2020-11-13 21:31
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2020-11-13 20:56
Elon Musk's SpaceX is poised to send a crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station on Saturday evening in NASA's first operational mission using the Crew Dragon capsule Read More
2020-11-13 19:56
Dutch students have created a fully functioning electric car made entirely out of waste, including plastics fished out of the sea, recycled plastic bottles and unsorted household garbage Read More
2020-11-13 18:56
Dutch students have created a fully functioning electric car made entirely out of waste, including plastics fished out of the sea, recycled plastic bottles and unsorted household garbage Read More
2020-11-13 17:56
A Vancouver-based biotech company brought its genetic know-how to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine development. Thomas Madden, president and CEO of Acuitas Therapeutics, explains his company's cont… Read More
2020-11-13 15:56
The U.S. Department of Commerce has backed down from its previous order for Chinese-owned video-sharing platform TikTok to sell its assets in the U.S. or shut itself down Read More
2020-11-13 14:38
Payloads GRIP: The crew performed an external Hard drive installation to the SSC-6 laptop in preparation for upcoming GRIP operations. The GRIP experiment studies the long-duration spaceflig… Read More
2020-11-13 13:31
Saturday’s SpaceX launch will mark the return of regular crewed launches in the US after nearly a decade hiatus Read More
2020-11-13 12:56
The territorial government spent almost $12,000 per animal to kill wolves that feed on the Bathurst and Bluenose East caribou herds. Read More
2020-11-13 12:56
DFO considering "area-based management" would could mean different rules for different areas of the B.C. coast Read More
2020-11-13 12:56
The federal government is set to introduce climate accountability legislation as early as next week to formally commit Canada to its target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by… Read More
2020-11-13 12:56
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at how scientists go about tracking Arctic animals in an era of climate change and why so many tampon applicators end up on beache… Read More
2020-11-13 12:33
All the Covid vaccine candidates work in different ways, and none will be perfect for everyone. It’ll take a slate of options to help cover us all Read More
2020-11-13 09:56
Public health officials have said masks are critical to reducing the spread of COVID-19, but rigorous tests conducted on behalf of CBC's Marketplace found that while some work very well, oth… Read More
2020-11-12 19:38
Payloads Radiation Dosimetry Inside ISS-Neutrons (RADI-N2) – The crew retrieved the eight Radi-N2 bubble detectors from the JEM Panel FD3/JPM1F3 location and handed the detectors to th… Read More
2020-11-12 19:38
Payloads Standard Measures: The crew performed Flight Day 30 Saliva collections. The aim of the investigation is to ensure consistent capture of an optimized, minimal set of measures from cr… Read More
2020-11-12 17:56
Shell Canada is letting carbon-conscious customers get their two cents in for the environment while filling up at one of its 1,400 stations across Canada Read More
2020-11-12 14:31
A new documentary from the German auteur examines the influence of meteorites on cultures around the world Read More
2020-11-12 13:56
Emissions of a potent greenhouse gas from Canada's oilpatch are nearly twice as high as previously thought, says newly published federal research Read More
2020-11-12 13:31
Environmental experts say the administration may fare better by working with green governors and clean tech businesses, and by signing executive orders Read More
2020-11-12 12:56
Virgin Mobile will be substantially reducing the outstanding balance for an 80-year-old man from Amherstburg who is visually impaired and is facing $13,000 dollars worth of charges… Read More
2020-11-12 12:31
As the air gets drier, and people stay indoors with the heater on, humidity will likely play a role in how easily the respiratory virus spreads Read More
2020-11-11 23:56
When scientists destroyed the first nest of so-called murder hornets found in the U.S., they discovered about 200 queens Read More
2020-11-11 19:58
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic may have boosted failing public trust in science and scientists, a new survey has found Read More
2020-11-11 16:58
Hurricanes that make landfall are maintaining their strength longer because of climate change, a new study suggests, meaning such storms could have more of an impact than in the past Read More
2020-11-11 13:31
Spent rockets are dangerous space trash, but they could be the future of living and working in orbit Read More
2020-11-11 12:31
An alarming visualization shows the odds that at least one Covid-positive person attends a given event. It should give us all pause about family plans Read More
2020-11-11 11:31
The much-hyped drug sparked a battle between power and knowledge. Let’s not repeat it Read More
2020-11-11 00:58
Facial recognition technology previously used on humans has huge implications for managing bear-human interactions, says UVic ecologist who has developed software to identify grizzly bears Read More
2020-11-10 21:32
If approved by the FDA, Pfizer and BioNTech's mRNA vaccine would be the first of its kind, setting a record for speed—but raising questions about distribution Read More
2020-11-10 14:38
Payloads Round Robin – The crew performed a Sample Holder Exchange #2 for the Round Robin Experiment in preparation for a planned return on SpaceX-21 after a 30-day run time. The Round… Read More
2020-11-10 14:31
We'll talk about the different types—kinetic energy, electrical potential energy, etc.—and different sources, from fossil fuels to solar Read More
2020-11-10 13:56
The significance of this year's presidential election for U.S. climate policy came down to a basic difference between the two rivals. One candidate accepted the reality of climate chang… Read More
2020-11-10 11:33
Who gets priority when Covid-19 shots are in short supply? Network theorists have a counterintuitive answer: Start with the social butterflies Read More
2020-11-10 09:56
A Toronto chemical engineering professor has won the $1 million Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal, the country’s top science prize, for her work designing gels that mimic human tissue… Read More
2020-11-09 19:56
President-elect Joe Biden on Monday said a coronavirus vaccine approval process must be guided by science so the public can have confidence it is safe and effective, warning that the United… Read More
2020-11-09 14:38
Payloads EarthKAM (Sally Ride Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle Schools): The crew deployed the Camera hardware in Node 2. EarthKAM allows thousands of students to photograph and examine Ea… Read More
2020-11-09 13:56
The Liberal government is set to make an announcement today about their long-promised plan to expand high-speed broadband access to rural Canada Read More
2020-11-09 13:56
Richard Branson's Virgin Hyperloop has completed the world's first passenger ride on a super high-speed levitating pod system, the company said on Sunday, a key safety test for technology it… Read More
2020-11-09 13:32
In non-election news, Microgaster godzilla dives to find a caterpillar, forces it to the surface, and injects it with a baby that eats the host from the inside out Read More
2020-11-09 12:57
A funding boost for a team of University of Manitoba researchers will cover the costs of sophisticated microscope camera technology that will give them an extremely close look at&n&hell…Read More
2020-11-09 12:57
An aggressive plant has popped up in Point Pelee National Park, and it has ecologists furiously trying to contain its spread. Read More
2020-11-09 12:32
Better indoor ventilation systems could make people safer and healthier—and not just because they’d slow down the coronavirus Read More
2020-11-09 11:56
A Canadian video game developer is creating a project based on RCAF airmen and the Lancaster bomber, and Bob Middleton, a 97-year-old Toronto veteran who helped fly the huge planes during th… Read More
2020-11-08 14:31
Unlike most domestic animals, the goldfish is purely decorative Read More
2020-11-08 13:31
In a landmark series of calculations, physicists have proved that black holes can shed information, which seems impossible by definition Read More
2020-11-08 10:56
Plastic tampon applicators, which don't easily degrade, are frequently found in shoreline cleanups across Canada. Why are they ending up on beaches in the first place? Read More
2020-11-07 15:56
It's going to come down eventually, so how? And what might replace it? Read More
2020-11-07 13:56
India's space agency launched 10 satellites into Earth's orbit on Saturday from its space station in southern Sriharikota Island, the first such mission since the coronavirus… Read More
2020-11-07 13:31
American ginseng is imperiled by overharvesting. Locals are racing to preserve the plant—and its economic potential, through “forest farming.” Read More
2020-11-06 19:31
Catch up on the most important updates from this week Read More
2020-11-06 18:56
Justin Giesbrecht was hunting with his dad when they spotted a family of bears lumbering towards their truck Read More
2020-11-06 15:31
Physicians have seen this recovery symptom before, but they still don’t know why so many coronavirus survivors are being affected Read More
2020-11-06 14:38
Payloads NRCSD-19 (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer – Mission 19): The crew took photos of the four NRCSD-19 Deployments. For NRCSD-19, there are eight Deployers preassembled in two Quad Dep… Read More
2020-11-06 13:56
Six years of recording and analyzing the sounds made by bats in P.E.I. National Park has revealed more biodiversity in the park than was previously suspected Read More
2020-11-06 13:32
There’s a renaissance underway in structural battery research, which aims to build energy storage into the very devices and vehicles they power Read More
2020-11-06 12:56
The remnants of Hurricane Eta unleashed torrential rains and catastrophic flooding on Central America, killing at least 50 people and turning streets into rivers in Guatemala, acco… Read More
2020-11-06 09:56
Animals across the Arctic are changing where and when they breed, migrate and forage in response to climate change, says a new study unveiling the massive scale of the change. The changes me… Read More
2020-11-05 20:56
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at why light pollution is a 'stressor' on the planet and why poppies are a symbol of ecological renewal Read More
2020-11-05 19:56
As Americans await the results of Tuesday’s federal election, experts say the U.S. needs a president that will not only bring the country back into the Paris climate agreement, but ste… Read More
2020-11-05 14:40
Payloads SERFE (Spacesuit Evaporation Rejection Flight Experiment): The crew partially installed the SERFE hardware into EXPRESS Rack 11B. Data cables were connected to EXPRESS Rack 6, and t… Read More
2020-11-05 13:58
A group of researchers and conservationists in eastern P.E.I. is working restore Basin Head's unique Irish moss by planting as much as they can before the ice sets in for winter Read More
2020-11-05 13:58
An encouraging study shows plants and shellfish can grown in pre-industrial sediment taken from underneath sludge at Boat Harbour, N.S Read More
2020-11-05 13:58
According to a social media post from the Canada Border Service Agency, a small black bear cub was spotted at the border crossing between Hyder, Alaska, and Stewart, B.C., seeking "entry for… Read More
2020-11-05 13:33
After more than a decade, researchers have confirmed their suspicions about the source of the phenomena Read More
2020-11-05 12:33
Peat fires smolder in the ground for months, suddenly emerging as surface wildfires. New simulations reveal their strange life, death, and reanimation Read More
2020-11-05 09:58
For more than 13 years, astronomers have been trying to determine the source of extremely powerful radio bursts that can travel billions of kilometres through space but only last a fraction… Read More
2020-11-04 19:56
Denmark's prime minister said Wednesday that the government wants to cull its entire herd of minks to minimize the risk of the animals re-transmitting a mutated form of the coronavirus to hu… Read More
2020-11-04 16:38
Payloads Plant Habitat-02 – The crew completed the Plant Habitat-02 Science Carrier Installation, which was previously partially completed. Photos of the entire Science Carrier quadran… Read More
2020-11-04 13:56
A scan of the Stolen Bikes Ottawa Facebook page shows a number of posts where Ottawa police have located a stolen bike and returned it to its rightful owner. That's no accident Read More
2020-11-04 13:56
The United States formally exited the Paris Agreement on Wednesday, fulfilling a years-long promise by President Donald Trump to withdraw the world's second-largest greenhouse gas emitter fr… Read More
2020-11-04 13:56
Outdoor patio heaters are a surprising source of emissions, so what can Toronto restaurants do to keep their carbon footprints small this winter? Read More
2020-11-04 12:31
Massive storms like Goni, which hit the Philippine islands on Sunday, could be a glimpse of our future Read More
2020-11-04 11:56
The lone Asian giant hornet — binomial name Vespa mandarinia, also nicknamed the murder hornet — was found in the 7000 block of Bradner Road, a rural area with many farms located… Read More
2020-11-04 11:56
The discovery has led experts to rethink evolution as these tiny creatures appear to have deviated from what is usually the gradual development of a species, said Professor Hans Larsson of M… Read More
2020-11-03 14:38
Payloads NanoRacks Cubesat Deployer – Mission 19 (NRCSD-19) – The crew installed the Cubesat deployers onto the MPEP (Multipurpose Experiment Platform). The crew also took… Read More
2020-11-03 12:31
Aboard a decked-out C-130, researchers measure how smoke transforms from “fresh” to “stale” and begin to parse what that means for humans downwind Read More
2020-11-02 20:56
Statistics Canada says domestic firms that invested in robots since the late 1990s have also expanded their human workforces, suggesting a less than "apocalyptic" result for workers overall Read More
2020-11-02 16:38
Payloads Cubesat review: The crew reviewed the NRCSD-19 installation material in preparation for next week’s activities. A single NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer (NRCSD) has the capability… Read More
2020-11-02 14:56
Caribou herds in Canada's Rocky Mountains are now so precarious that Parks Canada is preparing a plan to round up females from nearly vanished herds and pen them in a captive breeding progra… Read More
2020-11-02 14:31
People say that computational methods are a separate branch of science, but that’s not really true Read More
2020-11-02 13:56
Scientists say they have found an elusive chameleon species that was last spotted in Madagascar 100 years ago Read More
2020-11-02 12:56
Experts say there’s a lot more to consider before we can definitively say coronavirus antibodies don’t last long enough to protect us Read More
2020-11-02 12:56
Transport Canada says it is pleased with the results of a newly implemented underwater acoustic glider used to help detect the endangered North Atlantic right whales as they migrate to… Read More
2020-11-02 12:56
Some people in Nova Scotia are finding creative ways to repurpose old Halloween pumpkins by giving them to animals for a festive treat Read More
2020-11-02 12:56
A powerful super-typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines with ferocious winds Sunday, killing at least 16 people and causing volcanic mudflows to bury houses before weakening as it… Read More
2020-11-02 12:56
Researchers discover how remoras are able to stay close to their host without being swept off by fast flowing water Read More
2020-11-02 12:56
Deer are particularly active in the fall, especially early in the morning and late at night. Here are some tips from the OPP and Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry for how you can av… Read More
2020-11-02 12:31
The US has a long history of abusing minorities for pharmaceutical profit. Messaging for a Covid-19 inoculation will have to overcome that past Read More
2020-11-01 13:31
Neuroscientists are finding that deep-learning networks, often criticized as “black boxes,” can be good models for the organization of living brains Read More
2020-11-01 09:56
Space debris isn't something that most people think about, but it can pose a danger to the very satellites we use in our daily lives. Now, a Canadian company plans to help reduce the chance… Read More
2020-10-31 12:31
Nations are pledging to plant billions of trees. But a new study shows that we've underestimated the power of natural forest regrowth to fight climate change Read More
2020-10-31 08:56
In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Canada's biggest grocery store chains have increased their cleaning and disinfecting measures. But how well is that working? Read More
2020-10-30 21:56
The emerald jewel wasp turns the American cockroach into a zombie so it can be manipulated into providing a living meal for its larvae Read More
2020-10-30 20:31
Catch up on the most important updates from this week Read More
2020-10-30 19:56
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the COVID Alert app can now provide more precise information to people who are exposed to the virus Read More
2020-10-30 19:31
It’s a resource allocation problem, a tough challenge in “queueing theory.” It’s also racism Read More
2020-10-30 17:56
Bob McDonald's blog: Canada's contributions in space benefit science, technology and the development of true superheroes Read More
2020-10-30 15:38
Payloads Drop Vibration Setup: The crew performed the necessary steps to install the Drop Vibration hardware in the Microgravity Sciences Glovebox (MSG). Although we were able to get the har… Read More
2020-10-30 14:38
Payloads Drop Vibration Setup: The crew performed the necessary steps to install the Drop Vibration hardware in the Microgravity Sciences Glovebox (MSG). Although we were able to get the har… Read More
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