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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking Earth are almost zero, after earlier data had indicated a higher risk of a collision with this space rock about 40 to 90 metres wide.
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Kinesiology professor are studying the effects of pea milk on osteoporosis in men and women over 50.
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Speech recognition technology used by the company does suggest terms with phonetic similarities on occasion, Apple said.
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New measurements of a certain type of supernova seems to indicate that our expanding universe isn't accelerating at all, negating any need to invoke a mysterious 'dark energy' to explain supernovae observations.
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Evan Brodsky, captain and videographer for a private boat tour company, was out on the Monterey Bay coast in California Friday morning, when he found himself surrounded by thousands of dolphins as far as the eye could see.
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There's less toxic PFAS, or 'forever chemicals,' in raincoats and other products sold in Canada, thanks to new rules elsewhere. But where is PFAS still found? What are the rules here anyway? Should you throw out your old Gore-Tex jacket? And what should you do to avoid products with PFAS?
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The categorization pre-dates 51st state rhetoric but is getting fresh attention with concerns over sovereignty. The categorization is also used by other services including Bing and TripAdvisor.
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If you're one of the people who ran outside during the B.C. earthquake last week, you're not alone. But it's not the safest choice. Here's why.
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A peer-reviewed study published in the journal Nature this week says the world's glaciers lost ice at the rate of about 231 billion tonnes annually from 2000 to 2011, but that quickened to about 314 billion tonnes annually over about the next decade.
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From goats that can sense upcoming volcanic eruptions to wildlife that can prevent poaching, scientists are tapping into the "secret knowledge” of animals
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Wildfire officials in Yukon and the N.W.T. are heralding the Canadian Space Agency's plans for a new $72-million WildFireSat constellation, announced earlier this month.
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Courtenay, B.C. resident Greg Porteous started making biochar for his neighbours as a way of taking action on climate change. The black, charcoal-like substance holds onto a lot of the carbon in the organic matter it's made from, and can be added to soil to make it healthier.
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High school and CEGEP students from across Canada spent months building their robots to face off in a giant game of tick-tack-toe for the 24th edition of the CRC Robotics Competition.
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There's been a lot of ice this winter, making for slippery sidewalks and driveways. And it's sometimes hard for people to track down road salt. So what can you use instead? CBC meteorologist Ryan Snoddon explains.
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Researchers hope a pilot project that monitors the heart rate of baby seals will help them understand how the pups prepare for life in harsh conditions.
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The move comes just days after President Donald Trump said Apple CEO Tim Cook promised him that the company would shift from Mexico to the U.S.
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British Paralympian John McFall has formally completed his astronaut training, and is now on the waiting list for a spot to fly to the International Space Station, which would make him the first disabled person to reach orbit.
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A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck B.C.'s Sunshine Coast on Friday, shaking homes and prompting a number of emergency alerts across the Lower Mainland but stopping short of any major damage.
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Musk blew up at the Danish astronaut, calling him a derogatory slur after the former ISS commander said his claims were false.
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The Thursday morning quake was felt in Prince George, B.C. and Grande Prairie, Edson and Whitecourt, Alta., according to Earthquakes Canada. No damage has been reported.
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In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, CBC's Jaela Bernstien gives us an inside look at how U.S. President Donald Trump's crackdown is affecting science, we admire a new highly commended wildlife photo, and we discover what beautiful things can be crafted from trees killed by wildfires.
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Trump's order directs his administration to consider responsive actions like tariffs to 'combat' digital service taxes imposed on U.S. tech companies by foreign countries.
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The first snowblower took to the streets of Montreal nearly 100 years ago.
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When Chelsea Coles opened her door on Monday morning, it took her brain a while to figure out what was going on.
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When animal rescuer Sarah Callan found out there was a baby seal flopping around the busy streets of downtown New Haven, Conn., she was surprised to say the least.
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The cougar kittens will stay temporarily with the animal care, health and welfare team at the zoo until a permanent home at another facility in Canada is determined.
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Last month Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana, an original signatory of the Buffalo Treaty, gave Mosquito-Grizzly Bear's Head-Lean Man First Nation in Saskatchewan 11 plains bison from the Yellowstone National Park herd.
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In 2023, scientists discovered thousands of unknown life forms in the Pacific Ocean. The discovery highlighted an unsettling fact: 86 per cent of land species and 91 per cent of marine species remain undiscovered. Are we running out of time to classify the life around us?
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More than 60 nations gathered in Paris this week to pledge a responsible approach to regulating artificial intelligence. The AI summit was meant to bring world powers together to set a global agenda on the rapidly developing technology — instead, it showed that some of them are diverging sharply.
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Some U.S. government scientists have been told they can no longer travel for meetings or even join virtual calls with international counterparts, putting a hold on Canadian research and sending a deep chill across the scientific community.
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Broadcast meteorologists used to focus only on short-term forecasts. But as climate change impacts become more evident in the daily weather, their role is shifting. CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe speaks with ABC's meteorologist, Ginger Zee, to discuss this new reality.
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Restrictive policy directives aimed at U.S. climate and weather scientists have some Canadian researchers concerned about the future of a field that relies heavily on open data and cross-border collaboration.
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Chinese crime networks and Mexican cartels are using Canadian ports to trade highly lucrative fish bladders for the precursor chemicals needed to produce fentanyl.
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Using code that was thought to be lost for nearly 60 years, scientists brought the world's first chatbot back to life for anyone to try.
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Coyotes are a regular presence in many Canadian cities, causing few problems and preying on pests. But people in one downtown Toronto neighbourhood say they're being terrorized, something experts say can be a bigger problem during mating season and if the animals get too used to human food.
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Some male chimpanzees use covert physical gestures to sneakily solicit sex. According to a new study, these mating moves vary between chimpanzee communities, suggesting chimp populations have their own distinct dialects.
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As U.S. President Donald Trump's administration removes access to government websites and databases with critical medical and environmental data used around the world, some Canadian residents are playing key roles in the effort to preserve copies.
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Researchers are now racing to come up with strategies to at least slow the spread of the disease in deer and reduce the chances of it spreading to more vulnerable caribou populations — or, worse, humans.
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A new study finds only 17 per cent of the world's peatlands are in protected areas, a vast under-protection considering how critical they are to carbon storage, biodiversity and water regulation. But it also highlights gaps in data about this vital ecosystem.
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Researchers at the Canadian Light Source in Saskatoon are working hard to develop an electrified slime with real-world applications. Erica Pensini joined Saskatoon Morning to talk about how this slime could work and what it could be used for.
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The price for a carton of eggs has remained relatively stable in Canada, despite high egg prices afflicting the U.S. in the midst of an avian flu outbreak. Experts say that's because of smaller Canadian farms and how outbreaks are managed here.
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The investigation began with gunshots in the middle of the night, a wounded deer and attempts by alarmed locals in the tiny community of Bridge Lake, B.C., to effect the "citizen's arrest" of a hunter allegedly deserted by his friends. It led to a months-long poaching investigation into the owners of a multimillion-dollar home in Richmond.
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Cockatoos are real problem solvers, and sometimes their problem is that their food is too bland.
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How one community in Guatemala lives off the forest, while protecting it for the future
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Less sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere has had an impact on corn quality in the Maritimes. Researchers are looking into it.
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Photographer Ben Hartley recounts the moment he risked his life to capture some of the world's bravest surfers riding some of the world's biggest waves in Nazaré, Portugal.
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A wave of competitors dropping out of the Yukon Arctic Ultra this week might be frustrating for racers and organizers, but it's also turning into a headache for one German researcher.
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Parks Canada says it has found a confirmed case of bird flu in a Canada goose at Rouge National Urban Park and suspects five more. Here's how you can protect yourself and your pets.
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Dylan Sampson could have never imagined a muskie would be at the end of his line in the Toronto Harbour. It was only the second recorded muskie catch in Lake Ontario fronting Toronto in the last 30 years.
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More than 2.77 million students were impacted by the PowerSchool data breach, according to numbers provided by multiple school boards.
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Harley Newton, chief scientist for Ocearch, recounts the moment her team captured, measured, tagged and released their largest-ever male great white shark at 4.2 metres long and 750 kilograms.
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A video of the woman approaching the whales was posted to YouTube and later used as evidence in court. The judge ruled it didn't matter that the paddleboarder didn't know she wasn't allowed to get so close.
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According to NASA, four to five planets being visible across the sky at the same time happens only once every few years.
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A newly discovered species of fungus takes control of cave-dwelling spiders in Ireland and Northern Ireland, similar to the exploding zombie ant fungus that inspired The Last of Us.
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A research lab focusing on ticks has embarked on a project to assess how effective preventive Lyme disease measures are and hopes people who have been bitten will help.
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Misleading weather forecasts are popping up online. Here's how to spot them.
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Saskatchewan Polytechnic has purchased a state-of-the-art robotic dog, also known as a quadruped, which students and partners can program for various industrial applications.
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Researchers say they have noticed anecdotally that providing biscuits to the marmots has increased breeding. They hope being able to weigh the marmots regularly will provide more concrete data.
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An email to federal government departments says the concerns stem from DeepSeek's "inappropriate" collection and retention of sensitive personal information.
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Two new studies have found that whale song has structural similarities to human languages, especially when it comes to efficiency and brevity. It's leading researchers to believe that evolutionary pressures might affect other complex communicators in similar ways.
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The site near Prince Albert, Sask., suggests Indigenous people lived in the region about 1,000 years earlier than previously thought.
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U.S. dairy cattle tested positive for a strain of bird flu that previously had not been seen in cows, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday, ramping up concerns about the persistent spread of the virus.
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Large, uncontrolled space junk reentering Earth's atmosphere has the increasing potential to disrupt air travel, if affected airspace is closed as a precaution, according to a new study.
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Look at it this way — there's around a 98 per cent chance an asteroid up to the size of a football field won't hit the Earth in eight years. Still, there's up to a two per cent chance it will, according to NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).
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Unable to speak because of a brain disorder known as spasmodic dysphonia, Susan O'Sullivan signed up for a clinical trial, hoping to get her voice back.
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The prospect of safely handling leftovers can stir debate. And it has an impact: one in eight Canadians — about four million — are affected every year by a foodborne illness, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada. CORRECTION: A previous version of this video description misattributed the statistic about foodborne illness to Health...
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Last year, extreme cold wiped out 95 per cent of B.C.'s wine grape crop — these vineyards are replanting and preparing for another cold year.
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Museums are running out of storage. Donations may be making it worse
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Standing in his living room, Richard Kabzems brandishes a thick binder stuffed with letters and notes of his two-year fight to stop fracking wells near his home in Farmington, B.C.
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From Companion to M3GAN, human-like robots have been popping up in several blockbuster films, but tech experts say we're still decades away from humanoid robots walking among us.
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Federal Court judge staves off Feb. 1 cull deadline as a convoy of supporters embraces their cause.
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Male sea otters that are not sexually or socially mature 'don't get access to females," which, in turn, frustrates the otter; it will attack and try to copulate with other animals, according to biologist Jane Watson.
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In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we find out how much longer you could live (and the emissions you could cut) if you swap out some read meat for plant-based proteins. We also explore how fracking causes earthquakes and see the greenery on Singapore's buildings that's attracting nature.
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Canadian scientists say the uncertainty surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump's pause on federal health spending there could stall research on new drugs, vaccines and treatments for cancer, dementia and more — including at labs in this country.
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A new study suggests parents really do have a favourite kid based on birth order, gender and personality. Although the reasons may be more complex.
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Scientists have finally had a close look at the rubble collected by a spacecraft from the asteroid Bennu. Here's what they found inside and what it could tell us about the origin of life on Earth.
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Dozens of Alberta scientists, doctors and researchers have penned an open letter calling on the Alberta government to reject the recommendations contained in its recently released pandemic response report.
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Bats aren't bad: this scientist is on a mission to rehab bats' public image
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The shock to financial markets came from China, where DeepSeek said it had developed a large language model that can compete with U.S. giants but at a fraction of the cost.
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What's 66-million-year-old vomit like? A lot more pleasant than the fresh stuff, says paleontologist Jesper Milan.
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A proposed retirement home for marine park whales on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore has hit another hurdle. France has denied an application to transport two orcas from Marineland Antibes to the site being proposed by the Whale Sanctuary Project near Sherbrooke, N.S.
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If you're lucky, you may have spotted "hair ice" out in the wild. Early records of the phenomenon, also known as angel hair, date back over a century. As science and climate specialist Darius Mahdavi explains, only in recent years have scientists solved the mystery of how the delicate strands of ice form.
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The fires that devastated neighbourhoods in Los Angeles, killing 28 people and burning over 16,000 homes and buildings, are not a one-off, according to a new rapid analysis, and researchers say they are now significantly more likely to happen due to climate change.
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When a shark egg appeared one day in a shark tank at a Louisiana aquarium, staff were puzzled. That's because the tank only has two sharks in it — and they're both female.
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Ukrainians in Kherson survived Russia's occupation. Now, they're being hunted by drones
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The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has awarded Saint Mary's University a contract to update the DNA database of one of the most critically endangered species in Canadian waters.
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Researchers from six different universities are working on measuring nitrous oxide emissions from an old CBC broadcast tower just outside Yorkton, Sask., with the goal of reducing the greenhouse gas.
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Ukraine war becomes a testing ground for drones that can evade jamming systems
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At least 80 school boards across Canada said they were impacted by the PowerSchool data breach, a number that could change as investigations are ongoing.
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Standing at about 30 centimetres tall, AIRO is the young inventor's latest creation: an AI-powered robot programmed to compassionately engage with humans and respond to their needs.
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While the broader technology sector was up 2.7 per cent on Tuesday, the Philadelphia semiconductor index was down 0.2 per cent after falling 9.2 per cent on Monday.
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The Silicon Valley is rife with rich and powerful men who have a philosophical commitment to "longtermism" which entails re-engineering the human organism. An expert in existential risk says we shouldn't dismiss the "dangerous" ideologies linked to this view of the future.
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A nearly 6,000-year-old forest is once again seeing daylight after millennia hidden under ice in the Rocky Mountains. A team of scientists from Montana State University uncovered the ancient forest while on an archaeological survey on the Beartooth plateau in Wyoming.
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To celebrate the 100-year Edwin Hubble discovery that Andromeda was a galaxy outside our own, astronomers release the most detailed Andromeda Galaxy image ever.
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Andrew McCarthy recounts the moment the planets aligned and he put together a rare composite photograph of the cosmic event.
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Robotics team from Hamilton children's hospital wins big at provincial Lego league championship
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The U.S. government recently dropped a proposed rule aimed at protecting the endangered North Atlantic right whale, a decision that one conservation group says is, 'incredibly disappointing.'
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Murray Zelt says the owl appeared to thank him just before it was released.
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Scallop fishers in the Bay of Fundy are keeping an eye out for a creamy-white species that grows on the seafloor and would be described by some as gross.
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Stargazers are in for a celestial treat this week! Six planets will align in the night sky in what's called a planetary parade.
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Canada controls more of the ocean than any other country. As officials work to meet their commitment of doubling the amount of marine area protected area by 2030, some scientists are pushing for the conservation of a surprising habitat: muddy seabeds. CBC science communicator Darius Mahdavi explains why.
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The 'Hollywood Cat' eked out a living in a surprising place and has residents rethinking their relationship with nature
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The Water Research Centre at the University of Alberta is focused on the future of water sustainability. They recently received a $1.4 million donation from Epcor to continue funding their research into finding innovative ways to treat wastewater.
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Cozy, comfort food is the best food, and decidedly one of the best things about the weather getting colder. A rice pudding dish made with wild rice is a perfect example.
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Scientists from across Atlantic Canada are focusing on ways to fight back against invasive pests and prepare for the effects of climate change, including the increased threat of wildfires. They met in Charlottetown to talk about all the research they're doing to keep forests healthy. Nancy Russell went to the workshop to find out more.
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Kouchibouguac National Park welcomed six pairs of piping plovers in 2024, which resulted in 16 fledglings — the highest annual production in seven years.
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The Alberta government announced plans to control the wild horse population, but wildlife advocates say the proposed measures aren't backed by science, have an arbitrary population threshold and are designed to appease the cattle industry.
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Test results show that two snowy owls found dead in Tommy Thompson Park late last year died because they were infected with a "highly pathogenic" avian flu, according to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.
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On those dreary winter days, it's easy to feel low, but experts recommend a simple way to boost your mood: take notice of nature. Doing so can spark moments of joy called "glimmers."
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Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario say they've made a breakthrough in introducing a new trait into bacteria found in wastewater, giving them the ability to break down microplastics.
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The most powerful rocket ever made had a partial disintegration, causing a spectacular display caught on cameras. But what is the environmental impact of such failures over the ocean?
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Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in AD 79, has unearthed a new treasure — a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.
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A man in Prince Edward Island got doubly lucky last July, recording a meteorite's impact on his home security cameras. The space rock also landed in the exact spot he'd been standing minutes earlier.
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This week marks one year since the deep freeze that sent temperatures plummeting to about -30 C in some fruit-growing regions.
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Colorado officials plan to capture up to 15 grey wolves from British Columbia's hinterlands to help the Centennial State re-establish the predators' long-lost population.
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Natalee Dennis was sitting in an outdoor hot tub with her father, Steve Dennis, in their backyard hot tub when they heard an animal nearby.
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It's a question parents across the globe are grappling with: should my child have a smartphone? Some advocates and experts say the answer is clear — they shouldn't.
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Four years of timelapse footage from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean have given Canadian scientists a rare glimpse into the busy life of a sea sponge named Belinda.
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The uncertainty may have ripple effects in Canada, experts say, although Ottawa says what happens in the U.S. won't impact its own moves to curtail TikTok's business.
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A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space minutes after launching from Texas on Thursday, forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris and setting back Elon Musk's flagship rocket program.
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Thirty storeys tall with a reusable first stage filled with liquid oxygen and methane, New Glenn launched around 2 a.m. ET from Blue Origin's launchpad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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Some of the visuals coming out of Los Angeles County over the past week show a vivid pink substance coating streets, cars and plants. This is fire retardant, dropped by aerial firefighting tankers in massive plumes of red or pink to slow down fires. But how does it work, and is it safe?
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One of NASA's two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station more than seven months ago.
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Elon Musk started amassing Twitter shares in early 2022, and by March of that year, he owned more than 5 per cent.
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Blue Origin called off the debut launch of its massive new rocket early Monday because of technical trouble. The 98-metre New Glenn rocket was supposed to blast off before dawn with a prototype satellite from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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Canada's privacy commissioner is communicating with PowerSchool after its software -- used by schools across North America -- was the subject of a data breach.
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In a two-for-one moonshot, SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers on Wednesday for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart business on Earth's dusty sidekick.
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Some of the 'TikTok refugees,' as they call themselves, say the TikTok alternative, a Chinese app, is being chosen in protest of the TikTok ban.
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U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday to provide federal support to address massive energy needs for fast-growing advanced artificial intelligence data centres, the White House said.
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Today, several climate agencies confirmed what we knew was coming: Earth once again experienced its hottest year on record. But whether or not it surpassed 1.5 C above the pre-industrial average depends on which climate agency you look at.
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Blue Origin will try again to launch its massive new rocket as early as Tuesday after calling off the debut launch because of ice buildup in critical plumbing.
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