- CBC - Technology & Science News
- 22/7/31 10:00
Invasive reptiles and amphibians have cost the global economy more than $17 billion US between 1986 and 2020, a recent study...
Invasive reptiles and amphibians have cost the global economy more than $17 billion US between 1986 and 2020, a recent study...
THURSDAY 28. JULY 2022
Canadian automakers breathed a sight of relief Thursday after U.S. lawmakers scrapped part of a massive incentive package for electric vehicles that would have excluded those assembled in Canada from a new consumer tax...
WEDNESDAY 27. JULY 2022
Russian space officials told their U.S. counterparts that Moscow expects to remain on the International Space Station at least until their own outpost in orbit is built in 2028, NASA's space operations chief told...
It was hailed as a post-Cold War collaboration for the good of humanity: two old rivals joining forces to launch the International Space Station more than 20 years ago. Now Russia says it's quitting the ISS and analysts are worried about tensions on Earth spilling over into...
TUESDAY 26. JULY 2022
There is a growing scientific consensus that domestic cats have a harmful impact on biodiversity given the number of birds and mammals they hunt and...
Russia will opt out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country's newly appointed space chief said...
Susan McKee returned from her summer vacation to find her naturalized pollinator garden, once filled with monarch butterflies and bees, was mowed to the ground after someone complained to the City of London, Ont., about overgrowth....
MONDAY 25. JULY 2022
The 21-tonne Wentian laboratory is designed for science and biology experiments and is heavier than any other single-module spacecraft currently in space, according to the state-owned Global...
A volcano on Japan's main southern island of Kyushu erupted Sunday night, spewing ash and rocks. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries in nearby towns but residents were advised to...
SUNDAY 24. JULY 2022
Saskatchewan now has its first confirmed case with a bat in Grasslands National Park, in the province's southwest, Saskatchewan Environment said in a Thursday Facebook post, "making it more important than ever to report any bats found dead or on the...
SATURDAY 23. JULY 2022
Nearly half of Canada's honeybee colonies didn't survive the winter, the largest rate of colony loss in the country in the last 20 years, according to preliminary data. The president of the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists calls the finding "pretty...
The frightening wildfires afflicting Europe during bouts of extreme heat this summer are a scourge that experts say the world can expect to see more of in the future, but prevention and growing public awareness around climate change can help what has become an enduring...
FRIDAY 22. JULY 2022
There’s been a flurry of activity on the sun over the past few days, which means we may get a chance to see a good display of the northern lights...
Given the option of saving the iconic monarch butterfly or a giant slug, what would you choose? As more species are pushed to the brink of extinction, humans will have to decide the winners and losers of the animal...
THURSDAY 21. JULY 2022
XL-Calibur, a research balloon the size of a football stadium, recently passed over Nunavut and the Northwest Territories studying black holes in the galaxy. Parts of it landed near Délı̨nę, N.W.T., on...
The monarch butterfly fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as international scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the global endangered list because of its fast-dwindling...
WEDNESDAY 20. JULY 2022
On the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, NASA announced Wednesday it's shooting for a late August launch of its giant, new moon...
A new research paper suggests food waste from humans is posing an increasing threat to already struggling polar bear populations — but there are solutions to the...
A careful kind of matchmaking will guide a last-resort effort to restore Jasper National Park's vanishing herds of woodland...
Heat warnings across much of Canada will put our bodies to the test, and extra humidity could be dangerous or deadly. Here's how to stay safe as temperatures...
As records are breaking across Europe, Canadians may think they’ve gotten off lucky this summer, particularly in light of the record-breaking heat wave in British Columbia last June. While we may have had fewer heat waves this year compared to the past few, it may just be a case of a late...
TUESDAY 19. JULY 2022
Tornadoes happen every year in Canada, but how are these damage-causing storms rated? We look at the process of dissecting these weather makers after the sky has...
SUNDAY 17. JULY 2022
Dr. Chris Willott's elation at seeing the first image from the James Webb Space Telescope — which showed a cluster of hundreds of galaxies in deep space — was a culmination of 16 years working on the...
SATURDAY 16. JULY 2022
There are more great white sharks swimming in Atlantic Canada waters in recent years, and that’s good...
FRIDAY 15. JULY 2022
The Kremlin says it has replaced the contentious head of its space agency, a man who had repeatedly threatened Russia would abandon the International Space Station if sanctions aren't...