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- 09/9/3 20:02
The Arctic had been cooling for almost 2,000 years before a recent, sudden warming in the last 50 years, a new study on climate change suggests.
The Arctic had been cooling for almost 2,000 years before a recent, sudden warming in the last 50 years, a new study on climate change suggests.
IPhone users who want to know about the spread of swine flu or other infectious diseases in their area can turn to a new app to track reports in real time.
NASA said Thursday it would not have to adjust the position of the space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station to avoid an approaching piece of space junk.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had more dire warnings about climate change Thursday as he spoke to a United Nations conference in Geneva.
The space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station may not have to move to avoid an approaching piece of space junk, a NASA official said late Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY 2. SEPTEMBER 2009
The first hand axes used by early humans in Europe are 400,000 years older than previously thought, geologists say, closing the gap with their first known appearance in Africa.
Environment Canada plans to install a station near Great Slave Lake that will measure greenhouse gas levels in the Northwest Territories.
The Andromeda galaxy, the closest neighbour to our own Milky Way, has been growing by scooping up stars from smaller surrounding galaxies, a Canadian-led team of astronomers has found.
Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté says his upcoming "social mission" in space is a chance for him to champion water issues while entertaining the world with an unprecedented "planetary artistic event".
Google has blamed server maintenance for a widespread Gmail outage that delayed access to the web-based email service for more than an hour Tuesday.
The trial continued Tuesday of a 33-year-old man accused of luring a 12-year old girl over the internet.
New Brunswick's transmission lines aren't closed entirely to new power exports from P.E.I., the Island's energy minister says.
The hyperlocal news market - also known as citizen journalism - is heating up with another acquisition, this time by Denver-based Examiner.com of Vancouver-based NowPublic.
TUESDAY 1. SEPTEMBER 2009
For engineers at Canadian space technology company Neptec, the docking of the space shuttle Discovery on Sunday to the International Space Station was an opportunity to test a new kind of sensor system under harsh conditions.
Canadian cellphone companies are giving customers the ability to refuse mid-term changes to their contracts under a new wireless code of conduct.
Online retailer eBay is planning to sell its Skype internet phone division on Tuesday, according to a report late Monday.
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station helped move a giant storage locker full of cargo from the space shuttle Discovery to the station on Monday. Now comes the hard part: unpacking.
Industry Minister Tony Clement is taking fire for scrapping a taxpayer-funded online tool that would have helped consumers pick a cellphone plan, allegedly after being lobbied by the wireless industry.
A newly identified group of genetic mutations are involved in melanoma, including some that grow more slowly when exposed to a chemotherapy drug, scientists say.
MONDAY 31. AUGUST 2009
Microsoft and Bell Canada are splitting their MSN/Sympatico website portal in two and going their separate ways to compete against each other for online ad revenue.
Fox is attempting to makes its repeats more palatable by accompanying shows with Twitter commentary from cast and producers.
A day after the space shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station, astronauts are planning Monday to unload an enormous storage container holding science experiments and supplies for the orbiting outpost..
NASA's space shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station on Sunday evening.
SATURDAY 29. AUGUST 2009
The crew of the space shuttle Discovery were to spend part of Saturday, their first full day in space, inspecting the heat shield of the craft, and preparing to dock with the International Space Station.
A purported moon rock given to the Dutch government to commemorate the first manned lunar landing in 1969 has turned out to be only a chunk of petrified wood.