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Quantum physics adds twist to chess
The unpredictable nature of quantum physics has been mimicked by Queen's University computer scientists to invent a new version of chess.
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VIDEO: Astronauts' exercise slows aging
Hitting the gym helps slow the aging process in space, as well as on Earth, Canadian scientists have found.
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Quantum physics adds twist to chess
The unpredictable nature of quantum physics has been mimicked by Queen's University computer scientists to invent a new version of chess.
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VIDEO: Astronauts' exercise slows aging
Hitting the gym helps slow the aging process in space, as well as on Earth, Canadian scientists have found.
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Northern decomposition study may expand
A Yukon-based forensic study on how carcasses decompose in Canada's North has the potential to expand into further research.
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Japanese researcher wins prize for stem cell work
A Japanese researcher who found a way to give mature cells certain characteristics of embryonic stem cells, a process scientists say could eventually lead to cures for spinal cord injuries and other ailments, has been awarded the Balzan Prize for biology.
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BioWare doubling Montreal employees
Edmonton-based BioWare is doubling the number of employees at its Montreal offices, with the ultimate goal of creating an autonomous studio that will design its own video games.
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Last chance to catch Fraser River sockeye
Fishermen will get one last chance to catch B.C. Fraser River sockeye before the Fisheries Department begins shutting down the fishery on Tuesday.
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Lobster catches may be tracked by smart phones
A Charlottetown company is working on a new way to use smart phone technology to track lobster catches.
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Rockies fossils yield 8 new species
A surprise fossil field at a glacier in B.C.'s Kootenay National Park contains at least eight new species that lived 505 million years ago.
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1st century wall paintings restored in Jordan
British archeologists have completed conservation of rare wall paintings near the city of Petra, Jordan, that are more than 2,000 years old.
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Craigslist removes adult services section
Craigslist has apparently closed the adult services section of its website in the U.S., two weeks after 17 state attorneys general demanded that it be shut down.
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AUDIO: Technology and the great outdoors
Cellphones and GPS devices are changing people's relationship with the great outdoors - a topic explored on CBC Radio's The Current.
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Fall peaches bred in Niagara
A professor at the University of Guelph in southern Ontario is developing a series of peach varieties that could continue to be available into late September.
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UBC lab aims to design better traffic systems, reduce accidents
Engineers at the University of British Columbia are building what they hope will be a reliable system for predicting the likelihood of car crashes in a specific area, a development that could help save lives and cut pollution.
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AUDIO: Retired chimps may face more experiments
A group of chimpanzees in New Mexico, some of them in their 50s, may be taken out of retirement to be used as research subjects.
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Close ties drive online health searches: study
People looking to adopt new health practices are more likely to be influenced by close connections, including people they know well, than by social networks such as Facebook, research shows.
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