- CBC - Technology & Science News
- 14/2/12 18:48
A national chain store has apologized after a Thunder Bay man complained he was improperly charged an environmental handling fee.
A national chain store has apologized after a Thunder Bay man complained he was improperly charged an environmental handling fee.
The new CEO of Rogers Communications says he's not satisfied with the company's fourth-quarter results after its profit and revenue were hit by lower prices and margins in its wireless...
China's first lunar rover, dubbed Yutu or "Jade Rabbit" has officially been declared...
Why does smoking pot often lead to compulsive snacking? A new French study on mice appears to have sniffed out the answer.
Construction workers have found a tusk from an ice age mammoth, says a U.S. museum...
An international conservation group says Alberta should get rid of bounties on wolves.
A Fredericton man who built a solar furnace for $300 and decreased his heating bills says he’s overwhelmed with the response to his design and is considering turning the homemade device into a...
TUESDAY 11. FEBRUARY 2014
Virtual currency Bitcoin is in line for special scrutiny in this year’s budget to ensure it can’t be used to launder money or finance...
Are you still running Windows XP? If so, like many government departments, utilities, banks and businesses in Canada, you could be increasingly vulnerable to malware and...
Northern wildlife officials will meet in Quebec's arctic region Wednesday to discuss quotas on the world's last unregulated polar bear hunt.
From cameras on mini-copters to the athletes' training apps, there's a lot of technology at the Winter...
Scientists say a recently located fossil site in B.C. and west of Calgary is already yielding major new discoveries about early animal...
Is an app that reminds you to tell your significant other that you're thinking about them the utmost in insincerity, or just pragmatic relationship-management, asks Dan...
Nova Scotia's unique law intended to crack down on cyberbullying will be tested in a Halifax courtroom for the first time on Tuesday morning.
The weekend killing of Marius, a healthy two-year-old giraffe, by the Copenhagen Zoo has turned into a PR disaster and shone a light on the kinds of culling practices zoos routinely employ when they have extra animals that they just don't...
MONDAY 10. FEBRUARY 2014
An Ottawa startup is aiming to give television viewers who want to cut the cord that binds them to traditional content providers the ultimate device: a digital recorder that streams and records programming from dozens of local high-definition stations that are available over the...
Stronger than normal trade winds in the central Pacific are the main cause of a 13-year halt in global surface temperatures increases, an Australian study...
David Epstein, author of The Sports Gene, reveals some of the genetic traits that help turn some of us into elite athletes and the implications for young people with their eyes on the...
Australian astronomers have found the oldest known star in the universe, formed shortly after the Big Bang.
Google has passed Exxon to become the second most valuable U.S. company by market...
A new tool by the Climate Research Lab at the University of Prince Edward Island shows how erosion will eat away at the Island over the next 90 years.
Given the delicacy of their work, surgeons have always had access to state-of-the-art medical technology in the operating room. But many of them covet Google Glass, which could in fact revolutionize the way they...
The young Vietnamese creator of hit mobile game Flappy Bird has removed it from the App Store and Google Play saying it ruined his life.
SUNDAY 9. FEBRUARY 2014
Tech startup Hootsuite wants to hire 100 software engineers this year and it says it will be all but impossible to find them in...
Saying it needs to prevent inbreeding, the Copenhagen Zoo kills a two-year-old giraffe and feeds its remains to lions as visitors watch, ignoring a petition signed by thousands and offers from other zoos and a private individual to save the...