Russia cooperation in space. (NASA via AP)
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Former Humboldt Bronco Ryan Straschnitzki getting upgrade on spinal device
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Wild animals the latest frontier in COVID-19 fight
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36-million-year-old cetacean fossil found in Peru
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What the life of Soviet nuclear physicist Andrei Sakharov taught us about freedom and science
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