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Michelle Obama's Speech for the Ages
The First Lady took to the stage at the Democratic National Convention, and united a divided hall.
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How North America got its shape - Peter J. Haproff
North America didn’t always have its familiar shape, nor its famed mountains, canyons, and plains: all of that was once contained in an unrecognizable mass, buried deep in Rodinia, a huge supercontinent that lay on the face of the Earth. Peter J. Haproff explains how it took millions of years and some incredible plate tectonics to forge the continent we know today.
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A Secret Forest Grew for Millennia in North America Without Anyone Noticing
Doug Larson was not looking for old trees. The ecologist started working on the cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment because, like the tundra where he had studied mosses and lichens, they were relatively untouched by humans. It didn't hurt, either, that his new research spot was close to his home in Guelph, Canada, a university town just over an hour west of Toronto.
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China’s Rich Kids Head West
Why the country’s new élite is anxious to get out.
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Satellite images show fuel trucks at North Korea launch site
Satellite images taken this week of North Korea's Sohae rocket launch site show apparent fueling activity seen in the past one to two weeks before a rocket launch, a U.S. think tank said on Friday. North Korea has told U.N. agencies it will launch a rocket carrying what it called an earth observation satellite some time between Feb. 8 and Feb. 25, triggering international opposition from governments that see it as a long-range missile test.
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The Zika virus foreshadows our dystopian climate future
The mosquito-borne disease shows that pushing the limits of the planet’s ecology has become dangerous in novel ways. By Bill McKibben.
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US Faces $1 Billion in Trade Penalties for Meat Labels
The World Trade Organization ruled Monday that Canada and Mexico can slap more than $1 billion in tariffs on U.S. goods in retaliation for meat labeling rules it says discriminated against Mexican and Canadian livestock.
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Bringing Back the American Chestnut
Chuck Leavell of the Rolling Stones is helping raise awareness about the once-common tree that scientists are working to restore. (And you can help too.)
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Meet the Largest Owl Species in North America
This huge gray owl species is the largest, but not in the way you might think.
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West Nile Virus Still Wiping Out Birds Across North America
Researchers struggle to explain pathogen’s persistence
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Infographic: 730 North American Birds In A Single Chart
Pop Chart Labs' latest looks like it came off the wall of a science class in the 1970s.
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22nd October 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis
In a televised speech of extraordinary gravity, President John F. Kennedy announces that U.S. spy planes have discovered Soviet missile bases in Cuba. These missile sites—under construction but nearing completion—housed medium-range missiles capable of striking a number of major cities in the United States, including Washington, D.C.
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Moose Populations on Alarming Decline in North American Parks
The iconic moose is disappearing from many protected areas in North America, as an alarming number of calves fail to survive their first year. A new documentary on The Nature of Things takes a close, personal look at the struggles they face.
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Coldest Air Mass of Season Likely This Weekend; Snow in the Interior Northeast?
A shift in the jet stream is forecast to bring colder air to portions of the Midwest and Northeast later this week.
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5 Cool Facts About the Beloved Northern Cardinal
There's more to this bird than just it's striking red color!
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The Latin American gun leak
During the 1980s, El Salvador was the single largest recipient of U.S. military hardware and weaponry in the Western Hemisphere. Although the Central American country's civil war ended in 1992, the guns, grenades and bullets linger, as do their murderous effects. In September, a U.S. official from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives estimated that half the weapons available on El Salvador's vibrant black market were made in the United States.
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What is the Difference Between Reindeer and Caribou?
The two are the same species and live in the same areas, so why the two different names?
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6.6 magnitude Quake Hits Gulf of California
The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 has hit in the Gulf of California.
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Ocean blob brings tropical fish to B.C. coast
Something unusual is happening off the coast of British Columbia. Fish species normally found in the warm waters of the tropics are finding their way north — and a blob is being blamed... scientists have been tracking a large mass of water in the Pacific Ocean that is 1,000 kilometres long and at least 2 C warmer than usual. The blob now stretches from Mexico to Alaska and scientists say heat is being trapped within it, making it feel like home for fish used to warmer climes.
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Why is Canadian English unique?
America’s neighbour resisted annexation by the US and its people remained subjects of the British monarch. But Canada’s English isn’t British or American.
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