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- 23/11/16 10:00
Both regulation and more parental involvement needed to rein in social media experiment, psychiatrists and scientists...
Both regulation and more parental involvement needed to rein in social media experiment, psychiatrists and scientists...
After a spectacular end to its first test flight where it lost control and then exploded, SpaceX’s 36-storey rocket may see its second test flight as soon as...
WEDNESDAY 15. NOVEMBER 2023
Heat pumps are having a bit of a moment. Here is a visual to help you better understand how they work.
An Alberta woman has won a prestigious nature photography contest after travelling to South America to photograph a vulnerable species of...
A new trans-boundary agreement highlights the complexity of managing waters that flow across international borders — and the limited jurisdiction of Canadian officials hoping to mitigate another disaster at...
Climate change is increasingly impacting the health and survival of people worldwide, and projections show risks will quickly rise with further inaction, scientists warn in a new...
Nicole Mortillaro is an award-winning science reporter for CBC News. Last week she found out that the International Astronomical Union named an asteroid after her.
TUESDAY 14. NOVEMBER 2023
Iceland is bracing for what could be a significant volcanic eruption, after thousands of recent tremors cracked roads, opened sinkholes and damaged...
Icelandic authorities were preparing to build defence walls on Tuesday around a geothermal power plant in the southwestern part of the country that they hope will protect it from lava flows amid concerns of an imminent volcanic...
MONDAY 13. NOVEMBER 2023
Some 900 earthquakes hit southern Iceland on Monday, authorities said, adding to tens of thousands of tremors that rattled the region in recent weeks as the country braces for what could become a significant volcanic...
SUNDAY 12. NOVEMBER 2023
American pikas are more than just adorable little mountain dwellers — they're also a potential canary in the coal mine when it comes to the impact of climate change on their ecosystem. B.C. researchers are now developing new ways to better monitor their...
SATURDAY 11. NOVEMBER 2023
The West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society said there are concerns the dead fish found on the banks of a creek were caused by urban runoff, specifically a compound found in...
FRIDAY 10. NOVEMBER 2023
In his new book, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, Sapolsky makes the case for transforming our criminal justice system and system of...
Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8's historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year, has died. He was...
Migrants with foreign training often face complex barriers to getting a professional license here in Canada, but new legislation in B.C. aims to streamline that...
Scientists have rediscovered a long-lost species of mammal described as having the spines of a hedgehog, the snout of an anteater and the feet of a mole, in Indonesia's Cyclops Mountains more than 60 years after it was last...
THURSDAY 9. NOVEMBER 2023
Though wildfire season in Alberta is officially over, the battle is far from done. Fire crews continue to keep watch for fire that is burning underground and could flare up again in the...
Team of forensic scientists in Milan, Italy, discovered traces of cannabis in the remains of two skeletons from the...
WEDNESDAY 8. NOVEMBER 2023
Last Week Tonight host John Oliver is throwing his full weight behind the pūteketeke in New Zealand’s Bird of the Century contest — and it’s creating a bit of a stir among many bird...
Dark matter and dark energy make up roughly 95 per cent of our universe but can't be seen. In order to reveal their influence, over its six-year mission, this new space telescope will observe the shapes, distances and motions of billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years and create the largest cosmic 3D map ever...
Dark matter and dark energy make up roughly 95 per cent of our universe but can't be seen. In order to reveal their influence, over its six-year mission, this new space telescope will observe the shapes, distances and motions of billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years and create the largest cosmic 3D map ever...
Newly released data shows a record number of black bears have been killed by conservation officers in British Columbia in 2023 so far due to conflict with...
More than 3,000 tiny beetles have been shipped across the country from their native British Columbia to try to control an invasive species killing Nova Scotia’s hemlock...
TUESDAY 7. NOVEMBER 2023
Darlene Cardinal slammed her brakes in order to stop herself from crashing into a wild muskox last month. It was a rare event for someone who lives in Fort Chipewyan,...
It's been 43 years since the death of Skana, the world-famous orca experts believe changed the way people viewed killer whales and spurred a global movement in whale...