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Massive Antarctic IceCube to help search for dark matter
An extraordinary underground observatory for subatomic particles has been completed in a huge cube of ice one kilometre on each side deep under the South Pole, researchers said.
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Siberia discovery sheds light on previously unknown branch of the human family
A single tooth and a finger bone found in a Siberian cave have led to a startling discovery about a previously unknown branch of the human family, according to a landmark study published Wednesday by an international team of researchers, including a Canadian scientist.
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British eight-year-olds publish study in top science journal
A group of British children aged between eight and 10 had their school project on bees published by the prestigious Royal Society in a world scientific first, the society said Wednesday.
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Arctic shipwreck on Top 10 list
This summer's discovery of the 19th-century wreck of the HMS Investigator, announced in July by a team of Parks Canada researchers scanning Arctic waters off Banks Island, has been named one of the 10 most important archeological finds of 2010 by the world's leading publication in the field.
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Infant mammoths kept on mom's milk longer to stay safe: Study
Canadian scientists probing woolly mammoth teeth unearthed in northern Yukon have solved a mystery about the ancient species' mothering habits, producing possible new clues about the creature's extinction 10,000 years ago.
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Japan bio-scientists produce ‘singing mouse’
Japanese scientists said Tuesday they had produced a mouse that tweets like a bird in a genetically engineered "evolution" which they hope will shed light on the origins of human language.
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New mistletoe species found in time for Christmas
Scientists have discovered a new tropical species of mistletoe, the plant under which revellers traditionally kiss at Christmas, Britain’s Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew said Monday.
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Graham Thomson
Premier Stelmach's 'annus horribilis'
For Premier Ed Stelmach, 2010 has been -- to borrow a term used by the Queen in 1992 -- an "annus horribilis."
Susan Martinuk
Christmas is a choice that leads to reconciliation
1914. The world was at war, awash in the violence and horror of men slaughtering each other in a desperate search for peace.
Bishop Fred Henry
Message from Calgary Bishop Fred Henry: Christmas presents and Christmas presence
We should not neglect works of imagination that attempt to infuse the popular mind with the Christmas spirit. When Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol, he intended to redeem the bleak work ethic of Victorian England with a renewal of Christian charity, just as in the wake of the Great Depression Frank Capra sought with It's a Wonderful Life to revive a sense of community and the common good. Transforming imaginations is integral to incarnation. We who are the church -- especially artists, writers, filmmakers, advertisers and broadcasters -- need to do today what Dickens and Capra did for their times.
Don Braid
Braid: Stakes are high for ambitious Ted Morton in Highwood fight
Finance Minister Ted Morton is about to launch an epic political battle -- but who's the real opponent, Danielle Smith or Ed Stelmach?
