218 articles from FRIDAY 16.7.2021
Goodbye 'normal': What climate change is doing to summer in Canada
From a deadly heatwave to wildfires, flooding, and extreme drought, there’s nothing normal about this summer. Climate change is a part of it, and CBC Radio’s What On Earth explores how the changing normal affects us, and what we can do about...
This year's drought is a 'creeping disaster' that affects more than just farmers
Climate change is making the water cycle less predictable and more extreme, and this year's widespread drought in Western Canada and the U.S. is something we can expect to see more of. CBC Radio's What On Earth looks at how science and Indigenous knowledge might both help us adapt — and change how we manage...
Ruined Belgian valleys mop up after devastating floods
When the water came, it came quickly. The clear-up operation in the devastated small towns of eastern Belgium will take far longer.
US wants giant radar in UK to track space objects
It comes amid growing concern about congestion, competition and even an arms race in space.
Just 7% of our DNA is unique to modern humans, study shows
What makes humans unique? Scientists have taken another step toward solving an enduring mystery with a new tool that may allow for more precise comparisons between the DNA of modern humans and that of our extinct ancestors.
Oregon wildfire forms 'fire clouds' that pose danger below
Smoke and heat from a massive wildfire in southeastern Oregon are creating giant "fire clouds" over the blaze—dangerous columns of smoke and ash that can reach up to 6 miles (10 kilometers) in the sky and are visible from more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) away.
Events expanding to mark 100 years since John Glenn's birth
A three-day celebration of what would have been history-making astronaut John Glenn's 100th birthday began Friday in his birthplace and childhood hometown in Ohio, even as additional events were announced to mark the occasion.
Climate change to bring more intense storms across Europe
Climate change is driving a large increase in intense, slow-moving storms, a new study by Newcastle University and the Met Office has found.
B.C. hopes to battle climate change through new clean energy innovation centre
In an effort to reduce emissions and fight climate change, the province is building a new clean energy centre that will bring together industry, governments and academics and help incubate new tech companies, Premier John Horgan announced...
Scientists create tool to explore billions of social media messages, potentially predict political and financial turmoil
- ScienceDaily
- 21/7/16 21:08
Scientists have invented an instrument to peer deeply into billions of Twitter posts -- providing an unprecedented, minute-by-minute view of popularity, from rising political movements, to K-pop, to emerging diseases. The tool -- called the Storywrangler -- gathers phrases across 150 different languages, analyzing the rise and fall of ideas and stories, each day, among people around the world. The...
Enabling the 'imagination' of artificial intelligence
- ScienceDaily
- 21/7/16 21:07
Despite advances in deep neural networks, computers still struggle with the very human skill of 'imagination.' Now, a research team has developed an AI that uses human-like capabilities to imagine a never-before-seen object with different attributes.
Single cancer cells have different appetites for fatty acids
- ScienceDaily
- 21/7/16 21:07
A recently developed method provides new insights into cancer biology by allowing researchers to show how fatty acids are absorbed by single cells.
Climate change to bring more intense storms across Europe
- ScienceDaily
- 21/7/16 21:07
Investigating how climate affects intense rainstorms across Europe, climate experts have shown there will be a significant future increase in the occurrence of slow-moving intense rainstorms. The scientists estimate that these slow-moving storms may be 14 times more frequent across land by the end of the century. It is these slow-moving storms that have the potential for very high precipitation...