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McGill University's Macdonald Campus has a new greenhouse, which features seven bays, a classroom and demonstration rooms. Staff explain how they plan to use these new facilities.
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A global assessment on migratory freshwater fish species, published in March, found that there are 325 species of migratory fish crossing international borders that need deliberate action in order to survive.
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Other countries, like the U.K, the United States and the European Union have all dedicated funding and detailed roadmaps to replace animal testing in research settings. And while Canada has a strategy to replace animals used in chemical and toxicity testing, there is still no plan for those used in biomedical testing.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 days ago)
The 2026 wildfire season may get off to a relatively quiet start in Canada but lingering drought and a warm summer could tip the scales towards another severe year, experts say.
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When we sent four humans 406,771 kilometres into space for the first time, we also sent a toilet with them. After all, if the plan is to go farther and farther, then it's critical we test one of the non-negotiable parts of being human.
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If the egg hatches, the chick will be the first of its species to be born and raised in the wild in Northern California in more than a century.
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Manitoba's government has relied on disposable N95 masks and training to help its firefighters deal with heavy smoke billowing from wildfires, but protecting them from the noxious gases remains a significant challenge.
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The 10-month standoff on a B.C. ostrich farm last year was the most expensive poultry cull in Canada's history. A fifth estate investigation reveals the campaign to save the ostriches was based on falsehoods.
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In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we see how some countries are using heat from nuclear power plants to heat homes; map the countries with the biggest potential to generate solar power; and learn about the government's new approach to protecting nature.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 days ago)
Emperor penguins, the largest penguin species, are now listed as endangered following a new international assessment of how climate change is affecting their habitat and population.
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Environment and Climate Change Canada will use artificial intelligence to make its weather forecasts more accurate, the federal department said Thursday.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (4 days ago)
Dubbed Claude Mythos, the software is part of the Claude AI family, an artificial intelligence model that can act like a chatbot and AI assistant, like ChatGPT and Google's Gemini.
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The PaRx program, an initiative that allows healthcare providers to prescribe nature passes to patients, is now available for Hamilton Conservation Authority (HCA) sites.
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Human eyes are a wonder of nature. While we've invented the camera to work like our eyes, it's not as good as the real thing, something that was highlighted during Artemis II's lunar flyby.
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The Artemis II crew woke to the sounds of Queen and David Bowie's classic Under Pressure as they continued their journey through space Wednesday. Now preparing for Friday's re-entry, the astronauts also reflected on watching the eclipse of the Earth, the camaraderie of the mission and humanity's purpose on Earth.
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In China, the energy landscape has reached a historic tipping point. For the first time, its total installed wind and solar capacity has officially surpassed that of coal. It's a shift driven by massive industrial scale and artificial intelligence — and Chinese energy giants have their sights set on the Canadian wilderness.
ReadCBC - Technology (6 days ago)
The Artemis II crew is packing up to prepare for landing after a successful loop around the moon. The capsule is pointed back toward Earth, with a splashdown planned for Friday around 8:06 p.m. ET in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Calif., NASA officials say.
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Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson made the announcement in North Vancouver Tuesday, saying in a statement that the first five years of the initiative has shown what is possible when partners work together to restore habitat, expand hatchery programs, improve management and find new ways to protect vulnerable stocks.
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Southern Canadians have been occasionally treated to neon-soaked night skies of purples, pinks and greens during a peak in the sun's activity over the last two years. But the celestial light show put on by the northern lights will dim as the sun moves into a quieter phase of its 11-year cycle.
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Would you like to know how to reduce the tears while cutting an onion? New research reveals that chopping an onion is actually a high-speed fluid dynamics event -- and your dull knife is likely to blame. CBC's Johanna Wagstaffe looks into how scientists, using high-speed particle tracking, confirmed just how impressive the spray from an onion is,...
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Ceramics, glass bottles, shoes — and even human remains. Those were among the items recently recovered by maritime archaeologists from a Danish shipwreck, more than 225 years after it exploded in Copenhagen's harbour. The wreck dates back to April 1801, when a powerful British fleet attacked the Danish defence ship called "Dannebroge" in an...
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Over the weekend more than 1,000 spectators gathered in Ukraine to carefully open cloth bags and release dozens of rescued bats into the air. Alona Pryslutska, co-founder of the Ukrainian Bat Rehab Center, tells As It Happens guest host Dave Seglins not even the war is stopping this unconventional marker of the arrival of Spring.
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A federal fund for organizations that do marine and beach cleanups is returning, but with less money behind it than in past years.
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A pair of bald eagles found themselves in a tangle in Surrey, B.C., before power and fire crews helped a local wildlife rehabilitation group free the birds.
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The Canadian and three Americans taking part in NASA's Artemis II lunar mission have now travelled the farthest distance from Earth than any other human.
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Huxley the raven is a permanent rescue at Good Caws Crow Rescue in Prince George, B.C. In addition to pretending to sneeze, he likes to repeat his own name, play with squeaky toys and take baths.
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They're the chili peppers in the spicy chicken at a restaurant you might know. And they were an ingredient used by a Canadian company to build the first solar power plants in Malawi.
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The Rural Municipalities of Alberta organization is advocating for the provincial government to legalize grizzly bear hunting in light of what Cardston County calls increased reports of negative human-bear interactions.
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A group of volunteers participating in the annual bald eagle count in Kings County saw over 600 of the birds, a record for the nearly 50-year-old survey.
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Crocodile dung. Tapeworms. Raw meat facials. Yes, at some point in history these wildly popular — and wildly unproven — treatments were how people tried to stay young. Right now, plenty of influencers will tell you that injectable peptides are the answer. But the scientists? Not so much.
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The federal government says a ban on the import of rescue dogs into Canada will remain in place until further notice due to rabies concerns. Animal advocacy groups say the restrictions — which were brought in more than three years ago and originally meant to be temporary — are preventing healthy animals from legitimate international rescues...
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The owner of a Manitoba bear rescue organization says three 10-week old black bear cubs have been calling out for their mother for days after she was shot and killed near their den north of Balmoral earlier this week.
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Parks Canada staff in its Lake Louise, Yoho, Kootenay field unit will add westslope cutthroat trout to Margaret Lake and other locations this spring.
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NASA's Artemis program has drawn attention for its plan to send astronauts around the moon. But behind that mission is a broader strategic push: a renewed race between the United States and China to return humans to the lunar surface.
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An extremely dry winter has made for another challenging harvest of India's famous Darjeeling tea, with the flavour the region is renowned for at risk as quality dips. As climate change makes the weather more erratic in the Himalayan foothills, estate owners are growing ever more worried about the future of their businesses.
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Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen to take questions live from space
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Roberta the moose has been making herself at home in a northern Alberta couple's front yard recently.
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From the coalfields of northern England to the Arctic snows and the steaming jungles of Brazil, diamond hunter and scholar Graham Pearson has carved a name for himself that now lives on in rock.
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Imagine school being two hours of core academics learned daily via an app, without teachers, and double that time spent on hands-on experiences. The unconventional model from a U.S. private school is sparking chatter and may benefit some, but Canadian experts say the approach blending GenAI with pre-existing methods warrants serious consideration...
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Canada's Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II astronauts leave Earth's orbit and head for the moon
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Busy days in space after Artemis II astronauts leave Earth's orbit and head for moon
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CBC News brings you special coverage of the Artemis II launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA officials are holding a news conference to discuss the mission after the four-member crew blasted off into space.
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Snow acts as insulation and helps protect ticks from extreme cold.
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Nuclear weapons experts who were involved in U.S. efforts to sanction and contain Iran say the decision to attack the country is more likely to restart its nuclear program than dismantle it. A regime that previously believed that pausing at a "threshold" stage of 60 per cent enrichment would protect it from attack has learned that is not the case.
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Think of it like a long family trip, with everyone packed into an minivan along with all of your stuff — except that you're hitting the road at 28,000 km/h and there are no pit stops for nearly 10 days.
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The project launched on Monday and already, watchers are flocking to get a first hand look. The CBC's Kyle Moore has the story.
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The Trump administration has exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act after U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said environmentalists' lawsuits threatened to hobble domestic energy supplies as the U.S. wages war against Iran.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced $3.8 billion in new funding to protect nature on Tuesday, as part of the federal government's goal to protect 30 per cent of Canada's lands and waters by 2030.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Your go-to guide for CBC News coverage of the Artemis II mission around the moon.
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Experts say the Australian courts could decide what steps the platforms can reasonably be expected to take under the laws that took effect on Dec. 10.
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Humans have wondered for centuries whether we are alone in the universe — and a new study suggests that if alien civilizations have been trying to communicate with us, we mostly haven't been listening for the right signals.
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Mountains that normally see their peak snowpack in March are brown this year, thanks to a spring heat dome that baked western U.S. for much of the second half of the month. That's raising alarm bells for the fire season that's already ramping up.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Ottawa is authorizing the controlled and time-limited emergency use of strychnine to address millions of dollars worth of damage in Alberta and Saskatchewan caused by an infestation of Richardson's ground squirrels, known colloquially as gophers.
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A week of negotiations has led to 40 species added on a list of protections under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, the 15th meeting of countries that are party to a UN treaty signed in 1979.
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The Alberta government is revamping laws tied to the well-being of animals through the Animal Protection Amendment Act.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Three-quarters (75 per cent) of surveyed Canadians say they support a 'full ban on social media use for anyone under the age of 16.'
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A humpback whale that was freed after becoming stuck for several days in shallow water at a Baltic Sea resort in Germany was stranded again on Saturday after failing to find its way back to the Atlantic Ocean.
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Ruth Hasman has been repairing stuffed animals for over two decades out of her Vancouver home.
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White-nose syndrome, a deadly disease that has decimated bat populations across North America in recent years, has been detected in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta for the first time, marking a significant spread since it was first confirmed to be in the province two years ago.
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Ottawa backed the world's largest cricket farm with tens of millions in public money. It collapsed before reaching full production, exposing a gap between hype and demand while also leaving questions about how much of that money was ever recovered.
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The awakening of Banff National Park's most iconic grizzly heralds the return of bears to the Alberta landscape. Parks Canada calls him Bear 122, but he's better known to most in Alberta — and across Canada — as The Boss.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth has offered scientists a window into the behaviour of these large, elusive mammals.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
The Richardson's ground squirrel destroys crops and creates burrows that can damage machinery and endanger livestock. The use of strychnine to control their numbers is no longer legal.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
The astronaut who prompted NASA's first medical evacuation earlier this year said Friday that doctors still don't know why he suddenly fell sick at the International Space Station.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we get the latest scientific estimate of how many birds cats kill each year; check out the forecast for this year's El Niño; and find out what's in the e-waste Canadians throw out (hint: a lot of good stuff).
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Angelika Langen, co-founder of the Northern Lights Wildlife Society, tells The National about the moment her shelter rescued an abandoned bear cub near Kamloops, B.C.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
Alexander Bentley, a herpetologist, is unfazed by cordyceps' presence in the Amazon. But after a finger poke of a fungi-covered mass showed movement, Bentley soon realized that one spider had a couple of tricks up its eight sleeves.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
Migratory species such as the snowy owl, hammerhead shark and others are being considered for additional protections at global talks in Brazil. Here's what is endangering them and what is being proposed to help.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (3 weeks ago)
The decision came after more than 40 hours of deliberation across nine days and more than a month since jurors heard opening statements in the trial.
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Biruté Mary Galdikas, a Canadian scientist who dedicated her life to the study and conservation of orangutans, has died. She was the last living member of the renowned primatologists known as "trimates," alongside Jane Goodall and Diane Fossey.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
A recent incident involving a Tesla driver, who police say appeared to be asleep at the wheel, has renewed questions about how self-driving technology is being used and regulated in B.C.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
Parks Canada has announced restrictions on paddling in some rivers and lakes in Alberta to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species. Some paddlers are voicing concerns with the new policy, but urge their community to comply.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
Three Nova Scotian geoscientists have returned from a month-long expedition to Antarctica and now hope to inspire other women to enter their field of work.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (3 weeks ago)
The jury found that Meta violated New Mexico's consumer protection law and ordered the company to pay $375 million in civil penalties.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (3 weeks ago)
Anthropic's lawsuit alleges that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth overstepped his authority when he designated Anthropic a national security supply-chain risk.
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NASA is pausing plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and will instead use its components to construct a $20 billion base on the moon's surface over the next seven years, its new chief Jared Isaacman said on Tuesday.
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Kejimkujik National Park is pausing its annual brook trout census because an invasive species is devastating the local ecosystem.
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New research is suggesting that not all sharks are the lone, cold, ruthless predators as many films so often depict them. Some species, it turns out, can even be friendly — at least among their own kind.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
Arborist Tyler Sirrs saw social media posts about a cat stuck for days in a tall tree in Orléans and decided to help. He described the rescue to CBC Ottawa Morning host Rebecca Zandbergen.
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As part of its 2026-2027 departmental plan, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has cancelled its ambitious lunar rover that would have landed at the moon's south polar region.
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Spring is heralded by the return of geese, but to many in Alberta's poultry industry, migration means something different. With last year's avian flu season considered the worst in years, farmers are being mindful to avoid their flocks contracting the disease.
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The national park in Alberta saw 4.5 million visitors in the 2025-26 fiscal year, surpassing the previous high of 4.28 million in 2023-24, in what's become almost annual increases over the last decade.
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A new study from the University of British Columbia is raising concerns about the environmental impact of artificial turf fields across Metro Vancouver, which, it says, is leaching a chemical into municipal stormwater systems that's deadly to coho salmon.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Services is investigating the death of a grizzly bear found with a gunshot wound last November. Through the province's Report A Poacher program, a tipster who provides information leading to charges being laid could be eligible for a cash reward.
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University of Alberta and Department of National Defence researchers have developed a tiny battery-free sensor that can be used to track vital signs of soldiers in the field, including checking for risk of frostbite in extreme cold.
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Buying a radon monitor? How to make sure you purchase one that actually works
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Rats have taken over a parking lot in the middle of several apartment complexes in north Dartmouth. Residents say the problem is so bad the rats are chewing through the wires of parked vehicles, causing thousands of dollars in damages.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
Big dogs are loyal canines, affectionate and sweet, but often overlooked when it comes to pet adoption, according to a city agency.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
The animal care team at Montreal's Ecomuseum Zoo usually picks the spring day Genie the bear will come out of hibernation based on her activity. But they had no idea strong winds on March 17 would make the black bear hit the snooze button.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (4 weeks ago)
Over one in 10 youth (14 per cent) met screen time guidelines in both surveyed years, and nearly half (49 per cent) followed screen time guidelines in one of the two years.
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Environment Canada says the heaviest rainfall from the "prolonged atmospheric river event" in parts of Metro Vancouver, the Sea-to-Sky region and western Vancouver Island is expected Thursday night into Friday morning.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
After a year and a half of La Niña conditions, it looks like we could end up with an El Niño later this year. And early models suggest it could be a strong one, which could push global temperatures to record highs.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
The names of hundreds of scientists have appeared in the Epstein files, including prominent dinosaur researchers. As the paleontology community reckons with the fallout of these revelations, women in the field say it's bringing to the forefront what they've known for years — that paleontology is rampant with abuse and harassment, funding and fame...
ReadGlobal News - Technology (4 weeks ago)
Culture Minister Marc Miller says the government must have a serious conversation about AI systems' use of news to ensure companies are acting responsibly.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
A Nova Scotia Community College culinary instructor in Cape Breton is teaching his students to cook and kill lobsters more humanely.
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Researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have discovered a recording of humpback whales off the coast of Bermuda in March 1949 buried in their archives, marking the oldest-known recording of whale song.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (4 weeks ago)
A Harvard Business Review study described 'AI brain fry' as 'intensive back-and-forth with the tools, followed by an inability to think clearly, like a mental hangover.'
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
Serious health issues could potentially become show stoppers for longer missions to the moon and Mars, so scientists are working hard to understand more about the health issues long distance astronauts may face, and how to deal with them if they come up.
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The federal government is putting $200 million toward a Canadian-owned launch pad to send satellites into orbit.
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The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission not only altered an asteroid's orbit but, for the first time, a new study shows we also successfully changed the asteroids' path around the sun.
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A total of 160 monarchs across Mexico's six butterfly sanctuaries have been tagged with new transmitters that will provide the most detailed look to date at the first leg of the the insects' migration back north.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
Some experts say that a cyberwar through 'proxies' may be the next stage of the Iran war, with civilian infrastructure also coming under threat.
ReadCBC - Technology (A month ago)
After several delays to the mission that will take four astronauts around the moon, NASA held a press conference today announcing that Artemis II is on track to launch as early as April 1.
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At least 50 people have died and 125 others are missing after landslides hit three districts in southern Ethiopia following a week of heavy rains, a local official said Thursday.
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A series of tragic deaths in Canada, the U.S. and Europe is showing how tricky avalanches still are to predict. Will that change with global warming?
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Astronomers are capturing the first-ever video of a black hole using radio telescopes set up all over the world. Bob McDonald, host of Quirks and Quarks, explains what we could learn about the supermassive black hole at the heart of Messier 87 galaxy that's about 50 million light-years from Earth.
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The curator of the Joggins Fossil Institute says a 20 per cent cut to its provincial funding will devastate operations and force the cancellation of educational programs that reach hundreds of students each year.
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Archaeologists working on Sable Island are celebrating a rare discovery. During an excavation last May, they found surprisingly intact remains from a ship that researchers believe may have wrecked in 1812. The CBC's Andrew Sampson has the story.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
The office of Canada's privacy commissioner says it is 'monitoring' a proposed U.S. class-action lawsuit in which some auto insurers are facing allegations of misusing driver data.
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A rising number of Canadian facilities are using mobile brain scanners to help patients, by offering MRIs mid-surgery in hospital or diagnosing stroke right on the roadside. So what's the future of this game-changing technology?
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A new investigation by animal rights advocates shows horses being flown for slaughter in Japan continue to suffer injuries, illness and even death, reigniting the call for Canada to ban the shipments.
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The Carney government's strategy to protect nature is expected to be released in the coming weeks — and some nature advocacy groups worry it won't come with any new funding.
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The World Health Organization issued a warning Tuesday about toxic pollutants in the air after U.S.-Israeli strikes on oil depots in and around Tehran raised thick, dark clouds that produced black, oily rain. Scientists tell CBC News the strikes have raised serious health and environmental concerns that could impact water and food sources long...
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The latest lava fountaining episode of an erupting Hawaii volcano shot 400 metres high Tuesday, prompting temporary closures at a national park and part of an important highway because of falling volcanic fragments, including ash.
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A new study reveals there are an estimated 26,000 unique bee species globally, a staggering jump from previous counts. This "specialization explosion" is the result of millions of years of bees co-evolving with specific flowers and microecosystems. CBC News' Johanna Wagstaffe looks at how these bee discoveries are happening at a rate that currently...
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Orcas appear in Vancouver Harbour from time to time and often delight residents who catch a glimpse of them. But marine experts say three whales spotted there last week are unlike any previously recorded in B.C. waters.
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Industry Minister Melanie Joly said a new national security review into TikTok has resulted in 'enhanced protection' measures and other steps to ensure users' privacy.
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The Liberal government has earmarked nearly $1 billion for drone and airborne defence research. The money is going into the National Research Council for a variety of defence initiatives, including the purchase of a Bombardier jet for research.
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The director of science at the Canadian Whale Institute, Moira Brown, says speed limits for ships are not enough to prevent collisions with whales, but the proposal to remove them is a "huge conservation setback."
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A Dalhousie University student is collecting wasp nests to analyze them for the presence of heavy metals such as copper and chromium.
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Scientists are deeply concerned about SpaceX's recent proposal to launch one million satellites into orbit around Earth. Their concerns range from a loss of the natural night sky and our access to space, to the environmental impact on our atmosphere.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
Carney's speech to Australia's parliament highlighted a soon-to-launch Canadian low earth orbit satellite network that experts say could soon compete with Elon Musk's Starlink.
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Astronomers are working to capture the first-ever video of a black hole — a groundbreaking effort that could shed light on how these enigmatic cosmic objects behave and offer clues about the origins of our universe.
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Forecasters say a warm storm sweeping across British Columbia this weekend has heightened risks at a time of year that is historically the deadliest for avalanches in Canada.
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Billy Collett, Park Manager at the Australian Reptile Park, tells The National about the moment he jumped into a river to save a crocodile more than 2,000 km from its habitat in Newcastle, Australia.
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The Pentagon said in a statement Thursday that it has "officially informed Anthropic leadership the company and its products are deemed a supply chain risk, effective immediately.”
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Authorities in Australia have determined that 19-year-old Canadian tourist Piper James of Campbell River, B.C., who died in January drowned after sustaining injuries from a dingo attack.
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Scientists who study sleep are warning B.C.'s decision to adopt permanent daylight time will disrupt sleep patterns and have a negative effect on overall health, especially for children, for whom adequate sleep is critical for brain development.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
Under the terms of the voluntary pledge, companies intend to build or buy new sources of power generation for their data centers and cover the expense of infrastructure upgrades.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
Evan Solomon sought the meeting after OpenAI said it would enhance its police referral threshold and other safety measures after fallout over the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting.
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Residents around B.C. reported hearing a loud boom and seeing a bright flash of light in the sky Tuesday evening. Experts say it was it was a meteor entering earth's atmosphere.
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"Nutritional stress does play a role. It's just that it doesn't appear to be the role that we thought it was, just driving bears en masse desperately into communities," said Douglas Clark, a professor in the University of Saskatchewan's School of Environment and Sustainability.
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Moongazers across Canada and abroad got treated to a full lunar eclipse early Tuesday.
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The Alaska Board of Fisheries has announced a reduction in fishing opportunity for chum salmon by 30 per cent in southwest Alaska. Alaskan Natives, facing increasing food insecurity from a lack of salmon in the Yukon River for years, say it's a good first step to help the species recover.
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New Canadian-led research into northern resident killer whales suggests even when food is plentiful, orca moms struggle to regain body fat when they have more living offspring.
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MNAs at Quebec's National Assembly have voted in favour of Bill 496, which recognizes the white admiral as one of the province's symbols. Native to Quebec, the butterfly could become its first insect emblem following a decades-long campaign.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
NASA has revamped the plans for its Artemis program, meaning the mission that was intended to put astronauts back on the moon in 2028 will instead conduct test flights next year in low-Earth orbit.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
A new study looking at the brains of expert birdwatchers found they were structurally more efficient, allowing them to retain details and absorb new information better than non-experts.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
Omnibus legislation set to resume its journey through the Ontario legislature in March will include updates to animal testing rules, with one lawyer fearing it will end important, life-saving research into cardio-vascular disease.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
A snowmobiler has died in B.C.'s Interior after an avalanche in the Kootenay Pass area on Saturday, as forecasters warn hazardous conditions persist across the province.
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The Milltown Dam across the St. Croix River, also known as the Skutik, was removed two years ago, and conservationists say ecological and cultural restoration has begun.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
Southern Manitoba is a winter hot spot for tourists who prefer seeking out elusive owls on the frozen prairie over beachside getaways.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
Turns out Alberta's blue lakes freeze into a canvas unlike any other this New York artist has ever seen or worked with.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 months ago)
Experts say Jack Dorsey's acknowledgement that AI is fueling layoffs could be a tipping point that sees a spike in companies taking the same approach.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
In the early morning hours of March 3, the moon will glide through Earth's shadow, producing a total lunar eclipse across Canada. But what you see depends on where you are.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 months ago)
Ottawa Fire Services is urging residents not to overcharge lithium-ion batteries after a fire recently destroyed two homes in Richmond .
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 months ago)
In a statement Friday, Evan Solomon said OpenAI's stated safety policy changes did not include 'a detailed plan for how these commitments will be implemented in practice.'
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 months ago)
'The core thesis is simple. Intelligence tools have changed what it means to build and run a company,' CEO Jack Dorsey said in a letter to shareholders of the financial tech firm.
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NASA officials are providing an update Friday on the upcoming Artemis II mission, which will see a crew — including a Canadian astronaut — make a lunar flyby.
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Sunscreen manufacturers assign an precise SPF number using an imprecise method of lab testing, which could be giving Canadians a false sense of security when using sunscreen to protect themselves from the sun.
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Kendal Crawford and Shaun Stephens-Whal tell The National about the moment they taught their pet rats how to drive mini cars in Squamish, B.C.
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The sea lions were recently moved to the Vancouver Aquarium as part of Canada's Accredited Zoos and Aquariums' effort to find long-term homes for animals previously located at Marineland, the defunct amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ont.
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Warner's board announced that Paramount's latest offer to buy the entire company for $31 per share was superior to the agreement it had previously struck with Netflix.
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In a letter to ministers Thursday, OpenAI said it had already taken steps to improve that criteria based on guidance from mental health, behavioural and law enforcement experts.
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Long ago, Neanderthals and modern humans interbred. But among Neanderthals, their modern human blood came mostly from their female ancestors, and a new genetic study finds this was likely due to their mating preferences.
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For the first time in more than 180 years, giant tortoises are roaming Floreana Island in Ecuador's Galápagos archipelago.
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Lunar rocks collected by Apollo astronauts more than half a century ago are providing a fresh takeon the moon's mysterious magnetic field, scientists say.
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Two Nova Scotia politicians, including a Liberal MP, are among those calling on Ottawa to reverse a decision to close seven federal agriculture research farms that includes a more than century-old site in the Maritimes.
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