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In this episode
- Brazil’s presidential race heads to a runoff
- Nobel medicine prize recognizes research on brain activity
- Teenager seriously injured during protests at French schools
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- RechercheThe Guardian reports that Brazil’s Liberal Party will hold 28 of the Senate’s 81 seats; together with other hard-right parties, the movement will have 43 seats, a majority in the upper house.
- CBC NewsLula and Bolsonaro head to run-off in Brazil's presidential election
- PBS NewsBolsonaro and Lula head to a runoff in Brazil's presidential election
- RechercheThe Guardian reports that Bolsonaro received 56.1 million votes and Lula 53.8 million. The runoff will decide who leads Brazil, Latin America’s largest economy.
- RechercheCBC News reports that the winner of the October 25 runoff is due to take office on January 5, 2027.
- CBC NewsNobel Prize in Medicine awarded to scientists who pioneered work in optogenetics
- RechercheResearchers are testing optogenetic approaches to restore some vision in people with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that damages light-sensitive cells in the retina.
- ABC NewsNobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for research into brain activity
- RechercheDeisseroth demonstrated in 2005 that the light-based method could produce electrical signals in rat nerve cells.
- BBC NewsTeenager's hand blown off during confrontation between France school protesters and police
- CBC NewsStudent reportedly loses hand from police grenade amid France's education protests
- The GuardianNearly 200 students injured in French schools protests as clashes with police continue – Europe live