You lock in your vote on a small handheld device, then wait to see if you chose the right answer - it sounds like a game show, but it's a daily occurrence for some students at the University of Manitoba.

A Florida researcher has concluded that crocodiles really do cry - but for physiological reasons rather than out of a pretense of remorse.

The University of California, Berkeley says it is making entire course lectures available free of charge on YouTube.

Northern Quebec's Nunavik region could soon be one of the first in Canada to ban trans fats, with the help of a Quebec researcher who says health problems related to trans fats have become a major concern in the North.

Astronomers who use exploding stars as a kind of super lantern to study dark energy say the stars' light is growing dimmer.

Astronomers using a powerful space telescope said they have spotted the ideal conditions for the formation of an Earth-like planet in a star system located some 424 light years away.

High school work experience programs sometimes send students to wood shops or insurance offices, but a small-town teenager has landed a more high powered gig - at Saskatoon's sprawling synchrotron.

Microsoft Corp. is expected on Tuesday to release the next generation of its Zune media player, the software giant's competitor to Apple's iPod, according to numerous published reports.

The next group of astronauts making the trip to the moon will likely be driving rovers capable of making two-week treks, NASA said.

The P.E.I. Aquaculture Alliance wants a law to stop recreational and commercial boats from moving from one bay to another without being cleaned, to help stop the spread of invasive species.

The sabre-toothed tiger's bite was relatively weak compared to modern-day big cats, with a force one-third that of a lion, scientists said Monday.

Online auction website EBay Inc. will take $1.43 billion US in charges related to its Skype internet phone division, and said Niklas Zennstrom, the co-founder and CEO of Skype, is stepping down.

Rival software companies Adobe Systems and Microsoft Corp. each made moves Monday to join Google Inc. in the now-crowded market of companies bringing documents from the desktop to online browsers.

Internet-based television service Joost on Monday launched its software for Mac and Windows, making the peer-to-peer technology widely available to the public for the first time.

High levels of pollution-generated ozone compromise the immune system, killing key bacteria-fighting cells, new research shows.

Mobile phone giant Nokia is paying $8.1 billion US to acquire Navteq, a leading maker of navigation software.

An influential group of Canadian chief executives says global warming is the most pressing issue the world faces today and business must do its share to fight the problem.

Sony Corp. on Monday unveiled the first flat-screen television using organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology, a display method more common in laptops and mobile phones.

Innovative rock band Radiohead has stunned the music world by announcing that its forthcoming album will make its debut as a digital download available for whatever individual consumers want to pay for it.

Interac will be testing new debit and credit cards embedded with microchips to make it more difficult for criminals to steal data - and the cardholder's money.

Grizzly bears may have a difficult time surviving if wildlife groups implement a plan to reintroduce them to the Prairies, according to a Saskatchewan biologist.

Cockroaches, like humans, have dramatic daily variations in their ability to learn, say biologists at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

The federal government has announced almost $460,000 in funding for projects aimed at boosting alternative fuel production and organic agriculture on Prince Edward Island.

Microsoft says it will continue to sell its Windows XP operating system for an extra five months in response to demand from customers.