New molecular diagnostic tools means new viruses can be identified and studied nearly as fast as they...

New tech lets advertisers insert virtual products into finished TV and films, using your online data to tailor the placement to the viewer. Could that mean E.T. ends up eating your favourite candy, and not Reese's Pieces? And how will viewers...

The Spitzer space telescope brought us new images of the cool universe

A Japanese government panel has roughly accepted a draft proposal for releasing into the sea massive amounts of radioactive water now being stored at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear...

The Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation has entered into a partnership with an Alberta-based company to generate a new type of green...

Environmental groups and women from Alaska and Louisiana are suing the Environmental Protection Agency, asking a federal court to make the agency set new rules for use of oil spill...

Biologists in the N.W.T. are seeking permits to collar wolves on the central barrens. This project is the first to collar wolves that follow three threatened barren-ground caribou herds and track their moments...

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at climate change and the spread of infectious diseases, the phantom power of your electronic devices and the possibility of a plastic-free...

Images from a powerful new telescope installed atop a volcano in Hawaii show the surface of the sun in the closest detail...

Russia and China are waging a "digital war" with fake news and disinformation to undermine democracy in Europe, and the European Union must develop tools to fight back, a top EU official said...

Two defunct satellites that looked as though they might collide late Wednesday afternoon have missed each...

Environment Canada is releasing scientific evidence today to back up the government's bid to ban most single-use plastics next...

All beverage containers, including glass bottles for wine and alcohol, will be able to be turned in under a new deposit system announced by the Quebec government,...

That Sobeys bag overflowing with other Sobeys bags in your pantry will stop growing tomorrow. That's because the company is removing plastic bags from its stores on Jan....

A Canadian insurance company suffered a ransomware attack last fall that saw 1,000 of its computers infected, raising questions about what sensitive data may have been accessed by hackers and whether the firm disclosed the breach. The case has only now come to light because of recent court filings in...

The Retail Council of Canada is calling on the Quebec government to ban all plastic bags of any thickness from any and all stores in the province, from grocers to retail...

Australian wildlife officials say dozens of endangered slugs found only at the top of an extinct volcano have survived the bushfires that ripped through their...

A project between Facebook and Carleton University on election integrity is coming under fire by faculty and politicians, with one MP dismissing the partnership as...

In a sea can outside Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, there are cherry tomatoes ripening in a new wind and solar powered greenhouse and research...

The European Union unveiled security guidelines for next generation high-speed wireless networks that stop short of banning Huawei, in the latest setback for the U.S. campaign against the Chinese tech...

Two defunct satellites will either pass dangerously close to one another or collide while orbiting Earth, according to a private satellite-tracking...

By cautiously allowing Huawei into only select parts of its 5G cellular networks, Britain is charting its own course in cybersecurity, while seeking to appease both China and the U.S. Canada will no doubt be watching closely as it makes its own complicated choice regarding the Chinese...

There's a global effort to find a vaccine for the novel coronavirus. Scientists at a Saskatoon lab have already begun work inside their Level 3 containment...

The fraud, which appears to have started with the theft of a SaskTel phone number and email last week, saw Johnson Livestock near Peebles Saskatchewan see the bank account the family uses for farming operations and expenses completely...