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“Much More”: Calgary is preparing for the second day of heavy rain

Keep your umbrella on hand and your raincoat close by as Tuesday’s rain has arrived to stay. During the night, total rainfall reached 26 millimeters near Calgary International Airport, 40 mm at Canada Olympic Park, 47 mm at Springbank and 52 mm at Priddis. Meanwhile, a Kananaskis Country volunteer rain station reported rainfall levels of …

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“Science offers the most complete account of the origin of life”

Guido Tonelli, Milan, May 2019. Adolf Frediani Guido Tonelli, Professor of Physics at the University of Pisa (Italy), took part in the adventure of discovering the so-called Higgs boson at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN). In fact, he was the spokesman for the Muon Solenoid Compact Experiment (CMS), one of two experiments installed …

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Keeping Voices Injured: Why Singers and Professional Actors Often Don’t Seek Treatment for Vocal Illness

Voice training demonstrations were part of the public information events at McGill School of Communication and Disorders Science for World Voice Day on April 16th. Credit: School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University; Photo background, author provided Professional singers and actors are at increased risk for vocal injuries. Performers need to master their voices …

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ESA’s Gaia publishes a new treasure trove of data on the Milky Way

Gaia is ESA’s mission to create the most accurate and complete multidimensional map of the Milky Way. He recently released a new treasure trove of data on the Milky Way, describing strange “earthquakes,” stellar DNA, asymmetric movements, and other fascinating insights. Gaia Data Release 3 includes new and updated details of some two billion stars …

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Gaia Mission: Five pieces of knowledge that astronomers could extract from their latest data

By Adam McMaster and Andrew Norton for The Conversation The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia mission has just released new data. The Gaia satellite was launched in 2013, with the goal of measuring the accurate positions of a billion stars. In addition to measuring the position, speed, and brightness of stars, the satellite has collected …

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Vaccination warrants for domestic travel and outbound international flights will be suspended on Wednesday

The federal government will announce tomorrow that vaccine warrants for domestic travel by plane and train, as well as outgoing international travel, will be suspended from Wednesday, government sources told CTV News. Foreigners coming to Canada will still have to be vaccinated. The mandates first came into force on October 30, 2021 and have required …

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Nearly 1 in 4 homeowners say they should sell their home if interest rates rise further, according to the survey

Nearly one in four homeowners says they will have to sell their home if interest rates rise further, according to a new Manulife Bank of Canada debt survey. The survey, conducted between April 14 and 20, also found that 18 percent of homeowners surveyed are already at a stage where they cannot afford their home. …

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The crypto market crashes again as the Celsius trading platform freezes

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies plummeted over the weekend and Monday as high inflation sent investors out and caused major trading platforms to take over. Bitcoin was changing hands below $ 23,000 at some point on Monday morning, 20 percent less since Friday and enough to bring down the value of the world’s dominant cryptocurrency to …

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