WORLD STORIES - 10/11/2018
Cost of cigarettes must rise to reflect environmental damage from tobacco industry, WHO says: Sector's carbon footprint is comparable to entire countries, study finds.
independent.co.uk
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After more than 40 years in space, Voyager 2 is finally reaching the edge of the heliopause — the boundary where the Sun's solar wind can no longer overpower the combined winds from other distant stars..
astronomy.com
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Canadian military says doubling of sex assault reports a sign of progress - 'It's a positive indication that people feel free to come forward,' commodore says.
cbc.ca
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We are Denver Post politics reporters Anna Staver and Jon Murray. Ask Us Anything about Colorado's 6th Congressional District race!.
self.politics
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Trump, no longer ratings gold, loses his primetime spot on Fox News.
politico.com
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The Washington Post fact-checked Trump's USA Today column. They struggled to find a single honest sentence..
theweek.com
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Science Discussion: We are researchers at Caltech working with Professor Frances Arnold, one of the recipients of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. We use directed evolution to engineer proteins to do chemistry not found in nature (yet). Let's Discuss!!.
self.science
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Lung cancer deaths are 28 percent lower in California compared to the rest of the country and the gap is widening each year by almost a percentage point. The State’s long-term, aggressive tobacco control programs are cited as the primary reason..
health.ucsd.edu
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Bees don't buzz during an eclipse - Using tiny microphones suspended among flowers, researchers recorded the buzzing of bees during the 2017 North American eclipse. The bees were active and noisy right up to the last moments before totality. As totality hit, the bees all went silent in unison..
smithsonianmag.com
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