- CBC - Technology & Science News
- 12/12/4 16:39
The lions that roam Africa's savannahs have lost as much as 75 per cent of their habitat in the last 50 years as humans overtake their land and the lion population dwindles, according to a new study.
The lions that roam Africa's savannahs have lost as much as 75 per cent of their habitat in the last 50 years as humans overtake their land and the lion population dwindles, according to a new study.
The unstoppable Voyager 1 spacecraft has sailed into a new realm of the solar system that scientists did not know existed.
As the 10th anniversary of the federal Species At Risk Act approaches, dozens of animals and plants have been added to the list considered at-risk.
MONDAY 3. DECEMBER 2012
Results are in from the first test of Martian soil by the rover Curiosity: So far, there is no definitive evidence that the red planet has the chemical ingredients to support life.
U.S. scientists have developed a new kind of light bulb — one that is long-lasting, flicker-free and shatterproof — and they hope that the new technology will replace fluorescent lamps.
Software company founder John McAfee said he has left Belize and is still on the run, adding "we are not in Belize, but not quite out of the woods yet."
Neil Papworth, a young software engineer in England, sent out the world's first text message on Dec. 3, 1992. Twenty years later, texting has become one of the most ubiquitous forms of communication.
A fondness for the burn of spicy food has less to do with tolerance and far more to do with personality, according to researchers from Pennsylvania State University.
A Chicago-area sherriff's department hopes to find matches of DNA evidence from hair, blood and semen, or skin under the fingernails of victims, that could link long-dead killers, such as John Wayne Gacy, to the coldest of cold cases.
A major U.S. delegation is leading the opposition to possible new UN regulations on internet commerce and controls that are part of wide-ranging talks that open Monday in Dubai.
SUNDAY 2. DECEMBER 2012
McMaster researcher Matthew Woolhouse is heading up a new project armed with 20 million music downloads.
FRIDAY 30. NOVEMBER 2012
Using oil-dispersing chemicals during the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill may have done far more damage than good to species of microscopic marine animals at the base of the food chain, a new study says.
The U.S. company that runs the internet's dot-com domain names has renewed its contract to do so for another six years, but won't be allowed to hike prices except under special circumstances.
Major record companies in Britain have launched their second offensive against the Pirate Bay, demanding that a U.K. political party stop running a workaround to let the country's internet users access the file-sharing site.
For the first time, scientists have figured out how to determine the age of a lobster — by counting its rings, like a tree.
A B.C. woman connected to what the FBI calls the largest case of domestic terrorism in U.S. history is expected to plead guilty to all but the most serious of 10 charges against her.
A researcher at the University of Alberta School of Public Health thinks it is time to tax sugary drinks.
More isn't always better when it comes to aromatic oils
A new smartphone app developed in Victoria will enable people to help track debris from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan as it gets within sight of B.C.'s shores.
THURSDAY 29. NOVEMBER 2012
The aerospace sector is under threat from ambitious international competitors and the space agency has "foundered" for a decade, says a review of one of the country's biggest industries.
New area codes will be popping up on phones in Alberta and Ontario in the next few years.
A groundbreaking study confirms major polar ice sheets are melting and contributing to a rise in sea levels, with devastating results in the case of storms such as Sandy.
NASA scientists reveal new observations from the Messenger spacecraft currently orbiting Mercury.
Two U.S.-based Internet-monitoring companies say Syria has shut off the Internet nationwide.
Canadian scientists are being asked to find faster ways to test for two dangerous bacteria that can be found in our food — E. coli and Listeria.