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- 23/2/28 22:57
Parts of Europe are in the midst of a winter drought, hot on the heels of last summer’s record-breaking dry...
Parts of Europe are in the midst of a winter drought, hot on the heels of last summer’s record-breaking dry...
Images from the James Webb Space Telescope show bright six red dots that scientists believe are distant galaxies from the early universe. But they're unlike any galaxies we've seen so...
MONDAY 27. FEBRUARY 2023
About 1,000 Atlantic brant pass through New Brunswick, and new research shows how the species depends on a small wetland on the province's eastern...
On Wednesday, you can see two of the brightest planets in the night sky come together — and you don't need binoculars to enjoy the show.
SUNDAY 26. FEBRUARY 2023
The local health authority in Saguenay, Que. is hoping to increase screening and awareness in the region after identifying about 12 more diseases that are rare in the world but common in the...
SATURDAY 25. FEBRUARY 2023
The growing need for lithium — a mined metal used in electric vehicle (EV) batteries — could have significant international environmental and social impacts if the U.S. doesn’t reimagine its transportation policy, according to a recent...
FRIDAY 24. FEBRUARY 2023
Bob McDonald's blog: Researchers in China have developed a technology for an asphalt additive that can slowly release salt on-demand over the life of the...
A brown bear that lay almost perfectly preserved in the frozen wilds of eastern Siberia for 3,500 years has undergone a necropsy by a team of scientists after it was discovered by reindeer herders on a desolate island in the...
Russia launched a rescue ship on Friday for two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut whose original ride home sprang a dangerous leak while parked at the International Space...
Renowned B.C. forest ecologist Suzanne Simard is defending her work around tree communication after a citation review claims there is insufficient evidence to support her research, which says trees communicate with each other through underground fungal networks. Reviewers are calling for more research and...
THURSDAY 23. FEBRUARY 2023
Two environmental groups and a First Nation in British Columbia say the federal government is recommending an order to protect the critically at-risk northern spotted...
An unprecedented sighting of a killer whale mothering a newborn pilot whale is either a touching adoption story or a disturbing instance of abduction, says a Dalhousie University researcher in Halifax who contributed to a new...
A federal decision to shut down 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms around B.C.'s Discovery Islands is being lauded as a win for protecting wild salmon, and a significant blow to the fish-farm industry — all while reigniting a decades-old...
A scuba diver cleaning part of the sea floor in a Vancouver inlet came across an animal that an expert says is a long way from...
WEDNESDAY 22. FEBRUARY 2023
Researchers have gotten their first look at a very rare fossil that's spent months in storage at the P.E.I. National Park in Greenwich. The fossil will next be travelling to Ottawa where a vertebrate paleontologist will try to find out more about...
Archaeologists are debating what ancient Romans might have been doing with six inches of hard wood, shaped like a phallus and rounded at the...
A bobcat who sustained injuries after being trapped in a southeast Calgary neighbourhood is now on the road to recovery, according to Calgary Wildlife...
TUESDAY 21. FEBRUARY 2023
When Britney Schmidt piloted a robot down a narrow bore hole to explore the underbelly of the world’s widest glacier, she was amazed by what she saw — ice pockmarked by crevasses and staircase-like patterns. “I never thought of being able to use my eyes to detect melting,” she...
A First Nation on Vancouver Island has released the preliminary results of a scan of the former site of the Alberni Indian Residential School, which it says has revealed 17 potential unmarked...
A recent 4.3 magnitude earthquake felt in parts of southern Ontario came as a surprise to some residents, but researchers say seismic activity around the Great Lakes is in fact not uncommon. Now, they are investigating a potential connection they may have to climate...
MONDAY 20. FEBRUARY 2023
Any hopes of finding the "suspected balloon" shot down over Yukon last week have been deflated, after the search for debris was called...
A new 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Monday struck parts of Turkey and Syria that were damaged two weeks ago by a massive quake that killed around 45,000...
Plant-based seafood, which has been slower to come to market than other meat alternatives, is starting to arrive at retailers and restaurants. But as sales of plant-based meat slip, Canadian startups are hoping the public's concern for health and the environment will catch...
SUNDAY 19. FEBRUARY 2023
The fungal pathogen in HBO's new series The Last of Us is based on a real fungus that infects insects, but can it or a fungus like it wipe out humanity? Biologists weigh...
Single-use face masks are turning into landscaping tiles in a Saskatchewan university — a project one engineer hopes keeps plastic out of the...