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What does an astronaut do for an encore? Teach, write or enter politics — to name a few options.
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Prediction markets, based on the idea that anybody can profit from predicting the outcome of an event, are about to make their way to Canada. But research suggests only a fraction of sophisticated users reap the benefits due to their extensive knowledge of finance, economics and computer skills that average users can't compete with.
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A project studying the impacts of biting insects in the Kitikmeot region is entering its third year. So far, a researcher says, the program has found that insects are emerging earlier because of warming temperatures, and in greater variety.
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A pair of recent studies by dream researchers suggest that the age-old advice may in fact be grounded in science.
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The Osoyoos Forest Nursery located near Oliver, B.C, is owned by the Osoyoos Indian Band. The operation is the band's first green project and it is expected to produce millions of tree seedlings every year. Those seedlings will go towards restoring and reforesting areas hard hit by wildfires.
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Many climate monitors have been predicting an extra-strong El Niño this year that's expected to peak in the winter. But the summer season has already brought weather-related chaos and even devastation for many Canadians. Here's a look at what's going on.
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It was extremely hot and humid at the final World Cup match hosted by Toronto on Thursday. In fact, it was near the "wet bulb" temperature threshold where world soccer union guidelines recommend that games be delayed. But how hot is too hot? And what actually happens to players and their matches at that temperature?
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Vancouver police Sgt. Lee Marten is just the 26th person in the world to receive a Neuralink brain implant, which is being tested on people unable to move because of ALS.
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New research published in a U.S. science journal found that as the number of insects declines, tree swallows at Long Point Bird Observatory in Ontario have been producing fewer eggs and are shrinking in body size.
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Farmers in southwestern Ontario say that weeks of extreme weather events, including torrential rain and hail, has made growing crops a challenge. Some say they're embracing a week of hot temperatures, which can help crops get healthy.
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After a rash of drowning deaths during Europe's ongoing record-breaking heat wave, advocates are urging Canadians to stay safe this Canada Day as they push for more public swimming access across the country.
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Extreme weather on Wednesday caused the cancellation of Ottawa's evening Canada Day activities, including the fireworks display, as homes flooded, roads were closed and thunderstorms led to power outages.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Dauphin's mayor says he's seen several major floods hit the western Manitoba city in his lifetime — but none as severe as this week's flooding.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
2 legendary polar exploration shipwrecks are about to get their 21st-century close-up
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Record rainfall in Edmonton in June means July will remain thick with mosquitoes as wet weather triggers population boom.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
When popular villains in cartoon shows and movies speak in foreign-accented English, the young children watching the conniving depictions also seem to pick up language biases, Canadian researchers say.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
A vicious storm pounded Winnipeg Monday night, leaving a swath of destruction in the city's southwest that included the partial collapse of a house.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
When Australian goalkeeper Patrick Beach came off the turf after the first FIFA World Cup game in Vancouver, it wasn't the crowd or atmosphere that had caught his attention — it was the grass.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
As parts of southern Ontario, Quebec and the eastern United States swelter through a heat dome, here are the health warning signs to watch out for — and how to keep cool.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Five days have passed since twin earthquakes struck northern Venezuela, killing more than 1,450 people, according to the government. Relief organizations say the first 72 hours after a natural disaster is the most crucial time period for rescues, though survival can be extended if people have access to food and water.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
About 1,113 light years away from Earth, locked in orbit around a single star, there are two planets that appear to be the size of Jupiter, but have the density of "a nice blob of shaving foam, fresh from the can."
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Severe thunderstorms on Sunday swept through beleaguered western Manitoba — still recovering from storms earlier this month — bringing at least one tornado that a storm chaser called a "monster."
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
In the latest issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, infectious disease physicians described the case of an 11-year-old child who died of rabies almost two years ago, and urged people to seek medical attention if they have any contact with bats to prevent potential rabies infection.
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The last time Kenny Chaplin broke the Guinness World Record for most trees planted in 24 hours, the year was 2001 and he was a much younger man. He's doing it all again in 2026 at the village of Buena Vista, Sask.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Canada is working with countries around the globe to try having the rapidly evolving technology proceed safely, Canada's UN ambassador says.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
As crews continue to search through the rubble for potential survivors, many Venezuelans expressed anger at their government for its lack of disaster preparedness after years of political corruption.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Research out of the Great Lakes Forestry Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., is raising new concerns about an invasive insect that has been steadily moving closer to the Canadian border.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
A recently discovered spider species in Australia's tropical rainforests has stunned researchers with a hunting technique that launches prey through the air using a spring-loaded silk trap.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Apple announced Thursday that it has raised prices for some popular devices, citing demand for key memory chips also used to power AI.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Former smartphone maker BlackBerry just hit a key earnings milestone after nine years and as its stock jumped on the news, one analyst says the Canadian company is now 'back.'
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
NASA and the commercial company Katalyst Space have concocted a plan to stop a powerful astrophysics satellite from hurtling towards Earth and burning up in the atmosphere.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Mineral found in a 4.4-billion-year-old meteorite gives potential insight into the history, development and geological processes of Mars.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
The pool's $14.7-million US renovation and subsequent rapid deterioration has become the butt of internet jokes. Some have dubbed June "ALGAEBTQ Pride Month" or commented that Trump, who promised to "drain the swamp" in Washington, has instead created a swamp.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Thousands of Venezuelans were feared dead on Thursday after two powerful earthquakes wreaked havoc in and around the capital Caracas, trapping people beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings and setting off powerful aftershocks.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 weeks ago)
The joint advisory says AI offers 'powerful tools' to strengthen cyber defences and urges organizations to integrate them into their core business strategies.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
A Saskatchewan veterinarian went on a search to find her newly blind llama named Maple, a companion to help her adjust to her new life. That new companion came in the form of Peeps the sheep.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
Groos tet (Big Head) and Chiraan (Northern Light) are some of the Michif names that students helped choose for 16 bison calves born at Batoche this spring.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
After more than a decade without fluoridated water in Saint John, the dental community is seeing a surge in tooth decay among young people.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
Parks Canada crews are at work in Alberta's bat caves, spreading a blend of bacteria to try to save the flying night mammals from a deadly, and accelerating, fungal infection.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
Battery-powered bikes and scooters have exploded in popularity but are largely unregulated, leading to a similarly growing rate of injuries and complaints, but one Manitoba city has now made the rules clear.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
The federal government is looking to build up to 10 new nuclear reactors over the next 15 years, with at least one of them outside of Ontario.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
A group of Calgary-area apiarists are working to reduce the Canadian beekeeping industry's dependence on foreign-imported queens by instead breeding them themselves, with locally-sourced queens potentially better-equipped to survive Canada's harsh winters.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
Remember that star that was supposed to explode in 2024? It didn't, but it could still happen soon
ReadGlobal News - Technology (3 weeks ago)
The bill includes measures to lower the risk of chatbots communicating harmful content and crisis intervention protocols for cases involving self-harm, suicide or violence.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
A black bear has been seen by multiple people in Fish Creek Provincial Park — something a local wildlife biologist says is not uncommon in southwest Calgary at this time of year.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
The fate of deer and elk at the now-closed Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., is uncertain, with an animal rights organization warning some of them could be bound for slaughterhouses, and urging provincial and federal officials to take action.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
It could be a worse-than-usual mosquito season in some parts of Canada, and if you've scrolled social media for solutions, you may have encountered the "bucket of doom."
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
It sounds like weird science and some have dismissed it as "snake oil." But an emerging technology for crop fertilizer is gaining interest amid an acute shortage of fertilizer caused by wars in the Middle East.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
It's been some time since a laundry soap bar that was widely used by hide tanners in their brain paste recipes was discontinued. But the loss of the product has left some having to go back to the drawing board to find something to take its place.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
The tuna in your sandwich was likely caught with the aid of drifting rafts called fish aggregating devices (FAD). New Canadian research finds that abandoned FADs are smashing into coral reefs and endangering wildlife — even in marine protected areas. But there are ways to make tuna fishing more sustainable, researchers say.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
Proponents of North America's first coastal refuge for captive whales held a symbolic groundbreaking in Wine Harbour, N.S., on Friday. However, the $15-million Whale Sanctuary Project still faces major challenges.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
How does one transport an aquatic animal that can grow up to 4.5 metres and weigh up to 1,900 kilograms? Here's a step-by-step guide.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (3 weeks ago)
SocGholish malware, linked to the Russian cybercriminal group Evil Corp, exploited thousands of WordPress sites to gain unauthorized access to computer systems and data.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
The federal government has brought in major changes to how pesticides are regulated in Canada, granting cabinet the power to authorize the use of pesticides — even ones that Health Canada has deemed unsafe.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
A 4.5 magnitude moderate earthquake has shaken the Bas-Saint-Laurent, Gaspésie, and Côte-Nord regions Thursday morning.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
A family of beavers that came to London in 2023 is thriving in west London, and preventing flooding by doing what they do best — building dams.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
North Pacific right whales have only been spotted seven times in B.C.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
Scientists have solved a mystery that puzzled them for decades: Why were so many dead children buried by hunter-gatherers in Russia 5,500 years ago? It turns out they were killed by the earliest known outbreak of the plague, revealing new insights about the disease.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
Scientists have solved a mystery that puzzled them for decades: Why were so many dead children buried by hunter-gatherers in Russia 5,500 years ago? It turns out they were killed by the earliest known outbreak of the plague, revealing new insights about the disease.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
OceanGate interacted with numerous federal departments and agencies in Canada, yet was not held to any standards by federal regulators. Canada's Transportation Safety Board has made six recommendations aimed at closing those gaps.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
New research shows that the important AMOC is already slowing down and bringing it closer to a tipping point and eventual shutdown. The impacts would be significant for Atlantic Canada and the planet.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
An archaeological field school at a national historic site near Fort St. John, B.C., is offering a look into 12,500 years of First Nations history, finding pieces of ancient stone tools and animal bones.
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Within weeks of a wildfire, an orange crust coats deadwood and the charred forest floor, creating an otherworldly landscape that still seems to be smoking. But instead of continued destruction, it's a signal of rebirth: tiny fungi are colonizing the wreckage.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
U.S. President Donald Trump believed he had a solution to the reflecting pool's algae problems: painting its bottom a particular shade of blue. Less than two weeks after the repair work finished, the algae is back.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
Potential risks to human and animal health rise when people experiencing homelessness are forced to seek shelter in the same secluded, inner-city landscapes as urban coyotes, a new study cautions.
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Researchers in Kentville, N.S., are studying ways to establish new orchards in a way that relies less on machinery and chemicals — and more on four-legged assistants. The CBC's Frances Willick has the story.
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Prince Edward Islanders are again being asked to keep an eye out for smooth green snakes. They're the smallest of P.E.I.'s three snake species — and also the province's rarest reptile.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
New research shows more than 150,000 square kilometres of coral reefs are resilient to the effects of climate change, far more than previously thought.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
Honeybees are now living in wooden houses on the roof of Queen's Park. CBC's Lorenda Reddekopp spoke with Speaker Donna Skelly — the driving force behind the initiative — about how and why it came together.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
For the last few days, a small marsupial has been on the loose on Montreal's South Shore, after it likely escaped from illegal captivity, say animal rights advocates and Quebec's Environment Ministry.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (4 weeks ago)
While in some cases, AI will act as a 'force-multiplier' for some experts, it will make some other jobs easier for non-experts, a new report by PwC says.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
Research from the University of Victoria shows that an area of the Georgia Strait near Comox and Denman Island was once covered in 5.5-million square metres of bull kelp forests, ten times the amount previously thought to be the baseline.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
A red-headed woodpecker in the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary has left Calgary's birdwatching community in a frenzy, with countless birders coming to the popular park daily to catch a glimpse of the rare endangered bird.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
It turns out stoned rats get the munchies too. New research from the University of Calgary and Washington State University digs into the effects of cannabis on rats and humans, particularly when it comes to appetite.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
The International Space Station is old and leaky. Should it be decommissioned sooner rather than later?
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Out-of-this-world medical tech could boost health care on Earth, researchers say
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
The U.S. Department of Justice said it determined the transaction did not pose a threat to competition in streaming, the traditional television business or film.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
Government officials are aiming to use the ban as an incentive for platforms to improve their designs and better protect children long-term, if and when those kids return.
ReadCBC - Technology (A month ago)
A group of residents in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island are coming together to remove invasive American bullfrogs in local lakes and water bodies, with tadpole trapping workshops starting this weekend.
ReadCBC - Technology (A month ago)
The B.C. Conservation Service is not sure how the yearling got its head stuck in a stove pipe, but adds it is an important reminder to call the service if you see an animal in distress.
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El Niño, nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists said Thursday.
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Phones buzzed repeatedly across southern Manitoba with tornado alerts Tuesday night, even though the threat was far away for many who got the frequent alerts.
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Climate change is pushing ticks into new habitats across southern Canada and experts say the pests could soon be bothering a majority of Canadians.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
As artificial intelligence (AI) use ramps up by many companies, some are reportedly facing sticker shock as they run out of AI 'tokens,' which can lead to extra costs.
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Squirrel poop dating back to last ice age is full of mammoth, horse DNA
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
The Safe Social Media Act aims to create a 'duty to protect children' for all online platforms, requiring social media and AI chatbots to incorporate age-appropriate measures.
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NASA announced the astronauts who will be part of the next Artemis mission, slated for next year. Questions remain about how realistic the timelines are, given recent setbacks to a private partner, Blue Origin.
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Star Blanket Cree Nation in Saskatchewan welcomed a herd of bison in May, one of many First Nations that are bringing the animal back to the Prairies and to their communities. Those now tasked with their care talk about what's it like to carry the responsibility of the future for the bison and for their nation's connection to them.
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Infection rates for deadly mosquito-borne diseases are extremely low in Canada. But experts warn climate change and evolving environmental factors — including deforestation — are rapidly expanding the geographical range of the world's deadliest animal, and the way it lives and breeds.
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Former soldier Brendan Hynes thinks he has CTE, but the devastating brain disease can't be confirmed until after someone's dead. Could cutting-edge Canadian research be the solution?
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
Ottawa says it is willing to change its lawful access bill to shorten the time electronic service providers would be required to keep users' metadata to less than one year.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
Several provinces that have previously indicated interest in social media bans say they'll be watching to see how the federal government will roll its plan out.
ReadCBC - Technology (A month ago)
An emu with four legs hatched at a farm in Nanaimo, B.C., over the weekend, leaving the owners and veterinarians perplexed as to the cause for the malformation.
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The Alberta government says a grizzly bear that tried breaking into a chicken coop near Red Lodge Provincial Park in central Alberta was trapped and killed on June 6.
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A new study on Cascadia earthquake and tsunami risk puts one of Vancouver Island's best-known coastal communities at the centre of a difficult question: How does a small town prepare for a disaster that may not happen for generations, but could overwhelm it within minutes?
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A Canadian scientist has found that amputated bits of flesh cut from scarlet sea cucumbers can carry on for years in a strange new form, somewhere between life and death.
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Screwworm won't kneecap Canada's beef industry, but an advocate says the parasite's incursion into the U.S. is a good reminder for farmers and ranchers here to take extra precautions.
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Researchers say a new study proves that insects can solve problems spontaneously, a cognitive ability usually associated with large-brained vertebrates.
ReadCBC - Technology (A month ago)
After decades of decline from human development and extreme weather, the world's mangroves are growing again, according to a surprising new study looking at satellite images of coastal forests.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
The proposed social media ban for youth under 16 would mirror action first taken in Australia, where the measure took effect last December.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
The word 'copyright' doesn't appear once in Canada's 50-page AI strategy, despite promises last summer by the minister of artificial intelligence that it would be addressed.
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Newly reported casualties raised the overall death toll in the strongest earthquake to hit the Philippine archipelago this year to at least 32, officials said Monday, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that triggered tsunami warnings for several hours.
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Algae in Great Bear Lake have changed significantly since the turn of the century due to climate change, a new study has found.
ReadCBC - Technology (A month ago)
From wartime messages to love letters, pigeons have carried our mail for centuries. A new study suggests the secret to how they find their way might be hiding in an unexpected place: the liver.
ReadCBC - Technology (A month ago)
Riverside-Albert's Jennifer Shelby will have her short story collection archived on the moon as part of a project called the Lunar Codex.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
An MIT study published in November 2025 found that using AI chatbots like ChatGPT erodes critical thinking skills, even among adults.
ReadCBC - Technology (A month ago)
A worsening air leak aboard the International Space Station (ISS) prompted five astronauts to take shelter and prepare for evacuation for roughly two hours on Friday as Russia attempted to fix a crack on its portion of the orbital laboratory, NASA said.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
The 50-page strategy is 'very short on details,' Conservatives and independent experts said after its long-anticipated release. Here are some of the details that are missing.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
Ottawa's AI strategy includes plans to build out data centres, which many Canadians have pushed back against because of the environmental and community impacts.
ReadCBC - Technology (A month ago)
Canadians could be in for another beautiful display of the northern lights tonight, as the sun unleashed several fast-moving particles in the Earth's direction over the past couple of days.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
Signal is among the most prominent platforms to make such a threat while speaking out against Bill C-22, while VPN providers have also threatened to leave or curtail services.
ReadCBC - Technology (A month ago)
Experiments in humans and mice suggest that certain white blood cells, known as T-cells, may respond to infections more effectively after a meal. The research calls into question the notion of "starve a fever, feed a cold."
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
The strategy wants to restrict the use of AI for surveillance pricing, and ramp up use by Canadians – but doesn't estimate job losses.
ReadCBC - Technology (A month ago)
Two more grey whales have washed up in B.C., with researchers and experts both warning the province is on pace for a record breaking year.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says the strategy will be titled 'AI for All' and will emphasize building Canadians' trust in the technology.
ReadCBC - Technology (A month ago)
AI-related layoffs are in full swing as tech companies invest in artificial intelligence agents they say will take over tasks traditionally done by humans. But a major AI infrastructure and software company says the agents fail to produce professionally acceptable work more than 19 times out of 20, and some analysts say the technology is overhyped...
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Two bright orange autonomous sail drones are floating in Lake Erie right now, part of a new U.S. Coast Guard program.
ReadCBC - Technology (A month ago)
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada has endorsed a rescue plan that would see all of Marineland's remaining beluga whales split up and sent to Oceanogràfic València in Spain or one of four U.S. locations.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
Two Democratic lawmakers in Michigan announced the Protecting America from Chinese Cars Act, which would prevent Chinese vehicles from entering the U.S.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
AI Minister Evan Solomon said the government has signed onto Project Glasswing, which Anthropic launched to allow companies to use Mythos to test for security vulnerabilities.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
The federal government is set to release an AI strategy this week. It's expected to call for building a foundation for Canadian sovereign AI as one of its six pillars.
ReadCBC - Technology (A month ago)
In San Francisco Bay, scientists, ferry operators and the public are working together to track whales, using an app and a special kind of camera.
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More than 100 volunteers with the U.K.'s National Trust are working diligently on a steep hill in the brutal summer heat to restore the Cerne Abbas Giant to his former glory.
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Researchers found two mosquito species that tested positive for California serogroup virus, a group of mosquito-borne viruses that can cause encephalitis and meningitis in humans.
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A city worker at the pollution control facility discovered the exotic pet. It is dehydrated and needs help shedding but is expected to survive, according to the local humane society.
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The American Meteor Society said that the booms people heard were caused by a meteor nearly 1 meter wide entering the atmosphere around the New Hampshire border with Massachusetts, north of Boston.
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Claude Lemieux's brain is being donated to the Boston University's CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries, his family said Saturday in a statement released by daughter Claudia Lemieux Bishop.
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Municipalities and experts are advising Albertans of soaring caterpillar populations this spring. Clusters of forest tent caterpillars are frequently seen on trees across North America, particularly during what entomologists refer to as cyclical outbreaks.
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A Greater Sudbury family is fighting to keep their pet dog, which may be seized by Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) pending DNA testing results.
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You may have noticed two bright "stars" in the west after sunset. Those aren't stars but rather two planets: Jupiter and Venus. And they're on their way for a beautiful meet-up in the days ahead.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
Companies that operate the rental e-scooter and e-bike programs in Canada say they don't have much data on group riding, but note ridership is strong when the workday ends.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
Canada is losing trees faster than nature can grow them or people can plant them. A northern Manitoba tree-planting program is trying to replace trees destroyed by wildfires, but the cancellation of the federal Two Billion Trees Program is making that more challenging.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 months ago)
Electric vehicles are becoming more popular in Canada, according to a new survey report, but a large number of Canadians believe cold temperatures are a reason not to consider one.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
Cultivated meat — real protein grown directly from animal cells — is officially moving out of the lab and into commercial production. While U.S. producers are scaling up, Canada is on a much more cautious timeline. CBC News' Johanna Wagstaffe looks into the science behind cellular agriculture and the regulatory framework that novel foods must...
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
A study out of Hamilton's McMaster University looked at how exposure to common air pollutants affected the performance of about 7,000 Canadians on tests of brain health.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
An uncrewed Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on a Florida launchpad during a test on Thursday, in a major setback for Jeff Bezos' space venture as it seeks to narrow the gap with Elon Musk's IPO-bound SpaceX.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
Researchers believe the whales are starving to death as they migrate back north to their northern feeding grounds.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 months ago)
Conservatives put forward a motion in the House of Commons calling on cabinet to overturn the CRTC's increased requirements under the Online Streaming Act.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
Eric Poulin has auto-brewery syndrome, a condition caused by an imbalance of gut microorganisms.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 months ago)
The strategy is one of the most keenly anticipated to come from the government, and is expected to lay out the vision for widespread AI adoption across public and private sectors.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
The man killed in a rare fatal bear attack in northern Saskatchewan on May 8 wanted to be an MMA fighter. Originally from Kerala, India, Hrishikesh Koloth, 27, was working at a uranium exploration site in northern Saskatchewan when he was attacked by the bear.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
Some people living near the Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in the Parry Sound, Ont., area say a compound with lions rescued from a Quebec zoo was too close for comfort last summer. The sanctuary's executive director says she wouldn't automatically rule out accepting a lion or tiger in the future, if asked.
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Every fall, the female ginkgo tree's fruit produces such a foul odor — described by arborists, city councillors and homeowners as a cross between dog poop and vomit — that residents have been asking their councillors for permission to cut them down, even though the trees are otherwise healthy.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
The hot pink and canary-coloured hues glow so bright, astronauts can snap photos of them from space. Fixed atop the largest concentration of greenhouses in North America, the multi-coloured lights have transformed both the night sky in a pocket of southwestern Ontario and the province's multi-billion-dollar agriculture sector.
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A massive chemical tank holding millions of litres of a highly corrosive liquid imploded and collapsed Tuesday at a Washington paper mill, killing at least one worker and leaving nine others unaccounted for with no hope for rescue, authorities said.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 months ago)
B.C. Conservative MLA Ward Stamer introduced a bill after a string of deadly collisions on Highway 5, which goes through his riding of Kamloops-North Thompson.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 months ago)
The testimony comes amid increasing concerns from privacy experts and technology service providers about the controversial measures in Bill C-22.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
NASA has provided the first look at its plans for its moon base, which include several robotic missions to the surface of the moon as early as this year.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 months ago)
Ferrari's stock has been tanking Tuesday, one day after the automaker unveiled its first-ever fully electric passenger vehicle, called the Luce.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
NASA officials, including administrator Jared Isaacman and the head of the moon base program, are expected to speak Tuesday about plans for a sustained presence on the moon.
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ʔAkisq̓nuk First Nation is launching a series of scientific and economic studies on Lake Windermere and Columbia Lake as part of a broader water stewardship plan that has sparked debate over recreational boating in the area.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
Ashley Charriere tells The National about the moment a family of foxes nested under her porch in Mitchell, Man.
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A beach cleanup crew recently found marine location markers that had washed up in Advocate Harbour, N.S. The Canadian Forces base in Greenwood says while these items may appear old, inactive or harmless, they can still post a serious danger.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
Police in York Region are warning the public after another coyote attack in Markham, Ont., on Sunday.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 months ago)
Leo denounced the 'culture of power' driving the AI race, especially in developing ever more sophisticated methods of remote warfare.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
Unmanned drones and robots are changing how wars are fought, including on the battlefield in Ukraine. For The National, CBC's Murray Brewster goes to Latvia where soldiers are training to take on the new enemy.
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Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Wayhowe Huang said officials will be continuing to evaluate the tank on Sunday after emergency crews spotted the potential crack overnight. As of Sunday morning, he said it does not appear that any of the highly volatile chemicals in the tank have leaked.
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Tens of thousands of old logbooks from the 18th and 19th centuries reveal the scope and scale of how industrial whaling nearly wiped out bowhead whales. But they also show why some modern-day populations are surviving better than others.
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Rodney Schmaltz, a psychology professor at MacEwan University in Edmonton, is interested in why some people believe in the paranormal. He and his colleagues studied the effect of infrasound on the body and mind.
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A study published this month by researchers at the University of Ottawa has found that applying woodchips to some trails significantly reduced local tick populations.
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