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Oct. 6, 2018 - Canada's newest Nobel laureate, reading surgeons' minds, sniffing out shark water and more…

A moon in an alien solar system and women and autism underdiagnosis

A moon in an alien solar system and women and autism underdiagnosis

CBC Radio · Posted: Oct 05, 2018 4:02 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 5, 2018

Donna Strickland, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics (University of Waterloo)

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