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9 articles from CBC - Technology & Science News
Canadarm maker to be acquired by Canadian investors in $1B deal
A Toronto-based investment firm has signed a $1-billion deal to buy the Canadian space technology company behind Radarsat Earth-observation satellites and the Canadarm robotic mechanisms on the International Space...
Volunteers work to save Australian wildlife as bushfires rage
As Australia battles wildfires that have razed more than 40,000 square kilometres across five states, volunteers are trying to save wild animals caught in the...
China convicts researcher who claimed to create world's first gene-edited babies
A Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate with claims he had made the world's first genetically edited babies was sentenced Monday to three years in prison because of his research, state media...
As Montreal's calèche ban comes into effect, horses face uncertain future
On Jan. 1, Montreal's ban on horse-drawn carriages, known as calèches, goes into effect. Alison Northcott looks at what happens to the horses.
Could algae be a secret weapon in the climate change crisis? This man says yes
For about a year, an Ontario-based clean-technology company has been running a demonstration algae plant out of the sprawling St. Mary’s Cement factory site. Its founder believes algae can play a key role in reducing carbon...
How VR is letting palliative patients 'complete their bucket list'
A pair of virtual reality headsets at a hospice in Cornwall, Ont., is offering palliative care patients hope and a small escape from...
Should deer farming be abolished to halt chronic wasting disease?
Despite ongoing calls from an Ontario hunting group to phase out deer farms — an industry that has contributed to the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) — some experts are doubtful it will curb...
What you can do in 2020 to keep the world from burning up: Don Pittis
One of Canada's foremost climate economists has developed a strategy that he is confident will work, but beware those who are deluding themselves - or politicians who are "faking...
New industry develops around sucking carbon dioxide out of atmosphere
Carbon Engineering's groundbreaking plant is one of many projects hoping to help in the fight against climate change by turning its main driver — carbon dioxide — into a useful product that can be profitably removed from the...