2020-10-30 12:56
Deep beneath the surface of Howe Sound, northeast of Vancouver, there are 17 rare glass sponge reefs — rich ecosystems created by the sponges over thousands of years. The reefs were th… Read More
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2020-10-30 11:56
Some of the most remote communities in northern Ontario could have some of the fastest internet by the end of next year Read More
2020-10-30 11:56
For starters, they're actually squirrels, a zoologist says Read More
2020-10-30 11:31
Two decades ago, three explorers arrived at the International Space Station and marked the beginning of a permanent human presence beyond Earth Read More
2020-10-30 09:56
The era of the plastic shopping bag has come to a close in Nova Scotia, as a provincewide ban comes into effect Read More
2020-10-29 22:31
The DNA-cutting tool has been hailed as a way to fix genetic glitches. But a new study suggests it can remove more than scientists bargained for Read More
2020-10-29 16:56
The real estate company behind some of Canada's most popular shopping centres embedded cameras inside their digital information kiosks at 12 shopping malls across Canada to collect millions… Read More
2020-10-29 16:56
There are just 356 North Atlantic right whales left in the world, according to a newly released estimate that is down from last year's population count for the endangered species and which o… Read More
2020-10-29 16:38
Payloads Drop Vibration Gather and Review: The crew reviewed the procedures and gathered the appropriate hardware to support the installation on Thursday. Inertial Spreading with Vibra… Read More
2020-10-29 15:31
A new study reveals that the invertebrates use a novel kind of receptor embedded in their suckers to explore their ocean habitats Read More
2020-10-29 11:56
Australian scientists found a detached coral reef on the Great Barrier Reef that exceeds the height of the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower, the Schmidt Ocean Institute said this w… Read More
2020-10-29 11:56
A hamster is safely home, after it escaped its cage, ran into a cardboard box and was discovered in a Whitehorse recycling depot Read More
2020-10-29 11:56
A Calgary business that rents out chicken eggs so families can hatch them at home says the pandemic has put their eggs in high-demand. Read More
2020-10-29 11:31
Electrodes threaded through the blood vessels that feed the brain let people control gadgets with their minds Read More
2020-10-28 18:31
The suits worn by Washington state entomologists aren't "official" hornet-fighting armor. But they were affordable—and came up in an Amazon search Read More
2020-10-28 16:38
Payloads ExHAM sample detach: The crew removed and stowed 15 ExHAM#1 samples. The samples were exposed to the ISS external environment and include several exposure panels (each with mu… Read More
2020-10-28 16:31
An “infinite focus microscope” reveals characteristic patterns on the flying reptiles’ chompers, showing in new detail how they lived—and evolved Read More
2020-10-28 15:56
The Cree Trappers Association launched the CTA Wildlife mobile app earlier this month for both iPhone and android phones. The information gathered will help better protect the populatio… Read More
2020-10-28 13:56
Canadians dramatically altered their behaviour by permanently reducing their interactions with others even as they began moving around more during the pandemic, a new study of cellphone data… Read More
2020-10-28 13:56
Maci, a four-year-old poodle-bichon from the Niagara Region, is the first Canadian dog to test positive for COVID-19 Read More
2020-10-28 11:56
The RCMP obtained more than two dozen court-ordered warrants and authorizations over a 15-month period prior to and after the arrest of Cameron Ortis, then the director general of its Nation… Read More
2020-10-28 11:56
As leaders in ropeless fishing met virtually this week, experts acknowledge that this technology is just one step in helping to save the endangered North Atlantic right whale Read More
2020-10-28 11:56
Iran has begun construction at its Natanz nuclear facility, satellite images released Wednesday show, just as the U.N.'s nuclear agency acknowledged Tehran is building an underground advance… Read More
2020-10-28 11:31
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, there's no perfectly safe way to socialize. But here are some tips on how to talk to your relatives about risk—or opting out Read More
2020-10-27 23:56
A Federal Court judge ruled Tuesday that the Canadian government won't be going on trial for contributions to climate change — striking down a lawsuit brought by 15 young Canadians who… Read More
2020-10-27 14:56
Canadian e-commerce company Shopify said on Tuesday it will partner with TikTok to help its one million-plus merchants more easily advertise their products on the video-sharing app, as it lo… Read More
2020-10-27 14:56
‘I have real concerns about the wisdom, the efficiency and what I predict will ultimately be the fruitless outcome of this program,’ says N.W.T. bush pilot Dave Olesen. Read More
2020-10-27 14:38
Payloads ACE (Advanced Colloids Experiment) module photos: The crew retrieved and took photos of ACE modules T11, TR-2, T12-2, T2-3. This was done so the ground teams can assess… Read More
2020-10-27 12:56
The North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium is expected to release part of a yearly report card on how the North Atlantic right whales are faring Read More
2020-10-27 12:56
After attaching tiny radio trackers to a few live specimens, researchers were able to track to the invasive Asian giant hornets to a backyard tree Read More
2020-10-27 12:56
A fast-moving wildfire forced evacuation orders for 100,000 people in Southern California on Monday as powerful winds across the state prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to pr… Read More
2020-10-27 12:56
A small municipality in western Quebec is claiming a big victory against anonymous online defamation after unmasking a social media user who made public accusations of "illicit act… Read More
2020-10-27 12:31
A California team will use a robotic vehicle to study tiny seafloor creatures, hoping they might yield new compounds to fight viruses and cancer Read More
2020-10-27 11:31
Funding for the world's premiere orbital laboratory won't last forever. Its end could usher in a new era of commercial space stations Read More
2020-10-26 17:56
The moon lacks the oceans and lakes that are a hallmark of Earth, but scientists said on Monday lunar water is more widespread than previously known. Water molecules are trapped within miner… Read More
2020-10-26 16:38
Payloads SPECTRUM Plate Remove: The crew powered off the SPECTRUM facility, opened the SPECTRUM facility access door and removed and trashed the SPECTRUM-001 plant growth plates. The goal of… Read More
2020-10-26 16:31
A new pair of studies reveals that the resource isn’t limited to large shadowy craters. That's good news for the upcoming crewed missions Read More
2020-10-26 13:56
A NASA spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble from last week's grab that it's jammed open and precious particles are drifting away in space Read More
2020-10-26 13:31
On this week's Get WIRED podcast, writer Matt Simon talks about Spot the dog and SpaceX with Marc Raibert Read More
2020-10-26 13:31
Researchers are hoping to use the opportunity to get a better handle on the language of Australia's endangered Burrunan dolphins Read More
2020-10-26 11:56
Forget vampires, witches, werewolves and mummies — the amount of garbage washing up on Nova Scotia's shores is far more terrifying Read More
2020-10-26 11:56
Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) says it has suspended the delivery of aircraft engines to "countries with unclear usage" in the wake of reports that some of those engines are bei… Read More
2020-10-26 11:56
It's not the Space Force you may have heard about. Still, NATO’s newly announced space centre boldly takes the seven-decade-old institution where no international military alliance has… Read More
2020-10-26 11:56
Asian giant hornets have been seen in British Columbia, but on Friday entomologists said they discovered what is believed to be the first "murder hornet" nest in the U.S Read More
2020-10-26 11:56
Evolving warm-bloodedness and an upright posture after a massive extinction event allowed the ancestors of mammals and birds to survive — and thrive, said paleontologist Mike Benton Read More
2020-10-26 11:56
In 2000, children's author Michael Kusugak named a group of Saturn's many moons. Twenty years later, he's looking to rename the street near his house Read More
2020-10-26 11:56
Three years ago, Clayton Brander of Powell River, B.C., bought a used 2013 Nissan Leaf, motivated by a keen interest in sustainability. He loves the electric vehicle, but the battery is… Read More
2020-10-26 11:56
Facing increased pressure to protect woodland caribou herds, the federal and Alberta governments have signed a conservation agreement aimed at restoring dwindling herds in the province Read More
2020-10-26 11:56
"It's a hands-on learning tool for women to understand their bodies a bit better, and the devices that could possibly help them," Christine Goudie said Read More
2020-10-26 11:31
Mark Kelly isn’t the first former NASA astronaut to run for office, but if he’s elected he’ll be the only one to make it to Congress on his first shot Read More
2020-10-25 12:31
Physicists finally achieved the long-sought goal, but there’s a catch: Their compound requires crushing pressures to keep from falling apart Read More
2020-10-25 08:56
Bob McDonald's blog: Paint that can actually cool buildings, and tinted windows that generate solar power could be important innovations in reducing energy used by buildings Read More
2020-10-24 12:31
Normally, the 'birthplace of ice' freezes by late October. For the first time in recorded history, it hasn't. That could have knock-on effects across the Arctic Read More
2020-10-23 18:31
Catch up on the most important updates from this week Read More
2020-10-23 13:31
The carnivorous plant is believed to have something akin to a short-term "memory." A team of scientists has uncovered new details on how it works Read More
2020-10-23 11:56
A driver got the shock of his life after a bald eagle he had picked up from the side of the road thinking it was dead suddenly woke up from its slumber en route to the conservation office Read More
2020-10-23 11:56
Russian hackers have targeted the networks of dozens of state and local governments in the United States in recent days, stealing data from at least two servers, said U.S. officials Read More
2020-10-23 11:56
Calvin Hoover, who died by suicide in 2015, will never know that it was his own distant relatives' use of a genealogy website that helped police and forensic genealogists label him as a Chri… Read More
2020-10-23 11:56
Ontario’s large cities may be left scrambling to find space for their garbage because of new legislation that makes it much harder to build landfills in the province Read More
2020-10-23 11:56
The UN’s Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance lays out “the greatest commercial opportunity of our times” and where Canada can lead Read More
2020-10-23 11:31
If the US brought back the Great Depression’s massive worker program, it could put millions of Americans back to work—and help stave off disasters like wildfires Read More
2020-10-23 07:56
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at ways to reduce the waste around trick-or-treating and some of the hurdles to widespread electric-vehicle adoption in Canada Read More
2020-10-22 18:56
The number of people who died from the Black Death in the 14th century doubled about every six weeks, while the doubling rate from the Great Plague in the 17th century was every two weeks ac… Read More
2020-10-22 17:56
A P.E.I. man has just published the Island’s first catalogue of microfungi, documenting more than 800 species including three that have never been identified anywhere else Read More
2020-10-22 16:38
62Soyuz (62S) Undock/Landing: The 62S crew, Chris Cassidy, Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, are preparing to depart the ISS today. 62S undock is scheduled for 6:30 PM CT with landing in Ka… Read More
2020-10-22 15:56
Tim Hortons and Burger King have signed a deal with TerraCycle's Loop program to test an option that would allow customers to pay a deposit and receive their order in reusable, ret… Read More
2020-10-22 14:56
Tim Hortons is ending the practice of double cupping hot drinks, a move the fast food restaurant says will eliminate hundreds of millions of cups from landfills each year Read More
2020-10-22 12:56
It's a beetle that can withstand bird pecks, animal stomps and even being rolled over by a Toyota Camry. Now scientists are studying what the bug's crush-resistant shell could teach them abo… Read More
2020-10-22 12:31
People tend to focus on whether an experience ends on an up note or a sour one, even if it leads us to make bad decisions. A new study examines why Read More
2020-10-22 11:56
The federal government is not doing enough to support First Nations communities contending with food insecurity problems made worse by climate change — and is aggravating the… Read More
2020-10-22 04:56
A trio of space travellers safely returned to Earth on Thursday after a six-month mission on the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-16 capsule carrying NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, a… Read More
2020-10-21 18:38
Payloads Cold Atom Lab (CAL) Science Module 2 (SM2): The crew powered off the CAL SM2 to allow EXPRESS rack 6 updates to be performed, then powered the CAL SM2 back on. The CAL produce… Read More
2020-10-21 15:31
The puny insect can withstand forces 39,000 times its body weight. Scientists just discovered its super-strength secret—which could inspire new materials Read More
2020-10-21 13:31
You might think of it as the force that slows things down, but you literally couldn't get anywhere without it Read More
2020-10-21 12:56
Canadian fur breeders are closely eyeing a series of coronavirus outbreaks at European and American mink farms that have forced authorities to cull millions of animals that may have contract… Read More
2020-10-21 12:56
A new study suggests that the presence of active fish farms in B.C. waters can more than double the chance of finding genetic material from organisms that cause disease in wild salmon Read More
2020-10-21 12:56
Canadians will not be forced into COVID-19 internment or containment camps, a spokesperson for Health Minister Patty Hajdu said Tuesday — taking aim at a disinformation campaign t… Read More
2020-10-21 11:56
Kitchener based YouTuber and engineer James Hobson spent hundreds of hours with his team at Hacksmith Industries to create a working hyper-realistic lightsaber that extends and retracts Read More
2020-10-21 11:56
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan urged the international community today to follow Canada’s example by suspending exports of military technology to… Read More
2020-10-21 10:56
The Justice Department's lawsuit against Google may open the door to further moves against the tech giants in the United States and elsewhere. Read More
2020-10-21 08:56
Ahead of the U.S. elections on Nov. 3, the FBI has identified Russian proxy sites as a major source of "malign foreign influence." According to the U.S. State Department, a site run by a ret… Read More
2020-10-21 00:56
A NASA spacecraft descended to an asteroid Tuesday and, dodging boulders the size of buildings, momentarily touched the surface to collect a handful of cosmic rubble for return to Earth Read More
2020-10-20 16:56
The United States Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Google has been abusing its dominance in online search to stifle competition and harm consumers Read More
2020-10-20 14:56
The footage, obtained by CBC News through a freedom of information request, shows Vancouver police officers entering tents as they search Oppenheimer Park after the shooting. Those… Read More
2020-10-20 14:38
Payloads Payload Network Attached Storage (PL NAS): In an effort to resolve issues with the PL NAS, which is currently unresponsive, the crew rebooted the unit. More troubleshoot… Read More
2020-10-20 13:56
Peruvian archaeologists have uncovered a 37-metre-long (120-foot-long) cat etching in a little-explored area of the country's celebrated Nazca Lines UNESCO heritage site which is home to hun… Read More
2020-10-20 12:56
The CRTC has approved an Elon Musk-owned company's application to provide low Earth orbit satellite internet to rural Canadians Read More
2020-10-20 12:31
Researchers showed that a saline spray “treatment” reduced people’s emotional distress, even though the study subjects knew the spray wouldn’t do anything Read More
2020-10-20 11:56
The recent discovery of a set of fossilized footprints could put P.E.I. on the world stage in the annals of ancient reptiles Read More
2020-10-20 11:56
With the Ontario government proposing a new recycling system that relieves municipal governments of running blue box programs, experts are expecting to see the cost passed on to consumers in… Read More
2020-10-20 11:56
The "world's largest dinosaur" in Drumheller just celebrated its 20th birthday by getting a new name: "Tyra." Read More
2020-10-20 11:56
You may have noticed a little pink robot roaming the streets of downtown Toronto. Don't worry, it's not lost. It's just Geoffrey making daily deliveries Read More
2020-10-20 11:56
Saanich Police and the B.C. Conservation Service are searching for a black bear which killed a llama on a farm on the 4700 block of West Saanich Road on south Vancouver Island Monday afterno… Read More
2020-10-20 11:31
In the early days, we furiously scrubbed, afraid we could get sick from the virus lingering on objects and surfaces. What do we know now? Read More
2020-10-20 08:56
On Tuesday, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission will make history as it attempts its first collection of material from an asteroid to be returned to Earth in 2023 Read More
2020-10-19 17:56
A Canadian privacy expert warns that there are risks involved in using genetic genealogy as a tool for investigating crimes, despite its ability to help solve cold cases like the 1984 murder… Read More
2020-10-19 16:31
Scientists discover that baby bottles shed up to 16 million bits of plastic per liter of fluid. What that means for infants’ health, no one can yet say Read More
2020-10-19 14:38
Payloads Food Physiology: The crew performed the Saliva collection setup. The Integrated Impact of Diet on Human Immune Response, the Gut Microbiota, and Nutritional Status During Adaptation… Read More
2020-10-19 11:56
Nokia has been selected by NASA to build the first cellular network on the moon as part of the U.S. space agency's efforts to return humans to the there by 2024 and build long-term settlemen… Read More
2020-10-19 11:56
In a new study, geneticists looked at how female moles evolved intersexual traits in order to dig and fight like the males Read More
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