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Methane emissions, a key driver of climate change, remain stubbornly high around the world according to an annual update from the International Energy Agency.
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Researchers at the University of Windsor are testing water samples from areas where millions of migratory birds pass through in order to track a deadly virus.
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Scientists have figured out how the body of an 18th-century Austrian vicar has remained so well-preserved for nearly 300 years — and it's unlike anything they've seen before.
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Fifty years ago, the former Soviet Union launched a probe to Venus. However, the rocket engines shut off too early, and the probe became stuck in Earth orbit. Now, it's making its way back home, and there's the possibility it could make it to Earth's surface.
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A video posted by two tourists who visited Arctic Bay, Nunavut this week where they made negative comments about polar bear hunting has sparked outrage among some Inuit in the territory.
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A recent executive order from U.S. President Donald Trump to invest in deep sea mining operations could have dire environmental consequences, according to a northern Ontario mining expert.
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Toronto's crowded streets will soon see another type of vehicle: self-driving delivery robots — a decision the city had no approval over and a major concern for one councillor whose downtown ward will be affected.
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The Central Queens Branch of the P.E.I. Wildlife Federation is launching a new project to use a video camera to count how many adult fish are in the West River. This kind of data is crucial to conservation efforts, but right now the information the non-profit group has been using dates back to the 1990s. CBC's Sheehan Desjardins reports.
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The black bear population in Ontario has seen significant declines in a few areas of the province, according to a population survey conducted by government researchers, raising concerns about the health of the bears and the impact of hunting them.
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Horses have a distinct type of teeth, and caring for them requires a distinct set of skills. Margaret Craig took up the rare profession of equine dentist. She now travels across Saskatchewan improving horses' oral health.
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Ontario is planning to scale back species at risk protections. But the new bill is raising alarms from environmental groups, who say it could force the federal government to intervene to enforce its own overlapping nature protections. Here are the key changes and how they impact animals at risk.
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New research shows U.S. policymakers are relying on science more than ever — but that's where the common ground ends. Johanna Wagstaffe breaks down the data that shows how Republicans and Democrats use science differently to shape their policies.
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Dedicated volunteers, combined with strict fishing policies, may be softening the right whale's decline.
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Two orphaned bobcat sisters were released into the wild near Powell River, B.C., on Friday, 10 months after they were found malnourished near a logging road.
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Amazon's first batch of internet satellites rocketed into orbit on Monday might, the latest entry in the mega constellation market currently dominated by SpaceX's thousands of Starlinks.
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Quebec's Wildlife Ministry dropped about 75,000 vaccine baits around towns near the U.S. border in April. It has confirmed 16 cases of rabies in raccoons since the beginning of 2025.
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Ancient texts and modern movies alike depict the Roman Empire as a society that pitted men against animals for bloodsport. But remains unearthed in England are the first physical evidence of human-animal combat in ancient Rome.
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A pesticide sprayed on New Brunswick forests more than 55 years ago can still be found in some fish in the province, according to a new study.
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The wood turtle is missing his right front foot, so his shell was getting damaged from scraping on the floor at the Museum of Natural History in Halifax.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A week ago)
An ongoing technical issue with the CRA's website is leaving many Canadians frustrated, not being able to confirm if their information was received properly by the agency.
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Remember those claims that signs of life may have been detected on an exoplanet? Scientists have been skeptical about the claim, and now new, independent research is adding to that skepticism.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Roger Jenkins has grown up eating and fishing salmon. Now, as a retiree, he refuses to fish this species of special concern. In this federal election, he's looking for a political party that understands what's at stake if the Atlantic salmon disappear for good.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Espace pour la vie and Génome Québec are teaming up for the community science project. They're asking people near Tadoussac, Cacouna, Rimouski and La Malbaie to collect water samples which they'll use to check the health of organisms in the St. Lawrence River.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Hidden away in an area of Waterton Lakes National Park, little greyish brown butterflies are now being recognized as a new species known as Satyrium curiosolus, or the curiously isolated hairstreak.
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The young homing pigeon was supposed to fly to Majorca from Ibiza. Instead, it landed on Sable Island, a windswept sandbar some 300 kilometres off the Nova Scotia coast.
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For the first time ever, a Canadian team from northern Ontario has qualified for both the FIRST Robotics Competition and the FIRST Tech Challenge in the same year.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Among the fines, the European Commission imposed a 500 million euro fine on Apple for preventing app makers from pointing users to cheaper options outside its App Store.
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Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin launched his fiancée Lauren Sanchez into space Monday with an all-female celebrity crew that included Katy Perry and Gayle King.
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When the ground started shaking, a herd of African elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park formed a protective barrier, known as an "alert circle," around their youngest. Experts say it's a demonstration of their sharp instincts, effective communication skills and strong family connection.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
What has the body of a dog, the face of a cat and jaws powerful enough to potentially crush the bones of an elephant? Meet the Bastetodon, a newly discovered species of apex predator that roamed the lush forests of ancient Egypt some 30 million years ago.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Vancouver's famous North Shore Mountains are visited by thousands every year. But some trips don't go according to plan. New technology, some of it developed in Canada, is helping search crews find those who are lost faster than ever.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
The Vancouver Island community of Tofino could face serious risk if an earthquake and tsunami hit, according to Katsu Goda, an Earth sciences professor at Western University. Goda spoke to CBC's On The Coast about how tsunami towers — made of strong metal — could help prevent fatalities in the event of an emergency in small communities along...
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Benjamin Erwin recounts the moment he accidentally recorded the first confirmed footage of the rare colossal squid while piloting a vessel near the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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A new Yale psychology study says the audio quality you have on video calls can affect how others perceive you — especially in snap-judgement scenarios like job interviews and dating.
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A new study led by a University of Calgary scientist has found evidence that suggests Mars once had a carbon cycle, giving further support for the habitability of the red planet.
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Historians have deciphered a 1,900-year-old papyrus discovered in the Judean desert that details an elaborate tax evasion scheme, forgery and fraudulent sale and manumission of slaves by two men.
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In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system.
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The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports, examined environmental DNA to determine the levels of bacteria, fungi and viruses previously shown to be harmful to wild salmon.
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Indigenous legal advocates in northwestern Ontario are sounding the alarm over the Ontario government's cancellation of its contract with Starlink, citing concerns with people's access to legal services in remote First Nations.
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Scientists have identified fossil dinosaur footprints from a new species in B.C. and Alberta. They're believed to be the first tracks found in the world that were left by club-tailed ankylosaurs, offering new insights about gaps in the fossil record.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (3 weeks ago)
A U.S. judge ruled that Google unlawfully monopolized markets for publisher ad servers and the market for ad exchanges which sit between buyers and sellers.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
Babies and children up to age four could be breathing in and absorbing plasticizer chemicals from their mattresses while they sleep, a Canadian study suggests.
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All the hype over hydrogen in Newfoundland and Labrador has subsided, but the company that operates the oil storage terminal in Come By Chance is forging ahead with a unique approach to delivering clean energy to Europe.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (3 weeks ago)
Shares in computer chip makers slumped after Nvidia said tighter U.S. controls on exports of computer chips used for artificial intelligence will cost it an extra $5.5 billion.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
Our suddenly rocky relationship with the U.S. has a lot of Canadians rethinking our dependence on our southern neighbor, especially fruit and vegetable imports. Could Canada grow more of what we eat? And what would it cost us?
ReadGlobal News - Technology (4 weeks ago)
The looming antitrust trial will be the first big test of President Donald Trump's Federal Trade Commission's ability to challenge Big Tech.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
Canada has a unique chance to become a medical and scientific powerhouse — if it moves quickly to scoop up professionals leaving the United States in the wake of health cuts and layoffs, the head of the Canadian Medical Association says.
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In a sudden and unexplained change from previous decades, the federal government has stopped covering the travel costs of Canadian experts volunteering for the next major global climate science assessment.
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Scientists created a version of the extinct dire wolf. But we should be directing our resources to preventing extinction in the first place.
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First Nations in northeastern Ontario are preparing for the spring goose hunt, but while the deeply significant cultural tradition is eagerly anticipated, it's tinged with anxiety this year as well thanks to reports of avian influenza in southern Ontario.
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Bee population decline isn't the only concern among Saskatchewan apiaries. Hives are under attack from a bee-killing parasite and now honey producers are bracing for the fallout of a trade war.
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The Centre for Whale Research says the newborn was spotted swimming alongside a whale known as J40 near Victoria on Sunday. It's thought to be the orca's first calf.
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Colossal Biosciences made a surprise announcement Monday, claiming it had brought the dire wolf back from the dead, achieving the biotech company's first successful de-extinction. But some scientists say that while the wolves' existence is an impressive feat, they are not exactly as advertised.
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Scientists created a map of a mouse's brain while it watched clips of The Matrix. They say this research is a step toward discovering how human brains work.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
Tesla's Optimus robots were originally pitched as household assistants, but a new plan for them is out of this world.
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Wafi Ishmam Chaudhury recounts the moment he filmed a battle between a hungry fox and some alert Canada geese on the streets of Toronto.
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A call from Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew for scientists in the U.S. to consider moving here has researchers in this province demanding more funding to give those who relocate a reason to stay.
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One of the great things about astronomy is that it's always full of surprises, especially when it comes to comets — you just can't predict new ones. But there's a lot of buzz around a recently discovered comet that has quickly brightened.
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Space debris rained down on Saskatchewan farmland twice in 2024, and no one seems to know why the junk didn't burn up in the atmosphere during re-entry.
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The first-ever X-ray taken of an astronaut in space used new technology developed in Waterloo region. Startup KA Imaging's new X-ray detector was part of a mission to study Earth's polar regions from space. It is being used to track the effects of space travel on astronauts.
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Toronto's University Health Network says it has a new plan to recruit the best and brightest medical scientists from around the world, including the United States, where the government is laying off thousands of health researchers.
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Officials are urging residents to be alert and secure their garbage bins as B.C.'s bears wake up from their winter hibernation over the coming weeks.
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Torpedo bats are all the rage right now in baseball, including with big Major League Baseball stars. Employees at the B45 Baseball factory in Quebec City are ramping up production to keep up with demand.
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There is a window of relief for British Columbia farmers from the devastating waves of avian flu, leaving them to assess the toll of outbreaks spanning more than three years that saw millions of birds culled at hundreds of farms. But they also worry what the next migration of wild birds will bring this year.
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Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist and a clinician-scientist at the University of Toronto and the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Sinai Health, shares the $3 US million prize with four colleagues from the United States and Denmark.
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Rachel Metz of the Philadelphia Zoo recounts the moment 'Mommy' — a 97-year-old Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoise — produced four new hatchlings, becoming the oldest known first-time mother of her species.
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Western sandpipers stop at this B.C. mudflat to fuel up during their 10,000-km migration
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Mixing hands-on lessons about food with environmental education has been a recipe for success for some Canadian educators and advocates, sparking valuable connections and offering students practical, personal steps to take to address climate change.
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Scientists say it's likely that the closest active volcano to the Alaskan city of Anchorage will erupt soon. If it does, the primary concern is ash, which could impact both residents and flights in the area. Here's how scientists are preparing.
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Trump has heard an array of offers from U.S. businesses seeking to buy a share of the popular social media site, but China's ByteDance has insisted the platform is not for sale.
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The exoskeleton is a battery-operated, wearable device that gives patients with minimal movement in their legs the ability to walk.
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Dutch doctoral student Auke-Florian Hiemstra excavated a bird nest, and made a startling discovery. From McDonald's lids to face masks, the nest was built with layers of human trash — the oldest piece dating three decades back.
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A Vancouver-based mining company is looking to sidestep the international agency charged with regulating mining in international waters after lengthy negotiations it says have gone nowhere.
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Chimps apply engineering skills to select tools with the right characteristic for hunting termites. This can teach us more about how ancient humans learned to use tools.
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B.C. researchers have found that the fiords of the Central Coast may be providing refuge for the critically endangered sunflower sea star, a discovery that could have implications for wider ecosystems at risk due to warming seas.
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It's hard to describe the sheer size of a whale when it washes ashore. That's why Brendon Gould took to the beach with his drone in River of Ponds on the Northern Peninsula.
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After returning home earlier this month, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spoke to the media about their extended nine-month stay on the International Space Station.
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Hand-carved arrowheads and jagged spears made of obsidian, a sharp rock formed by volcanic magma, are remnants of vast prehistoric trade networks that once cut across western North America. New research is shedding light on the artifacts unearthed in Alberta.
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With the herring spawn in full swing, sea lions are popping up along Vancouver Island's coast. And the phenomenon has curious viewers in Nanaimo getting dangerously close to the large marine mammals. Claire Palmer has more.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
U.S. President Donald Trump said that "there's tremendous interest in Tiktok," adding that he would "like to see TikTok remain alive.”
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Rescuers freed four people from collapsed buildings in Myanmar on Monday, Chinese media reported, offering some hope three days after a massive earthquake killed over 2,000 as searchers raced to find more survivors in Myanmar and Thailand.
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It gave us the best map of the Milky Way. Now the Gaia spacecraft is orbiting into retirement
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Tim Cyr recounts the moment he released Wilson the Canada goose into the wild after a journey that included having an arrow in its backside for seven months, having the arrow removed and undergoing three months of rehab."
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Attention those in eastern Canada: Do you still have those solar eclipse glasses from last year's total eclipse? If so, grab them and get up early on Saturday morning for a wonderful sight.
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Mating season for wild turkeys in southern Quebec runs from late March to early April, meaning the male birds can get aggressive. Experts say more and more turkeys are showing up in urban areas because winters are milder and there's plenty of food.
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Chris Lemons' tether and oxygen supply snapped during a malfunction with a ship on the ocean's surface. A mix of luck, good training and science helped him live to tell the tale.
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Wildlife photographer Paul Nicklen recounts the moment he came within a metre of a rare spirit bear or kermode and captured intimate portraits of the iconic animal.
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A log of wood believed to be 50 million years old has been hauled up from below ground at Diavik diamond mine in the N.W.T. — a find that researchers say is remarkable but not uncommon.
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A powerful earthquake killed more than 140 people in Myanmar on Friday, authorities said, toppling buildings and wrecking infrastructure across a wide area, including a skyscraper under construction in neighboring Thailand.
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Eleven years after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the Malaysian government has approved a new search for the plane. One company is so certain new technology will help them find it that they've wagered $70 million.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
Nature unveiled another mystery when an octopus was caught cruising through the waters of New Zealand — by hitching a ride on a shark.
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U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign to eliminate diversity efforts and language from government organizations has officially reached the moon, with NASA erasing references to its promise to land the first woman and first person of colour on there from several of its web pages.
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Pacific Whale Watching Association executive director Erin Gless recounts the moment a baby orca, descended from the legendary matriarch Wake, was spotted in the Salish Sea, off the coast of Vancouver Island.
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A tense situation among members of an isolated base in Antarctica could foretell conflicts among astronauts on a long distance journey to Mars.
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On Sable Island, a thin crescent-shaped sandbar in the Atlantic Ocean, the shifting landscapes make for dazzling — and jarring — experiences.
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Leslie and Bob Meloche have tapped their black walnut trees for the fifth year this season, a process they call much more labour-intensive than tapping maple.
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Researchers are newly documenting a community of algae that hang around just under the ice surface using samples collected by divers. But climate change might threaten the algae — and the new collection method.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 months ago)
Researchers say they found 'possible links' between the Ontario Provincial Police and Paragon Solutions spyware, which has been used against civil society worldwide.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
When the crew aboard an ocean science expedition learned that an iceberg the size of Chicago had broken off from an Antarctic ice shelf, they knew they had to stop what they were doing and go check it out. But they didn't expect to find a rich and flourishing ecosystem.
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A Saint John auction house has opened bidding for a collection of ancient megalodon shark teeth.
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5 years after COVID-19, scientists are watching another virus warily: H5N1. It's been circulating widely in the U.S. — and now, wild birds are set to start north for migration season.
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A Waterloo, Ont., professor says he's once again figured out the best time to play the online portion of the Tim Hortons Roll Up To Win game for the highest chances of prizes. But he adds the coffee shop chain's decision to bring back the physical cups this year has made strategizing "drastically more complicated."
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Purging our world of microplastics requires change at the government level. But until that happens, here are some things individuals can do to make a difference.
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Bird experts agree Creamsicle is rare — and potentially even unique — in its colouring. But they disagree about what's behind the orange feathers. It could be a genetic mutation, an unfortunate accident, or the work of "nefarious miscreants."
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The New England Aquarium in Boston has opened a new private island for their elderly African penguins, where they can eat and live without the disturbance of younger, territorial penguins.
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Astronauts' 9-month stay in space could help with healthier mission to Mars
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Science journalist and self-proclaimed eco-nerd Ziya Tong had her home, food and body tested for microplastics while making the documentary Plastic People.
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Marine mammal expert Ashley Noseworthy recounts the moment a pod of dolphins greeted the SpaceX capsule carrying NASA astronauts returning from nine months stuck in space.
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The City of Toronto's response to a series of coyote attacks in downtown neighbourhoods aligns with best practices found in other cities, and problem animals should only be destroyed as a last resort, according to a new report. One woman who's dog was attacked and killed last fall says she was disappointed by the report's lack of a detailed plan.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
After a week-long trip to the International Space Station ballooned into a nine-month stay, NASA astronauts Barry (Butch) Wilmore and Suni Williams are finally home.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams departed the International Space Station early on Tuesday morning in a SpaceX capsule for a long-awaited trip back to Earth, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a roughly week-long test mission.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 months ago)
Google will buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for US$32 billion to boost the tech giant's in-house cloud computing amid burgeoning artificial intelligence growth.
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Studies on Antarctica have documented how temperatures, glaciers, oceans and wildlife are reacting to the warming consequences of fossil fuel emissions. A place this remote and isolated makes a perfect laboratory for grasping the past, present and future of the Earth's climate, according to many scientists drawn to this fragile continent.
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The hawk's presence at the Burnaby eco-centre deters local birds.
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Ancient mammals that lived in the time of dinosaurs were mostly the same dark-brown colour, according to a new study providing clues about how those mammals evolved in a time where they faced giant predators.
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A SpaceX capsule delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station early Sunday in a NASA crew-swap mission that will allow a pair of stuck astronauts to return home after nine months on the orbiting lab.
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Michael Schwinghamer has a passion for shipwrecks and is on a mission to capture them in their watery graves — leaning on his background in surveying and diving. His 3D renderings of ships lying on the sea floor could be the last glimpse before they're gone forever. CBC's Dave Irish explains.
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NGC Aerospace in Sherbrooke, Que., designs navigation systems for satellites, lunar landers and rovers. The company's technology set foot on the moon as part of the Blue Ghost 1 landing, which was spearheaded by U.S. company, Firefly.
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The meteorite landed close to Drummondville, Que., March 2, 2025. It was detected by the DOMe meteor observation network, a series of cameras deployed by Montreal's Planetarium in the St. Lawrence Valley.
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The beech leaf-mining weevil isn't very big at only two millimetres in length. But Acadia University biology professor Kirk Hillier says it shouldn't be underestimated because of its size. The tiny green-and-gold invasive species can take down 36-metre trees in just a few years.
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Whooping cranes have a remarkable recovery story. Meet some of the scientists bringing them back, in the documentary Dances With Cranes.
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The replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts launched to the International Space Station on Friday night, paving the way for the pair's return after nine long months.
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Late Thursday night or Friday early morning, North Americans with clear skies can look up to see a full moon with a beautiful reddish hue — also known as a "blood worm."
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Vance was tapped by Trump to find an approved buyer of under terms of a forced divestment law passed under the Biden administration that would otherwise see TikTok shut down.
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Meteorologists and scientists in Atlantic Canada are concerned about cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, saying they rely on the U.S. agency's data and expertise.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we learn about a recycling workshop that engages people with joy and humour, look at why eastern monarch butterflies had a good year, and check out plans to plant millions of trees from local seeds in N.W.T.
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A NASA telescope was launched into space from California on Tuesday for a mission to explore the origins of the universe and to scour the Milky Way galaxy for hidden reservoirs of water, a key ingredient for life.
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With a whopping total of 274 moons, researchers say Saturn's tug of war with Jupiter for the title is settled once and for all.
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NASA and SpaceX have delayed the launch of a replacement crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station that would have set in motion the long-awaited homecoming of U.S. astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
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A massive SpaceX Starship rocket exploded after takeoff again, raining down fiery debris and briefly grounding flights at Orlando International Airport Thursday evening.
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What does your smartphone have in common with a solar panel, or an EV battery, or a piece of military equipment? They're all made using critical minerals — an essential ingredient in powering the modern technology we use every day.
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Social media users from around the world, including Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia, reported the platform either being slow to load or entirely inaccessible.
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At age six, kids are typically building up their reading skills and starting to discover interests, but some also already hold the stereotypical belief that boys are better than girls at computer science and engineering, according to a recent study. Initiatives both inside and outside schools work to counter gender biases, but educators say early...
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Cuts to the U.S. agency responsible for weather forecasting and climate science have left scientists on this side of the border concerned about the reliability of data Canada needs to predict dangerous events, conduct accurate flood forecasts and understand broader changes to the climate.
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Scientists calculated just how much U.S. butterfly populations have declined in the past 20 years. The results brought some scientists to tears, and have them warning about dire implications for other species – not just in the U.S.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 months ago)
A new report says cybercriminals linked to China, Russia and Iran are using generative AI tools like deepfakes to spread disinformation and target elections around the world.
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Canada's participation in U.S. President Donald Trump's planned "Golden Dome" missile defence system for North America is limited to research involving the detection of incoming threats, the U.S. commander for NORAD told a defence conference on Wednesday.
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The world's largest iceberg appears to have run aground off the coast of a remote British island home to millions of penguins and seals — potentially threatening local wildlife, but also providing an opportunity for research into such rare "megabergs."
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The federal government is moving to add PFAS, a class of thousands of chemicals used in a wide range of products from food containers to clothing, to the official list of toxic substances, in light of growing scientific and public concern about the substances in Canada and around the world.
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In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we get some opinions about which countries will lead on climate now that the U.S. has stepped back, look at a Montreal factory's plans to share its warmth, and check out a taste test of native seaweeds on the East Coast.
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A bald eagle may have thought it spotted an easy lunch in a Canada goose sitting on an icy bay in Burlington, Ont., but according to Mervyn Sequeira — who watched and photographed a 20-minute battle between the two birds — the goose held its own.
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It comes a year after the privacy commissioner concluded Aylo's pornographic sites broke the law by allowing intimate images to be shared without direct knowledge or consent.
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A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck 42 km east of Sidney, B.C., Monday morning.
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A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, a success for the latest in a string of companies looking to kickstart business on Earth's celestial neighbor ahead of astronaut missions.
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A retired Yukon-based entomologist is finding artistic inspiration in the tiniest and most private of places: beetle genitalia.
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A series of at least four earthquakes ranging in magnitude from 3.1 to 4.3, struck the Peace Region of northeastern B.C. between Feb. 8 and 12. The British Columbia Energy Regulator has confirmed fracking caused the most powerful quake overnight on Feb. 11.
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A pod of Pacific white-sided dolphins swimming near Ambleside Beach was caught on film by Vancouver resident Imaan Jiwa, who was out for a walk on Friday night. The encounter follows another sighting in Howe Sound earlier this week.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 months ago)
The first round of U.S. tariffs and Canada's counter-tariffs are now in effect, marking the start of a trade war between the long-time North American allies.
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CBC's Giacomo Panico visited a former NATO radome that's now privately owned and used by a local group of radio astronomers.
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It's the last weekend for stargazers to spot a planet parade. Curt Nason, president of the New Brunswick chapter of the Royal Astronomical Society, explains what to look for when you look up on Saturday night.
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An archaeological field school hosted by Chipewyan Prairie First Nation in Alberta is proving the community's oral history true and teaching other Indigenous people how to do the same in their communities.
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A new study from the University of British Columbia has found that plants are leaking more water than initially thought — a discovery that could change the way scientists model climate change.
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Southwestern British Columbia has experienced several small but noticeable earthquakes over the past few weeks. Seismologist Johanna Wagstaffe explains why these tremors do not increase or decrease the likelihood of a larger earthquake.
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When Brent Chapman's doctor first pitched him on the idea of having one of his own teeth surgically embedded in his eye to restore his sight, he says he felt "a little apprehensive.”
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CBC News joins scientists aboard HMCS Margaret Brooke on a mission to Antarctica to unlock climate clues from the southern pole that they hope will shed light on what's happening in the Arctic.
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More than 35 per cent of New Brunswickers have a disability, according to Statistics Canada, and only 46 per cent of them are employed. But recent advancements in technology are levelling the playing field for people with disabilities, which could help close that gap.
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Thousands of Canadians and Americans reported WhatsApp issues Friday morning, though it appeared resolved by about 12 p.m. Eastern.
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Microsoft says it's ending service of its Skype platform and will focus more on Teams for consumers, noting that the two offer similar core features.
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