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The controversy behind animal sentience
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NASA says no return date yet for astronauts and troubled Boeing capsule at space station
FILE - This photo provided by NASA shows the Starliner spacecraft docked to the Harmony module of the International Space Station, orbiting 262 miles above Egypt's Mediterranean coast, on June 13, 2024. (NASA via AP, File)
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Rescued loggerhead turtles set free on beach in Spain
People hold a loggerhead sea turtle with a satellite tracking device attached to it, before being released on a beach in the Mediterranean Sea, in Marbella, Spain, July 23, 2024. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
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New technology helps researchers trying to solve a Canadian mystery: the fate of the St. Lawrence Iroquoians
A collection of artifacts, including, rim and pipe bowl fragments from an Iroquois ceramic vessels and pipes, showing a modeled human face found in a 500 year old mantle site, an Iroquoian village in Stouffville Ontario, Canada. Photo By Deborah Baic 17/08/05
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Stegosaurus fossil fetches nearly $45-million, setting record for dinosaur auctions
A stegosaurus skeleton is displayed at Sotheby's New York in New York, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
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Amateur astronomer David Lane lived with his head in the stars and his heart on the water
Dave Lane
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Microplastics levels high in Toronto-caught fish
Fillets from fish caught along Toronto's waterfront have up to 12 times more microplastics per serving than some common store-bought alternatives, newly published research suggested, shedding light on the extent Lake Ontario's ecosystem has been polluted by the tiny particles of plastic. A fisherman casts on the shoreline of Lake Ontario in Scarborough, Ont., on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
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Scientists confirm a cave on the moon could be used to shelter future explorers
FILE - A plane passes in front of the moon, Aug. 30, 2023, in Chicago. Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon, not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago this week, and suspect there are hundreds more that could house future astronauts. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, file)
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He was orphaned in the Holocaust and never met any family. Now he has cousins, thanks to DNA tests
Shalom Koray poses for a picture with members of his extended family just after he met them in person for the first time on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, in North Charleston, S.C. Koray was orphaned during the Holocaust and never knew any of his relatives until a DNA test in 2023. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
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Crew of NASA’s earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year
In this image made from video provided by NASA, the crew members of the first CHAPEA mission, Kelly Haston, center, shakes hands with NASA Deputy Director Flight Missions Kjell Lindgren, second right, as other crew Ross Brockwell, emerges from their craft, Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth. The four volunteers crew members spent more than 12 months inside NASA's first simulated Mars environment at Johnson Space Center in Houston, coming out of the artificial alien environment Saturday. (NASA via AP)
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No, you don’t need to ‘detox’ your armpits. Here are six buys to control your B.O.
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In the battle over the Ontario Science Centre’s future, we must remember why it was built in the first place
Ivan Semeniuk
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Inside a New Brunswick mine, a beaver’s cadaver sprouts new life
Biologist Karen Vanderwolf during her latest visit to a dead beaver carcass sprouting mushooms in the depths of a New Brunswick mine.
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When heat waves strike, Environment Canada can link it to climate change — fast
People try to beat the 30 C heat in Montreal, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. The heat wave over Eastern Canada last week brought stifling conditions. It put pressure on the electricity grid. It broke temperature records. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Harmless asteroid will fly by Earth Saturday. Here’s how to spot it
In this artistic rendering, two asteroids fly past Earth. An asteroid will whiz harmlessly past Earth Saturday June 28, 2024. With the right equipment and timing, you just might spot it. Called 2024 MK, the space rock will make its closest approach to Earth at 9:46 AM EST (13:46 GMT) passing by at about three-quarters the distance from Earth to the moon. It was first spotted two weeks ago by South African astronomers and is about 120 to 260 meters (393 to 853 feet) wide. (ESA via AP)
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On the occasion of its birthday, here are some not-terrible things about Canada
Marsha Lederman
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Toronto councillors approve motion urging city to take control of Ontario Science Centre
Ontario is searching for a temporary home for the Ontario Science Centre at a fraction of the size of the building the province abruptly closed last week due to structural concerns. A general view of the Ontario Science Centre is shown in Toronto, Friday, May 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESSChris Young
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Head of the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg stepping down
The National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg on February 28, 2024. Shannon VanRaes/The Globe and Mail�
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MDA Space wins $1-billion contract to build Canadarm3 for NASA-led moon missions
MDA Space Ltd. has won a $1-billion contract with the Canadian Space Agency for the next phases of the Canadarm3 program.The Canadarm 2 reaches out to capture the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft and prepare it to be pulled into its port on the International Space Station Friday April 17, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/NASA
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The solar eclipse brought my neighbourhood some much needed awe
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