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Coming soon to a screen near you: aurora borealis

Coming soon to a screen near you: aurora borealis: The beauty of the northern lights may soon splash across computer and television screens thanks to a scientific research program led by the Canadian Space Agency and NASA. more »

Fate of Hubble repair mission to be announced Tuesday: NASA officials met Friday to decide whether to risk a space shuttle flight on a mission to repair the Hubble space telescope. more »
Scientists reconcile discrepancy with Big Bang theory: Using 3-D models, physicists have created a mathematical code that cracks a mystery about stellar development and reconciles a discrepancy with the Big Bang theory of the universe's evolution. more »
Hackers demanding ransom from online gambling sites: study: A researcher in Halifax says hackers have been holding the internet gambling industry ransom by attacking websites, then demanding money to stop. more »
Online gambling fuels addicts, suicide conference told: Unregulated internet gambling is simply adding to the growing problem of addiction, delegates attending the Canadian Association of Suicide Prevention conference in Toronto were told this week. more »
Celestica shares tumble on weak outlook: Shares of contract electronics manufacturer Celestica took their biggest dive in more than a year Friday as the firm released a financial outlook that disappointed analysts. more »
BAPE rejects Skypower's Quebec wind farm plan: The Quebec Environmental Public Hearing Board has rejected a $350-million wind power proposal from a Toronto company that wanted to build a farm in the northeast. more »
Alberta whistleblower faces $10M lawsuit from gaming company: An Alberta man is fighting a $10 million lawsuit from an American gaming company after he says he blew the whistle on casino video slot machines that he alleges could be made to pay out on demand. more »
CDs are dead: recording company CEO: A top recording industry executive on Friday said the music CD is dead and that recording labels must become more innovative if they hope to sell the discs in the future. more »
Sony laptop battery injures user: A Sony-made battery in a Fujitsu laptop overheated and gave off sparks, injuring the user, as a Fujitsu worker was visiting to retrieve the laptop as part of the company's recall of Sony batteries, a Fujitsu spokesman said Friday. more »
What killed the dinosaurs?: It took more than a meteor to wipe out dinosaurs 65 million years ago, according to a paleontologist who suggests that multiple meteor impacts, massive volcanic activity and climate change caused the extinction of dinosaurs. more »
Growing cellphone-only crowd not yet a problem for pollsters: The cellphone-only crowd is not yet large enough and their views not different enough to affect the accuracy of traditional political polling, a new study suggests. Not yet, anyway. more »
Science exorcises spooky myths: Physicist Costas Efthimiou uses scientific approach to exorcise myths about vampires, ghosts and zombies. more »
Billionaire behind Microsoft Word, Excel to be next space tourist: The billionaire software engineer set to become the next space tourist, Charles Simonyi, said he's been interested in space since his boyhood in the Soviet Union. more »
Laser beams time capsule into space: A plan to send a digital time capsule into space by laser from an ancient site is back on after Mexican officials put a halt to it earlier this month. more »

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