- CBC - Technology & Science News
- 23/12/7 11:00
After a few years of hard work, a team of post-secondary students have put together a miniature cube satellite, which will be launched into...
After a few years of hard work, a team of post-secondary students have put together a miniature cube satellite, which will be launched into...
As Hurricane Larry lashed Newfoundland in 2021, university students from Halifax headed to a rural area in its track to find out whether the ocean might whip microplastics up into the atmosphere then transport them by air to otherwise pristine...
WEDNESDAY 6. DECEMBER 2023
Nun cho ga, the baby wooly mammoth whose extraordinarily preserved remains caused a sensation after they were dug up by a miner near Dawson City, Yukon, last year, could soon be heading to Ottawa — at least for a...
Researchers found a male mosquito trapped in amber 130 million years ago, the oldest ever discovered. And it could do something no male mosquito alive today can...
Genetic testing company 23andMe, which is the subject of a proposed class-action lawsuit in Canada, says a data breach may have affected millions more customers than initially believed. The B.C. man who is the lead plaintiff says the company didn't do enough to protect...
The genetic testing company 23andMe says hackers gained access to the profiles of millions of its users in October. Now, some customers are involved in a proposed class-action lawsuit against the company.
TUESDAY 5. DECEMBER 2023
When a group of conservation scientists set off in search of a long-lost species of South Africa moles in 2021, their colleagues warned them not to get their hopes up. But now, the team from the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) and the University of Pretoria have confirmed the elusive creature lives...
SUNDAY 3. DECEMBER 2023
The Nova Scotia government has pledged more than $2.4 million to seven community-led projects that focus on living shorelines. Living shorelines are seen as a nature-based way to reduce coastal erosion and flooding caused by climate change. They use natural materials — rocks, plants and sand — to stabilize land along the...
SATURDAY 2. DECEMBER 2023
The explosive spread of dengue offers a case study in how climate change, human movement, and rising temperatures are all coaligning to fuel the expansion of potentially deadly threats to human...
Doug Olson discovered a pebble-sized meteorite on his roof, marking Alberta's first witnessed meteorite fall since...