- CBC - Technology & Science News
- 10/10/25 14:36
Veteran Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk won't be leaving Earth anymore.
Veteran Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk won't be leaving Earth anymore.
The furor over genetically engineered foods with U.S. food authorities close to approving a new breed of salmon designed to grow faster.
SUNDAY 24. OCTOBER 2010
The Atlantic Region Magnetic Resonance Centre in Halifax is changing its name because the words "Atlantic Region" were costing it funding.
Historians, academics and victims gathered at the University of Alberta to re-examine the province's former eugenics policy.
The Alberta government has reversed its policy on Craigslist, demanding the removal of erotic ads on the website.
FRIDAY 22. OCTOBER 2010
Businesses are increasingly relying on universities to help them with science and technology research
Virgin Galactic's Sir Richard Branson, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and prospective astronauts gathered in the southern New Mexico desert Friday to celebrate the completion of the runway at the world's first commercial spaceport.
Jim Shaw will step down as CEO of Shaw Communications next year, handing leadership of the cable, satellite and phone services provider to his brother, Bradley, the Calgary-based company says.
Google is appointing a new privacy director and enhancing training of employees so that they are more sensitive to how people's data is used.
The results are in for YouTube's "biennial of creative video," after 23,358 submissions and countless double clicks.
Oilsands giant Syncrude Canada is in a St. Albert, Alta., courtroom Friday for sentencing in the case involving 1,600 dead ducks.
Sea life in the Gulf of Mexico appears bountiful just 30 kilometres north of where BP's blown-out well spewed millions of barrels of oil, despite initial fears that delicate deepwater habitats could be wiped out.
NASA reports that the LCROSS mission found 155 litres of water ice and vapour on the moon, almost twice as much as researchers had initially measured and more than they ever expected to find.
The world's tiger population could soon be extinct because of illegal trophy hunting, deteriorating habitats and the use of tiger parts in Eastern medicine, environmental experts warn.
Television makers are hoping 3D becomes a hit this holiday season after an underwhelming reception from consumers for most of the year.
A government program that brings people from the private sector into influential public service positions, only to return to their corporations later, is raising questions about potential conflicts of interest.
New Brunswick fisherman who rely on the ocean rather than fish farms for their livelihood are concerned about the effect Health Canada's short-term approval of a restricted pesticide for farmed Atlantic salmon will have on sea water and their catch.
A Yukon mining prospector claims federal geologists stole a priceless piece of meteorite he found in the 1980s that contained alien organisms, but RCMP say they haven't found any evidence to support that allegation.
The failure of recent climate change talks shows the need for scientists to get more involved in diplomatic relations concerning global problems, say former Canadian and U.S. diplomats.
THURSDAY 21. OCTOBER 2010
The temperature is rising again in the Arctic, with the sea ice cover dropping to one of the lowest levels on record, climate scientists say.
Internet giant Google says more than 244,000 Germans have asked that their homes be made unrecognizable in its Street View program, scheduled to launch in Germany next month.
A hormone receptor normally found in reproductive organs has been found in tumours elsewhere in the body, researchers report.
Veterinary dentists in Winnipeg are performing four root canals on a wolverine - an animal often described as one of the world's fiercest creatures.
Research indicates that more northern gannets from Newfoundland and Labrador may have run into BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico than previously believed.
The Department of Environment is considering a new environmental review process that could better regulate natural gas drilling in New Brunswick.