- CBC - Technology & Science News
- 22/8/31 10:00
Hurricane season is off to a sleepy start, but don't let that fool you, say...
Hurricane season is off to a sleepy start, but don't let that fool you, say...
NASA is now targeting Saturday for the launch of its Artemis I mission, which looks to put an uncrewed spacecraft in orbit around the moon, after Monday's planned launch was...
SUNDAY 28. AUGUST 2022
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NASA’s Artemis I mission is set to launch no earlier than 8:33 a.m. ET Monday morning, with a two-hour launch window. If all goes well, its massive 32-storey Space Launch System, or SLS, will blast off into the morning sky with its Orion spacecraft destined for the...
SATURDAY 27. AUGUST 2022
Canadian researchers are deeply involved in experiments aboard Artemis 1, NASA's new space launch system designed to return humans to the moon and Mars. The experiments will use yeast cells as astronaut surrogates to find countermeasures against lethal cosmic radiation on long-duration space...
THURSDAY 25. AUGUST 2022
California is poised to set a 2035 deadline for all new cars, trucks and SUVs sold in the state to be powered by electricity or hydrogen, an ambitious step that will reshape the U.S. car market by speeding the transition to more climate-friendly...
At a climate change conference in Dawson City, scientists and First Nations are meeting face-to-face to understand the daily impact of climate change, and how thawing permafrost will influence the future of mining, land-use and climate...
WEDNESDAY 24. AUGUST 2022
A severe drought in Texas has offered a rare sighting of some ancient dinosaur tracks preserved in stone for about 113 million...
TUESDAY 23. AUGUST 2022
For Samantha Stewart, a recent work day started with a bit of excitement when she came across a small lizard with a bright blue tail under a pile of boxes at a Tecumseh, Ont., warehouse. It's been identified as a common five-lined skink, the only lizard native to...
New images of Jupiter taken by the James Webb Space Telescope offer unprecedented views of Jupiter's northern and southern lights, and swirling polar...
There were so many birds in the skies above Ontario's Long Point peninsula on Sunday morning that they appeared as a massive doughnut on American weather radar in Buffalo,...
MONDAY 22. AUGUST 2022
One of the world’s largest moths has been sighted in the northern U.S. for what's believed to be the first time — and the gentle flame-winged giant is creating a...
According to most recent figures, 5,252 woodland or mountain caribou are left in the province. Only seven remain in Val-d'Or, and herds in Charlevoix and Gaspé are on the verge of...
Neighbouring national parks Banff and Jasper are very similar – both are mountainous, UNESCO World Heritage sites with a major highway. Yet, they differ greatly when it comes to...
SUNDAY 21. AUGUST 2022
Engineering students are preparing their autonomous, solar-powered "sailbot" named Raye to set sail for Hawaii this month, six years after its predecessor failed in its attempt to cross the...
A new chemical compound discovered by SFU researchers could be used to kill off varroa mites, which can decimate entire honeybee...
SATURDAY 20. AUGUST 2022
Researchers at Acadia University are studying the prevalence of brain worms in white-tailed deer with the hope their work will help endangered...
FRIDAY 19. AUGUST 2022
The underground SNOLAB laboratory in Sudbury, Ont., is receiving more than $100 million from the federal government to continue research on astroparticle...
Coastal erosion across P.E.I. is being evaluated for living shoreline techniques by researchers and members of the city's environment and sustainability departments, following the first implementation a year ago. Now, policy plans are...
A Dalhousie professor's observation that blacklegged ticks avoid balsam fir trees led to a three-year study about using the tree's needles to kill the...
THURSDAY 18. AUGUST 2022
Releasing treated oilsands tailings into the environment isn't the only solution being considered to clean up the massive toxic ponds in northern Alberta, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault...
WEDNESDAY 17. AUGUST 2022
A United Nations body that monitors some of the world's greatest natural glories is in Canada again to assess government responses to ongoing threats to the country's largest national park, including plans to release treated oilsands tailings into its...
As NASA prepares to launch the Artemis I moon rocket, Canada is heavily involved — from a new Canadarm to an astronaut who will be on the next phase of the...
TUESDAY 16. AUGUST 2022
Marine animal experts and community volunteers worked together to move stranded dolphins to deeper water.
Shimmy, a Blanding’s turtle, spent the first 35 years of his life, give or take, on the north shore of Lake Erie. He’d been tracked numerous times by biologists, who remarked on his "odd characteristics": two missing feet, at the front left and rear...