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Hubble telescope's 30th anniversary was possible because it could be repaired
If it were not for the fact that the Hubble Space Telescope was designed to be repaired and upgraded while in orbit, it would not have reached its 30th anniversary this month. But repair isn't possible with its $10 billion successor. Bob McDonald explains the implications in his...
Record ozone hole over Arctic in March now closed, UN says
Ozone depletion over the Arctic hit a "record level" in March, the biggest since 2011, but the hole has now closed, the U.N. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on...
Canadians have lost more than $1.2 million to COVID-19 scams
Canadians have lost more than $1.2 million in recent weeks to scammers taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic, CBC News has...
How Alberta could give old oil wells new life — but it has nothing to do with crude
As Alberta moves ahead with plans for cleaning up dormant wells, there are calls to also fund plans to transform such sites into geothermal, solar or hydrogen...
How COVID-19 could change the way cities look and operate after the lockdowns
Measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are already reshaping urban areas, and some cities have rolled out ambitious plans to make some of the changes more...
Planet of the Humans movie draws outrage as it calls for economic slowdown: Don Pittis
The Michael Moore-backed documentary Planet of the Humans has drawn outraged criticism, not from the anti-environmental crowd, many of whom seem to quite like it, but from committed...
More than 2,000 Colombian turtles rescued from traffickers
Officials seized the newly hatched Matamata turtles from traffickers that were bound for Peru and returned them to their original...