Old bird lays egg at 60

She’s the grand old lady of albatrosses, is still raising chicks and doesn’t look a day older than she did in 1956.

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• Birds benefit from mad cow disease

Birds benefit from mad cow disease

In a study described as a "striking illustration" of the long-distance links between a global trade disruption and impacts in the natural world, two Canadian scientists have connected the dots between the emergence of mad cow disease in Europe in the mid-1980s and a subsequent series of population spikes among grassland birds in southern Saskatchewan, Alberta and Ontario.

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Canadian museum to receive telltale fossilized microbe collection

The Canadian government will acquire a one-of-a-kind archive of the country's ecological history thanks to a U.S. scientist who has spent his career collecting thousands of lakebottom samples of fossilized microbes that represent a 50-million-year record of life, death and evolution in ancient Canada.

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• Scientists unveil arsenic-based bacteria

UK scientists warn of ‘dangerous over-reliance’ on GPS

Developed nations have become "dangerously over-reliant" on satellite navigation systems such as GPS, which could break down or be attacked with devastating results, British engineers said Tuesday.

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Biologist boosts endangered frogs' mating urge with 'love potion'

Endangered spotted frogs who are having little luck doing it froggy style are getting their sex lives boosted by a love potion.

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Canadian research aims to scan minds to determine security threats

Canadian defence researchers are investigating how brain signals might distinguish hostile intent from everyday emotions such as anger and fear.

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