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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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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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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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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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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 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.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (13 hours ago)
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.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 days ago)
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.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (3 days ago)
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.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (3 days ago)
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.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 days ago)
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.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (4 days ago)
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.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (4 days ago)
Just hours after Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg announced last Tuesday that the social media giant would eliminate its U.S.-based fact-checkers, the iconic hills above Los Angeles began to smolder.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 days ago)
The larger moons of Pluto and Earth likely formed through a collisional process with Charon and our moon, respectively, rather than by gravitationally capturing them. Due to Pluto and Charon's rocky, icy nature, their collision was more of a gentle short-lived kiss.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (4 days ago)
Elon Musk said a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink, one of many groups working to connect the nervous system to machines.
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Keep an eye on the sky Monday evening to see the wolf moon, the first full moon of the year. And some sky-gazers will be able to glimpse a cosmic magic trick when the moon appears to pass in front of Mars.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (4 days ago)
Meta's decision to end its fact-checking program looks like the company is 'caving' to political pressures, said Meta's oversight board co-chair Michael McConnell.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 days ago)
Some of Canada's top minds in AI offer their predictions for the development of artificial superintelligence, how the technology may change our lives — for better or for worse — in the years to come, and discuss what we can do to maintain control and regulate its use.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (5 days ago)
The framework also raised concerns of chip industry executives who say the rules would limit access to existing chips used for video games and restrict the chips in 120 countries.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (5 days ago)
Blue Origin called off the debut launch of its massive new rocket early Monday because of technical trouble.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (6 days ago)
Nearly a quarter century after Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin, the rocket company is poised for its most defining moment to date: sending a vehicle to orbit for the first time.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A week ago)
School boards across Canada are grappling with the fallout from a significant cyberattack on PowerSchool, a widely used administration software platform.
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A new peer-reviewed study on the health impacts of pollution from Alberta's oil and gas sector has found the odds of having negative respiratory and cardiovascular health outcomes increase by nine to 21 per cent, depending on the number of oil and gas wells a person lives near.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A week ago)
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely to uphold the law that could ban TikTok, with most justices appearing to take the national security arguments seriously.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A week ago)
On Friday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on TikTok's legal challenge to the law, which the company claims violates its First Amendment rights and those of its 170 million American users
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Deadly and destructive wildfires are tearing through the Los Angeles area, and powerful winds are literally fanning the flames. Here's how wind is making the wildfires more dangerous and harder to fight.
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RBC says it has partnered with Cohere Inc. to develop generative artificial intelligence products for the financial industry.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A week ago)
The attacker behind the data breach impacting several school boards across the Greater Toronto Area and abroad may have gotten access to staff and students' personal and sensitive information, PowerSchool says.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A week ago)
A Manitoba researcher was part of a historic research team that uncovered the oldest ice core ever retrieved.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A week ago)
In one of the most important cases of the social media age, free speech and national security collide at the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday in arguments over the fate of TikTok, a wildly popular digital platform that roughly half the people in the United States use for entertainment and information.
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A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, damaging hundreds of houses, littering streets with rubble and killing at least 126 people in the autonomous Chinese region of Tibet.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A week ago)
Ann Altman has made accusations against her brother on social media in the past, but this the first time she's filed a lawsuit.
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A panel of self-described dystopia experts has judged some CES products as 'Worst in Show' to call out the 'least repairable, least private, and least sustainable products on display.'
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Noah Mintz nearly lost his life when he was hit by a rogue wave, a wave over twice the size of those around it, while wading in knee-deep water in Mexico. He was eventually able to regain mobility, but that's not always the case for those on the receiving end of the ocean's power.
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The Louisiana Department of Health said on Monday that a U.S. patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has died.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A week ago)
Meta's plans to ditch fact-checking on Instagram and Facebook is stirring up quite the debate.
ReadCBC - Technology (A week ago)
Scientists are looking to understand how widespread avian flu is in Newfoundland and Labrador's ecosystem.
ReadCBC - Technology (A week ago)
A Luskville, Que., couple has made it an annual tradition to collect their neighbours' Christmas trees and donate them to a local goat farm.
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New research shows the rate of myopia among children and teens worldwide has tripled over the past three decades, with a particularly steep increase noted since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
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An animal rehabilitation centre on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore is looking forward to the opportunity to rehabilitate orphaned black bear cubs as the Department of Natural Resources readies to issue required permits as early as this spring.
ReadCBC - Technology (A week ago)
An adventurous young budgie in Iqaluit is safely back home after deciding to spread his wings on Christmas Day and spending a week outdoors in Arctic temperatures.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A week ago)
Chief Judge Richard Seeborg of the federal court in San Francisco rejected arguments that the search engine company adequately disclosed how its Web & App Activity settings worked.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A week ago)
Meta announced sweeping changes to how it moderates content that will roll out in the coming months, including doing away with professional fact checking.
ReadCBC - Technology (A week ago)
Lawrence Diehl, 73, has been charged with the second-degree murder of Christopher Smith, who was fatally stabbed on the Portage Bridge between Ottawa and Gatineau almost 30 years ago.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A week ago)
Amid a looming U.S. ban on TikTok, content creators have been pushing the platform's sister app. Lemon8 resembles an amalgamation of the types of short-form videos found on TikTok and the picture-perfect aesthetic of Instagram and Pinterest.
ReadCBC - Technology (A week ago)
The province is now placing a moratorium on new wild boar farms, which means no new wild pig farms are able to operate. Farms had until Jan. 1 to apply for a licence at no cost. Ryan Brook, a wildlife researcher, said the restrictions are a good initiative, but they're being imposed far too late.
ReadCBC - Technology (A week ago)
Transport Canada is cutting the red tape for longer-distance flights over less-populated areas, among other changes to aviation regulations. It means large-scale drone deliveries, aerial mapping, inspections and more will become more straightforward.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A week ago)
The chipmaker and AI darling unveiled its GeForce RTX 50 Series desktop and laptop GPUs -- its most advanced consumer graphics processor units for gamers, creators and developers. The tech is designed for use on both desktop and laptop computers.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A week ago)
A study into the behaviour of a sea sponge off the coast of British Columbia has revealed the animals have the humanlike ability to sneeze.
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A bald eagle is recovering at the Atlantic Wildlife Institute after finding itself caught in a coyote snare — something the institute says has happened before.
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Ice has been steadily disappearing from the Gulf of St. Lawrence with record low levels recorded last winter. Federal officials say within 20 years, it could be gone altogether.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A week ago)
Lake Naivasha, northwest of Nairobi, Kenya is becoming increasingly unnavigable. Water hyacinth, the world's most widespread invasive species, is blanketing the lake, choking its fish and leaving people stranded.
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Wondering how you can get a nature prescription and what to do with it? Here's what you need to know.
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St. Francis Xavier University researchers have built a first-of-its-kind simulation facility to measure landfill emissions using new technology. Dave Risk, an emissions measurement researcher at the university, says the waste sector is looking for new ways to reduce and collect emissions.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 weeks ago)
The company said it would begin phasing in Community Notes in the United States over the next couple of months and would improve the model over the course of the year.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
It's the time of year when scientific organizations take a look back at some of the most amazing new animals, plants, fungi and other species they discovered in the past 12 months. Here are a few of their coolest finds, from the world's biggest hummingbird to a gecko that looks like a van Gogh painting.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (2 weeks ago)
A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for US$1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan's most prestigious fish market, setting the second highest price on record during its new year auction.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (2 weeks ago)
A major winter blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures in the U.S. stirred dangerous travel conditions from central and southern states all the way to the East Coast early Monday, prompting schools and government offices in several states to close.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
The Whale Interpretive Centre, where visitors could walk underneath huge whale skeletons suspended from the ceiling, was a huge tourist attraction that helped fuel the economy of northern Vancouver Island.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
North Atlantic right whales should live well past 100 years, but threats to the endangered species, including from commercial crab and lobster fishing, have cut their lifespan to a fraction of that, a recent study suggests.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (2 weeks ago)
As the federal government battles TikTok in court over Ottawa's order to close its Canadian offices, Canada's industry minister says families should make their own decisions about whether to continue using the app.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
The New Year's Day earthquake was felt throughout central Newfoundland but Earthquakes Canada says it was likely too small to cause any damage.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Climate scientists and meteorologists say climate change, driven by the burning of fossil fuels, is helping create conditions that can strengthen the storms — like the one that that hit parts of central Ontario in late November and early December.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (2 weeks ago)
At the heart of the case is whether the law violates the First Amendment with TikTok and its creator allies arguing that it does.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
This year, we were treated with a total solar eclipse, fantastic displays of the northern lights, spectacular meteor showers and impressive rocket launches. Here's what's in store for the year ahead.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
When Erica Price's daughter discovered their family hamster, named Ice Cream, with stuffed cheek pouches, she recorded it and posted it on her TikTok account. Now, with more than 41-million views, Price says the video is 'a fun thing' with her children, and she has no plans to sign over the rights for compensation.
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A mother killer whale who famously pushed the body of her dead newborn for 17 days in 2018 has lost another calf, and researchers say she is again carrying the body in an apparent act of grief.
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A citizen-science coastal monitoring project supported the Anglican Church and Dalhousie is filling in data gaps on Nova Scotia's wildest stretch of coastline — and bringing community together in the process.
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A worker digging up clay in a southern England limestone quarry noticed unusual bumps that led to the discovery of a 'dinosaur highway' and nearly 200 tracks that date back 166 million years, researchers said Thursday.
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The municipality voted in December to authorize staff to seek out private companies to compile data on the deer population in the county and on the north side of Isle Madame.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (2 weeks ago)
Privacy data experts say the deep dive by Elon Musk's company was impressive, but also shines a spotlight on a difficult question as vehicles become less like cars and more like computers on wheels.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
It may be a cruel irony that a dead whale washed ashore in December in Wine Harbour, N.S., close to a long-proposed whale sanctuary. For years, the Whale Sanctuary Project hoped to see orcas, belugas and the like from marine parks retired in an enclosure on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (2 weeks ago)
Apple has agreed to pay US$95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (2 weeks ago)
An unknown volcano erupted so explosively in 1831 that it cooled Earth's climate. Now, nearly 200 years later, scientists have identified the 'mystery volcano.'
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Net-neutrality rules require internet service providers to treat data and users equally rather than restricting access, slowing speeds or blocking content for certain users.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 weeks ago)
The allegations about a snoopy Siri contradicted Apple's commitment to protect the privacy of its customers, dubbed a 'fundamental human right' by CEO Tim Cook.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Invasive species researchers are heralding a dip in the City of Vancouver's Japanese beetle population as a win after years-long efforts to stop the spread of the ravenous plant-munching bug. But they're also warning that the work is far from over with its detection in other areas of B.C.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (2 weeks ago)
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found evidence suggesting high levels of road salt in B.C. streams can cause death of salmon eggs and deformities in young salmon, and they hope their results will cause cities to adopt "smarter salting practices."
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India's space agency launched its first space docking mission on an Indian-made rocket on Monday in an attempt to become the fourth country to achieve the advanced technological feat.
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Ucluelet RCMP Const. Mark Macdonnell said when he received the report about a sea lion on the highway nearly 10 kilometres inland from the ocean, he was skeptical.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (2 weeks ago)
Apple has agreed to pay US$95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Photos and videos on social media showed an otter climbing onto a surfboard with a surfer already on it near Victoria, B.C.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (2 weeks ago)
Bianca Tse is among a growing number of artists embracing AI. "It's shortened the path between my ideas and my visions,” said the 43-year-old, sitting in front of "Breathing Room,” a photo recently showcased at the Blue Lotus Gallery in Hong Kong.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (2 weeks ago)
The new year kicks off with the peak of the Quadrantids, one of the strongest meteor showers of the year, according to NASA.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (2 weeks ago)
The new year will bring a pair of lunar eclipses, but don't expect any sun-disappearing acts like the one that mesmerized North America last spring.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (2 weeks ago)
Opponents of the nation's largest lithium mine under construction want U.S. officials to investigate whether the project in Nevada already has caused a drop in groundwater levels that could lead to extinction of a tiny snail being considered for endangered species protection.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (2 weeks ago)
A worker digging up clay in a southern England limestone quarry noticed unusual bumps that led to the discovery of a 'dinosaur highway' and nearly 200 tracks that date back 166 million years, researchers said Thursday.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
At its core, the museum began as a way to tell the story of a small Alberta hamlet, but in the hands of the next generation, that view is expanding.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (2 weeks ago)
Artificial intelligence isn't done disrupting our lives and compromising online safety, tech analyst Carmi Levy says.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (2 weeks ago)
Artificial intelligence isn't done disrupting our lives and compromising online safety, tech analyst Carmi Levy says.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
Growers of bergamot in Reggio Calabria's unique microclimate wrestle for control of the citrus fruit valued for its complex, fragrant oil and healthy juice.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (2 weeks ago)
For Madison Feehan the sky isn't the limit — it's the destination.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
A deadly fungal disease has wiped out dozens of frog species worldwide. But new research on disease-resistant frogs in Yosemite National Park could help bring other species back from the brink.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (2 weeks ago)
A toothy toadstool. A vegetarian piranha with a distinctive mark. And a pygmy pipehorse floating in the Indian Ocean shallows. These wild wonders were among the hundreds of previously unknown species of animals, plants and fungi that scientists named and described for the first time in 2024.
ReadCBC - Technology (2 weeks ago)
If headlights seem a lot more blinding these days, it's not just your bleary eyes. LED headlights create a more intense, concentrated light that can force people to squint. And while some parts of the world have taken steps to counteract the glare, Canada hasn't caught up yet.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (3 weeks ago)
UW students have built a smaller electric version of the 'Despicable Me' vehicle from scratch.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
Glitter is often used in celebrations. On New Year's Eve especially, you may find it everywhere you look. But some venues don't allow it at all anymore because of its mess, and environmental advocates say the mess extends to our entire ecosystem.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (3 weeks ago)
Anxious airline flyers may well remember 2024 as the year their worst fears about the safety of air travel felt confirmed, as a series of unprecedented, and in some cases fatal, airplane incidents captured headlines.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (3 weeks ago)
Venezuela's Supreme Court on Monday issued a US$10 million fine against TikTok for "not implementing measures” to prevent viral video challenges that have allegedly led to the deaths of three Venezuelan children recently.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (3 weeks ago)
Scientists combined multiple pairs of the comb jellies, scientifically known as Mnemiopsis leidyi, to see what happened. The findings of the investigation showed that not only could two jellies fuse their bodies, but their nervous and digestive systems fused as well.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (3 weeks ago)
Greece announced plans on Monday to enhance parental oversight of mobile devices in 2025 through a government-operated app, that will help get digital age verification and browsing controls.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
A bill signed into law last week will prevent New York state government agencies from replacing human workers with artificial intelligence software and will require agencies to conduct reviews and publish reports that detail how they're using AI.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (3 weeks ago)
India launched its first space docking mission on Monday, on an Indian-made rocket, in an attempt to become the fourth country to achieve the advanced technological feat.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
On the Italian island of Sardinia lies Perdasdefogu, a community with a record number of residents who live not only to 100, but many to 110. Now, researchers are trying to identify its secrets of successful aging.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
The Insectarium is utilizing artificial intelligence to research insects and better understand the effects of climate change. Among its tools, it's using automated monitoring of insects (AMI) to document nocturnal species.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
The New York State Museum is hailing it as a "major discovery" that will help scientists better understand once-abundant mammals.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
Thirty-eight scientists wrote a paper arguing that researchers should abandon all attempts to create mirror life cells. But they don't exist yet — and the fact that researchers are calling for a pause is a good sign, one expert says.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
While modern science explains the mechanism of the aurora borealis, First Nation, Inuit and Métis knowledge, which goes back thousands of years, can help explain its meaning.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (3 weeks ago)
One of the original stereotypes about robots is that their movements are stiff and abrupt, something that endures in the "robot dance” that first became popular in the 1980s.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
A newborn orca calf has been sighted in Puget Sound in Washington state, sparking cautious hope for the endangered southern resident killer whale population.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
Researchers in Siberia are conducting tests on a juvenile mammoth whose remarkably well-preserved remains were discovered in thawing permafrost after more than 50,000 years.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (3 weeks ago)
A new study suggests monkeys can identify snakes by their scales, and know to fear them, even when those scales aren't on a snake.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (3 weeks ago)
A new study suggests monkeys can identify snakes by their scales, and know to fear them, even when those scales aren't on a snake.
ReadCBC - Technology (3 weeks ago)
NASA said on Friday that its Parker Solar Probe was 'safe' and operating normally after successfully completing the closest-ever approach to the sun by any human-made object.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (3 weeks ago)
This year, scientists were able to pull back the curtain on mysteries surrounding figures across history, both known and unknown, to reveal more about their unique stories.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (3 weeks ago)
In the modern day, Nefertiti's significance as a cultural icon remains strong.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (3 weeks ago)
The blade of Dr. John F. Stevenson, who was born in Saint Andrews, N.B., is now part of the New Brunswick Historical Society's collection after being purchased from a collector for $6,200 dollars.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (3 weeks ago)
NASA said on Friday that its Parker Solar Probe was 'safe' and operating normally after successfully completing the closest-ever approach to the sun by any human-made object.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (3 weeks ago)
Wondering what your teen is up to when you're not around? They are likely on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram or Snapchat, according to a new report.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (3 weeks ago)
Getting the latest technology into the hands of students with disabilities is a priority for the U.S. Education Department, which has told schools they must consider whether students need tools like text-to-speech and alternative communication devices.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (4 weeks ago)
Researchers in Siberia are conducting tests on a juvenile mammoth whose remarkably well-preserved remains were discovered in thawing permafrost after more than 50,000 years.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (4 weeks ago)
The Dutch are known worldwide for their wooden shoes, but the recent rare discovery of a 500-year-old one in the city of Alkmaar has shown just how widespread their use once was.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (4 weeks ago)
An experienced child exploitation investigator told Reuters he reported 26 accounts on the popular adults-only website OnlyFans to authorities, saying they appeared to contain sexual content featuring underage teen girls.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (4 weeks ago)
A NASA spacecraft aims to fly closer to the sun than any object sent before.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
Family tree enthusiasts are helping police solve decades-old homicides. And the former California district attorney who helped bring the technique to the world with the prosecution of the Golden State Killer back in 2018 says it has the potential to solve many more — as long as it's managed appropriately.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (4 weeks ago)
Bluesky has seen its user base soar since the U.S. presidential election, boosted by people seeking refuge from Elon Musk's X, which they view as increasingly leaning too far to the right given its owner's support of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, or wanting an alternative to Meta's Threads and its algorithms.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (4 weeks ago)
Albania's prime minister said Saturday the government will shut down the video service TikTok for one year, blaming it for inciting violence and bullying, especially among children.
ReadCBC - Technology (4 weeks ago)
In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter: we give you a chance to try our end-of-year climate quiz, respond to a reader email about fossil fuel ads on transit and check out a listener's leisurely deconstruction and reconstruction project.
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An Australian computer scientist who falsely claimed to be the founder of the bitcoin cryptocurrency was found Thursday to be in contempt of an order of London's High Court.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A month ago)
Italy's data protection watchdog said Friday it has fined OpenAI 15 million euros (US$15.6 million) after wrapping up a probe into the collection of personal data by the U.S. artificial intelligence company's popular chatbot ChatGPT.
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After a shark attack took his right leg, professional kiteboarder Lucas Arsenault is back on the water. Lucas Arsenault was on vacation with his family in Turks and Caicos in May when a shark attacked him while snorkelling. He lost his right leg.
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Cities around the world, including in Canada, have lost weeks' worth of winter ski, skate and snow days each year due to climate change. They've been replaced by dozens of days of rain, melt and mud, a new analysis finds.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A month ago)
Tesla is recalling almost 700,000 vehicles because of an issue with the warning light on the tire pressure monitoring system.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A month ago)
For a long time, scientists believed the first humans to arrive in the Americas soon killed off these giant ground sloths through hunting, along with many other massive animals like mastodons, sabre-toothed cats and dire wolves that once roamed North and South America.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A month ago)
Chance images captured by a passing Google Maps camera showing a man leaning over a large bag or bags in a car trunk with what could be a human body gave police an extra clue in a murder investigation in the central Spanish village of Tajueco.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A month ago)
Scientists made a major discovery this year linked to Stonehenge — one of humanity's biggest mysteries — and the revelations keep coming.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A month ago)
The Luddites were a 19th-century group of British textile workers who destroyed the mechanized looms and knitting frames they saw as a threat to their livelihoods.
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The press freedom group Reporters Without Borders is urging Apple to remove its newly introduced artificial intelligence feature that summarizes news stories after it produced a false headline from the BBC.
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Wildlife officials say about a dozen smarter-than-your-average bears have learned how to burglarize the bear-resistant garbage bins used in the Vancouver Island region.
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Electric vehicle manufacturers are using the University of Saskatchewan's particle accelerator to develop batteries with a lifespan pushing eight million kilometres, roughly 25 times the average life of current batteries.
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Before dinosaurs walked the Earth and tens of millions of years before the first mammals appeared, distant mammal relatives with long, serrated canine teeth were the dominant carnivores on land.
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Before it turned into an extraordinary day, Peter Mieras says it began being quite ordinary.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A month ago)
A group of students and teachers at St. Mary-St. Cecilia Catholic School in Morrisburg, Ont., has claimed first place in a national competition with a project that could help shape the future of sustainable energy.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A month ago)
Dozens of massive data centres humming at the outskirts of Dublin are consuming more electricity than all of the urban homes in Ireland and starting to wear out the warm welcome that brought them here.
ReadCBC - Technology (A month ago)
Switzerland is spending 354 million to make sure its network of public and private nuclear shelters are in tip-top shape and ready to accommodate all nine million Swiss residents, should the need arise.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A month ago)
A patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 bird flu, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, the first such case in the United States.
ReadCTV - Sci-Tech (A month ago)
Scientists have found unprecedented evidence of another type of squirrel exhibiting carnivorous behaviours, including hunting, killing and eating voles, according to a new study.
ReadGlobal News - Technology (A month ago)
The justices will hear arguments Jan. 10 about whether the law, which sets a Jan. 19 deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a nationwide ban, violates the First Amendment.
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Elon Musk said Starlink satellite internet is inactive in India, his first comments since authorities seized two of the company's devices in recent weeks, one in an armed conflict zone and another in a drug smuggling bust.
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A complete mastodon jaw was unearthed in the backyard of a house in New York, according to the New York State Museum.
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The motion won't mean the city is investing or accepting payment in cryptocurrency any time soon, but will instead direct staff to look into those possibilities.
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A Japanese space startup said its second attempt to launch a rocket carrying satellites into orbit had been aborted minutes after liftoff Wednesday and destroyed itself again, nine months after the company's first launch attempt ended in an explosion.
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Towana Looney is the only person in the world living with a functional pig kidney. But her doctor predicts that in less than a decade, pig-to-human organ transplants like hers could become routine.
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NASA's two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again. That means they won't be back on Earth until spring, 10 months after rocketing into orbit on Boeing's Starliner capsule.
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Two joggers were attacked by owls last week on a Halifax walking trail. Owl attacks are rare.
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New research examining the eating habits of the people who lived in North America during the Ice Age suggests they were skilled hunters with meaty, mammoth appetites.
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Monarch butterfly enthusiasts and experts in Canada say possible increased protections for the species in the United States are important.
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As First Nations communities continue to hone in on possible unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools, some are now using human remains detection dogs to assist in that effort.
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