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'No threat': Civil liberties groups support Chelsea Manning's bid to cross Canadian border
A Canadian lawyer representing Chelsea Manning has formally requested the Canadian government rethink its decision to block the whistleblower from entering the country. More
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Environment Canada scales back climate measurements at Alert due to staff shortage
Canada’s northernmost federal weather and research station is scaling back some environmental measurements and may suspend others for six months due to a staff shortage, CBC News has learned. Scientists say that will leave a permanent gap in records needed to understand global climate change. More read comments
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Right whales could be 20 years away from certain extinction, scientists say
Scientists at an annual meeting for North Atlantic right whales estimate the species has a little over two decades left to survive unless changes are made immediately. More
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Internet security
Canada's 'super secret spy agency' is releasing a malware-fighting tool to the public
'This is something new for CSE,' says the agency, which is trying to shed its old reputation
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Disabled Chinese space lab likely to crash to Earth in coming months
8-tonne Tiangong-1 not expected to pose threat when it re-enters Earth’s atmosphere between now and April
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AI
Researchers say it's time to crack open AI 'black boxes' and look for the biases inside
It's becoming more difficult to understand and challenge algorithms that make big decisions in our lives
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Champagne kilonova
5 things about a crash that made gravitational waves
Among 5 fascinating facts: A planet's worth of gold and a baby black hole
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Blog
Hydrothermal vents found on Mars raise hope in search for life
Earth's hydrothermal vents, where life may have started, face new threats
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Wi-Fi bug
Flaw lets hackers read data over secure Wi-Fi
Bug found in WPA2 protocol, which secures communications between routers or hotspots and devices
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Gravitational Waves
Astronomers see source of gravitational waves for 1st time
Wave created by 2 merging neutron stars in galaxy 130 million light years from Earth
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AI
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Nobel laureate tells science like it is
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Oldest life
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Online bias
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Particles
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