2020-09-10 19:31
Wildfire smoke turned California and Oregon skies orange. Inside that smoke was alchemy—the chemistry and physics of molecules and wavelengths Read More
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2020-09-10 17:56
Coniferous forests across Vancouver's North Shore have been transformed into a bug buffet in recent weeks, as groups of hungry young moths seek sustenance, threatening hu… Read More
2020-09-10 14:56
Ferocious wildfires in the U.S. West, torrential rains in Africa and record heat waves in the Siberian Arctic are all wild weather consistent with climate change, scientists say. And the wor… Read More
2020-09-10 14:38
Payloads Confocal Space Microscopy: The crew performed a partial Setup of the Confocal Space Microscopy in the JAXA Module. The Confocal Space Microscope (Confocal Microscope) is a JAXA faci… Read More
2020-09-10 12:56
When it comes to California wildfires, it now takes days, not decades, to produce what had been seen as a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence Read More
2020-09-10 11:56
A recent study says melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are the main contributor to sea level rise around the world and the rate of their melt matches the Intergovernmental P… Read More
2020-09-10 11:56
A front-running team in the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine has put its trial on hold after a reported “unexplained illness” in one of the trial volunteers. What does that mea… Read More
2020-09-10 11:56
About 2,000 low-income residents who live in two buildings in Toronto are now getting free internet access thanks to a partnership between the city and technology company Cisco Canada Read More
2020-09-09 23:31
Catastrophic wildfires are spewing smoke all over the West Coast. This website lets you track the respiratory crisis in real time—with a few caveats Read More
2020-09-09 22:56
Scientists have completed the broadest search to date for extraterrestrial civilizations by scanning roughly 10.3 million stars using a radio telescope in Australia, but have found nothing Read More
2020-09-09 14:56
The world is getting closer to passing a temperature limit set by global leaders five years ago and may exceed it in the next decade or so, according to a new United Nations report Read More
2020-09-09 14:38
Payloads Confocal Space Microscopy: The crew removed optical lenses from the Confocal Space Microscope hardware. The Payload Control Box Hard Drive was also reconfigured for the Confocal Spa… Read More
2020-09-09 14:31
I'm not saying you should float yourself up into the air, but if you wanted to, you need to take pressure, density, and a few other things into account Read More
2020-09-09 13:56
The information collected from the 'Citizen Scientist' initiative will be used to help identify critical habitats, rare species, invasive species, as well as changes in population and migrat… Read More
2020-09-09 13:56
Tiny tags are allowing Canadian municipalities to track residents' trash with increasing sophistication Read More
2020-09-09 13:56
It's now easier for startups in Canada to receive mentorship and training. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, accelerator programs have been taking place virtually and that allows for more collab… Read More
2020-09-09 12:56
Wildfires have burned a record 8,000 square kilometres in California this year, and the danger for more destruction is so high the U.S. Forest Service announced Monday it was closing al… Read More
2020-09-09 11:56
Late-stage studies of a possible COVID-19 vaccine are on temporary hold while the company investigates whether a report of a patient with a serious side effect is linked to the shot Read More
2020-09-09 11:56
A robot named Pepper greets people as they enter a Paris shopping venue and offers gentle reminders about wearing a mask Read More
2020-09-09 11:56
General Motors announced its second major electric vehicle partnership in less than a week on Tuesday, this time a $2 billion deal with startup Nikola Read More
2020-09-09 11:56
Smoke from raging wildfires in Washington state is expected to float into British Columbia on Tuesday, turning clear blue skies into an orange-brown haze Read More
2020-09-09 11:56
Apple Inc. has filed counter-claims against Fortnite creator Epic Games asking for lost App Store fees and other damages, and is seeking an order to stop the game maker from operating i… Read More
2020-09-09 11:56
For decades, hydrogen has been referred to as the fuel of the future. But that might change this fall if the federal government releases its hydrogen fuel strategy as planned Read More
2020-09-09 11:56
A team of researchers at an Ontario university is monitoring wastewater in hope of giving public health units around the province a COVID-19 early warning system Read More
2020-09-09 11:31
Researchers have long experimented with “lean burn” engines, which boost efficiency and reduce the emissions from combustion. But getting them to ignite is tricky Read More
2020-09-08 17:56
A Saskatchewan man faces rare charges under National Parks Wildlife regulations and potential fines of up to $125,000 after allegedly using a slingshot to hurl projectiles at a cougar in Ban… Read More
2020-09-08 17:56
A southern resident killer whale who carried her dead calf for two weeks in 2018 in a heart-wrenching display of mourning has once again given birth Read More
2020-09-08 17:56
A record-breaking heat wave in the U.S. southwest has had fatal consequences for some and efforts to provide relief are complicated by the pandemic as cooling centres increase the risk of co… Read More
2020-09-08 15:38
Payloads Astrobee: The crew performed various localization and mobility operations for the Astrobee satellite. This was performed in support of the upcoming Kibo Robot Programming Chal… Read More
2020-09-08 11:31
Covid-19 has left lots of people feeling anxious and depressed. But it’s hard to untangle whether this is a normal response to a difficult situation or actual pathology Read More
2020-09-08 11:31
Lack of coordination, test shortages, and mistrust of technology have hobbled what looked like a promising innovation Read More
2020-09-07 18:56
Chinese firm Sinovac Biotech Ltd. said on Monday its coronavirus vaccine candidate appeared to be safe for older people, according to preliminary results from an early to mid-stage trial, wh… Read More
2020-09-07 11:31
In a recent study, scientists could tell if people were intoxicated just by looking at their phones’ motion data Read More
2020-09-07 08:56
COVID-19 is pushing students outside to learn, and some say it could improve education Read More
2020-09-07 08:56
Residents of a central Alberta community say they have not been treated fairly by a power company that wants to build a wind farm in their community. It's a dispute that will sound familiar… Read More
2020-09-06 12:31
Starting at a corner, could you walk around the surface of this Platonic solid without crossing other corners? To get the answer, you need an 81-holed doughnut Read More
2020-09-06 11:31
“We can treat only one patient at a time, but if we can get a message out there that can hit thousands or hundreds of thousands, then we can change their thoughts.” Read More
2020-09-05 12:31
They migrated north to escape the heat but lost their genetic diversity, making them vulnerable to extinction. Today, some species face the same problem Read More
2020-09-05 08:56
We've all heard life won't get back to normal without a vaccine. To create one, researchers need a better understanding of how people recovered from COVID-19, what defences they now have and… Read More
2020-09-04 18:31
Cool research tool? Definitely. A way to remotely control a computer or a prosthetic? Sure. But reading minds and storing memories? Not so fast Read More
2020-09-04 15:38
Payloads NREP Hardware Remove: Following the extension of the slide table into the JEM pressurized volume and removal of NREP from the slide table, the crew removed External Platform Module… Read More
2020-09-04 12:56
Males elephants were long assumed to be loners, but new research that shows older males — like their female counterparts — play an important role in elephants' complex society Read More
2020-09-04 12:56
The number of mammoth skeletons recovered at an airport construction site north of Mexico City has risen to at least 200, with a large number still to be excavated, experts said Thursday Read More
2020-09-04 12:56
An enormous and strange machine is being tested in the Squamish Valley, as its creator begins to train adventurous donors to the project on how to operate the unique mechanized exoskeleton Read More
2020-09-04 11:56
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the steps taken by one Toronto highrise to bring its waste down to almost zero, and how meteorologists talk about the weather … Read More
2020-09-04 11:56
Daredevil reaches the incredible height hanging from a cluster of giant balloons, then parachutes to the ground Read More
2020-09-04 11:56
A North American environmental watchdog found there is “scientifically valid evidence” that oilsands tailings ponds are contaminating groundwater sources Read More
2020-09-04 11:56
When a Norwegian company needed help testing its new video simulation game Fishing: North Atlantic, one of the people they turned to was a 16-year-old honour student from a tiny fishing port… Read More
2020-09-03 17:56
For the first time, a woman has been tasked with leading the Canadian Space Agency Read More
2020-09-03 16:31
After the 2018 “Crispr baby” scandal, a global commission assessed the technology and set strict criteria for moving it toward clinical trials Read More
2020-09-03 15:38
Payloads EXPRESS Rack Relocation: Following the relocation of EXPRESS racks 8, 10B, and 11B, the crew mated the umbilicals, adjusted the flow control valve, and assisted with the initi… Read More
2020-09-03 15:31
On a “body farm,” researchers are exploring whether the nutrients from human cadavers can change the look of plants, which authorities might use to locate missing persons Read More
2020-09-03 14:56
With just two months left until the U.S. presidential election, Facebook says it is taking more steps to encourage voting, minimize misinformation and reduce the likelihood of post-election… Read More
2020-09-03 11:56
Canada's advertising watchdog says Telus misled consumers with an advertisement that claimed "it's a myth that Canadians pay some of the highest wireless prices in the world." Read More
2020-09-03 11:56
The Ministry of Environment says the Conservation Service euthanized a female black bear in the North Shore community of Deep Cove after the bear became persistent and generated multiple com… Read More
2020-09-03 11:56
A group of women and children out for a walk near Lillooet, B.C., earlier this week managed to fight off a cougar that was attacking a 10-year-old boy — with some help from a brave bor… Read More
2020-09-03 11:56
Saskatchewan's biggest cities have been steadily adding solar power, but smaller communities like Lumsden are doing it, too Read More
2020-09-03 11:31
Alphabet, Microsoft, and Salesforce are offering services to track employees, arrange tests, and record results—all while most of their staffers are remote Read More
2020-09-02 17:56
Researchers at the University of Toronto say they detected microfibres linked to blue jeans in aquatic environments ranging from the shallow suburban lakes of southern Ontario… Read More
2020-09-02 17:56
A Nova Scotia tidal energy company has won the competition to fill the vacant berth at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy site in Parrsboro, N.S Read More
2020-09-02 17:56
A new bottle depot in Bowness in northwest Calgary is adapting smart technology to make recycling easier Read More
2020-09-02 16:56
The number of elephants dying in western Zimbabwe from a suspected bacterial infection, possibly from eating poisonous plants, has risen to 22, and "more deaths are expected," a spokesperson… Read More
2020-09-02 15:56
A wildlife organization says species that are at risk of global extinction have seen their Canadian populations decline by an average of 42 per cent in the last 50 years. Furthermore, C… Read More
2020-09-02 14:56
The migration of extinct mastodon herds to Yukon and Alaska during warm periods between ice ages could hold clues and warning signs for today's animals moving north during a warming climate… Read More
2020-09-02 14:38
Payloads EXPRESS Rack Relocation: The crew performed the activities necessary to relocate EXPRESS racks 8, 10B, and 11B to their final locations. EXpedite the PRocessing of Exper… Read More
2020-09-02 14:38
Payloads JEMAL Depressurization: The crew assisted with the depressurization of the JEM airlock (JEMAL) in preparation for the NREP component removal later this week. The NanoRac… Read More
2020-09-02 12:56
A team of international astronomers has caught the merger of two black holes of unprecedented masses creating yet another massive black hole — one that astronomers believed existed in… Read More
2020-09-02 12:31
When you wash denim, tiny fibers shed and flow into the environment. Scientists just found that Arctic waters are now loaded with little bits of jeans Read More
2020-09-02 11:56
Fifty-one experts are calling on the Ontario minister of natural resources and forestry to provide a scientific explanation for a province-wide hunt on double-crested cormorants that is slat… Read More
2020-09-02 11:56
The Thunderfish XL is designed to be completely autonomous, and will be able to make decisions on its own as to how to proceed when faced with a situation Read More
2020-09-02 11:31
Hospitals in the US are already stressed. Now, they must brace for a wave of flu patients needing more beds, lab tests, and ventilators Read More
2020-09-02 08:56
E-commerce giants Amazon and eBay continue to sell thousands of items promoting QAnon, even as social media companies crack down on the dangerous conspiracy theory that the FBI has called a… Read More
2020-09-02 08:56
The federal government has announced that it has signed deals with four companies to reserve millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines under development. The candidate vaccines represent a vari… Read More
2020-09-01 19:31
The companies will handle more of the technology for notifying people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus. Privacy won't be affected, they say Read More
2020-09-01 18:31
Unoccupied buildings, abandoned during the coronavirus shutdowns, give fungi a great opportunity to move in Read More
2020-09-01 16:56
The United Nations weather agency says this summer will go down for leaving a "deep wound" in the frozen parts of the planet after a heat wave in the Arctic, shrinking sea ice and the collap… Read More
2020-09-01 14:56
Zoom's videoconferencing service is deepening its integral role in life during the pandemic as tens of thousands more businesses and other users pay for subscriptions to get more control ove… Read More
2020-09-01 12:56
When the bones of the early armored dinosaur Scelidosaurus were unearthed in 1858 in west Dorset, England, they comprised the first complete dinosaur skeleton ever identified. Now, the first… Read More
2020-09-01 11:56
A curious black bear wandering through an open lobby door into the Four Seasons Resort in Whistler was caught on a hotel security camera on July 13 Read More
2020-09-01 11:56
Facebook Inc. on Tuesday said it would stop Australians sharing news content on its platforms if a proposal to make it pay local media outlets for their content becomes law, furthe… Read More
2020-09-01 11:56
A family of black bears that was generating hourly calls to the conservation officer service in Fort St. John, B.C., has been tranquilized and relocated, wildlife officials say Read More
2020-09-01 11:56
Parents and First Nations schools are turning to education options like medicine picking and getting out on the land as outdoor options for schooling amid COVID-19 Read More
2020-09-01 11:56
Natural Resources Canada researchers found that many communities are surrounded by older, more flammable forests, and are therefore more susceptible to wildfires. They say fire suppression p… Read More
2020-09-01 11:31
An idea to use underwater bubbles to cool oceans and deflate oncoming storms is the latest in a series of far-out schemes for controlling the weather Read More
2020-08-31 19:56
Meltwater from shrinking glaciers is creating vast lakes that could eventually pose an enormous flooding threat, says newly published research Read More
2020-08-31 16:31
California’s blazes have sent a haze across the United States. An experimental model shows where that cloud ends up Read More
2020-08-31 15:38
Payloads MSRR/MSL (Materials Science Laboratory) SCA exchange: The crew removed the processed calibration cartridge and inserted the first ESA batch-2b Sample Cartridge Assembly (SCA).  &hell…Read More
2020-08-31 15:38
Payloads Combustion Integrated Rack/Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (CIR/ACME): The crew performed the steps necessary to reconfigure the CIR/ACME hardware components… Read More
2020-08-31 15:31
Researchers are developing a new battery powered by lab-grown gems made from reformed nuclear waste. If it works, it will last thousands of years Read More
2020-08-31 13:56
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's neuroscience startup Neuralink has unveiled a pig named Gertrude that has had a coin-sized computer chip in its brain for two months, showing off an earl… Read More
2020-08-31 11:56
The Wildlife Haven Rehabiltation Centre was gifted a Lytbot disinfection and electrostatic portable sprayer, which emits UV lights to disinfect surfaces Read More
2020-08-31 11:56
If you applied for financial help during the COVID-19 pandemic under the CERB and CESB benefits programs, you might have had your identity stolen — and you're now included in a propose… Read More
2020-08-31 11:56
Marine mammal specialists and whale rescue groups say they're not sure how much fishing gear three entangled humpback whales spotted off the coast of British Columbia are still carrying, lea… Read More
2020-08-31 11:56
Three unexpected visitors weaseled their way into the Churchill Health Centre this week Read More
2020-08-31 11:56
The expedition's easy journey from Greenland to the North Pole is another indicator of how the Arctic is impacted by climate change more than anywhere else on Earth, writes CBC's northern me… Read More
2020-08-31 11:56
Conservation officers say they will try to trap a black bear that was filmed on Saturday tapping a runner with its paw on a popular trail in B.C.'s Lower Mainland Read More
2020-08-30 21:56
The carcasses of the elephants were discovered on Friday in Pandamasue Forest, located between Hwange National Park and Victoria Falls Read More
2020-08-30 12:31
Shape memory alloys and a kind of plastic crystal chill quickly under force or pressure. They could lead to eco-friendly fridges and air conditioners Read More
2020-08-29 12:31
The Great Flood of 1861–1862 was a preview of what scientists expect to see again, and soon Read More
2020-08-28 22:31
Top health officials have issued contradictory statements, and the CDC's newest guidance limiting testing comes just as the Trump Administration invests in rapid tests Read More
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