Youth rule digital work in Canada

The face of Silicon Valley North is a 28-year-old male graduate of a Canadian university who makes between $40,000 and $80,000 a year and has been employed by a digital, advertising or marketing agency for one to three years.

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End of Google's newspaper digitization effort disappoints originator of technology

Google's decision to end support for its newspaper archival services is distressing news for the Ottawa businessman who sold Google the technology to digitize records.

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Fault in Japan quake fractured in unusual way, scientists say

The catastrophe that struck Japan in March was triggered by a sequence of unusual geologic events, according to new research by a team of Stanford University and University of Tokyo scientists.

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Study saying extinction rate of species overestimated causes stir

A war of words is raging over a report that says species are not going to go extinct nearly as fast as predicted.

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• World's sixth known mass extinction may be under way, scientists warn
• Loss of bird species points to environmental crisis: Report
• Ancient volcanoes blamed for extinctions

NASA gives up on Mars rover Spirit recovery

NASA is giving up on recovering its Mars rover Spirit, which it said likely fell victim to the planet’s frigid winter after seven years of work, officials said on Tuesday.

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