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Researchers race to cure 'Newfoundland curse,' which can kill without warning

Researchers race to cure 'Newfoundland curse,' which can kill without warning

ST. JOHN'S — Terry Rideout says he was loading up his fishing gear the first time a tiny implant in his chest sent bolts of electricity into his heart and shocked it back into its regular rhythm.
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Rise of the robots: Some homebuilders turning to automation to bridge labour shortage

Rise of the robots: Some homebuilders turning to automation to bridge labour shortage

At a housing construction site in Gananoque, Ont., Val spends nearly two months laying concrete, used to build 26 stacked townhouse units.
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Watch the moon turn red during a total lunar eclipse in March

Watch the moon turn red during a total lunar eclipse in March

NEW YORK (AP) — A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon red Thursday night into Friday morning across the Western Hemisphere. The best views will be from North America and South America. Parts of Africa and Europe may catch a glimpse.
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What one Finnish church learned from creating a service almost entirely with AI

What one Finnish church learned from creating a service almost entirely with AI

HELSINKI (AP) — A tale of good versus evil played out on the large screen in the sanctuary of St. Paul’s Lutheran church in Finland.
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Universities are facing big cuts to research funding. At Duke, it's a time for 'damage control'

Universities are facing big cuts to research funding. At Duke, it's a time for 'damage control'

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Facing the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, Duke University is preparing for the worst.
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Trump tells crypto leaders at White House summit he's committed to helping their industry

Trump tells crypto leaders at White House summit he's committed to helping their industry

President Donald Trump said Friday he’s committed to making the U.S. a world leader in cryptocurrencies as industry leaders heaped praise on him for reversing what they said had been unfair attacks on digital assets by the previous administration.
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Out of the lab and into the streets, researchers and doctors rally for science against Trump cuts

Out of the lab and into the streets, researchers and doctors rally for science against Trump cuts

WASHINGTON (AP) — Giving a new meaning to the phrase mad scientists, angry researchers, doctors, their patients and supporters ventured out of labs, hospitals and offices Friday to fight against what they call a blitz on life-saving science by the Tr
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Private lunar lander is declared dead after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole

Private lunar lander is declared dead after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday.
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Which US companies are pulling back on diversity initiatives?

Which US companies are pulling back on diversity initiatives?

A growing number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests that accompanied the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, a Bl
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University lecturer argues Scotland should get its due in the creation of basketball

University lecturer argues Scotland should get its due in the creation of basketball

At a time when Canadians are looking over their shoulder thanks to some bluster south of the border, Scotland’s University of Stirling seems to be piling on with a news release titled "Research Reveals Basketball Creator was Scottish, not Canadian.
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