Google has gobbled up mobile social networking and communication platform Zingku, causing rampant speculation among Google-followers about its plans for mobile space.

Canadians who make a habit of selling goods on eBay should brace themselves for some attention from the tax department.

Oxygen began to appear on Earth millions of years earlier than scientists had thought, new research indicates.

Scientists say they have found a way to use discarded chicken eggshells to help make hydrogen fuel.

A team of international scientists has sequenced DNA from the hair shafts of 13 Siberian woolly mammoths, showing that it may be possible to study the genomes of animals in museum collections - even specimens that are hundreds of years old.

NASA's spacecraft Dawn launched shortly after the sun rose on Thursday, beginning its eight-year journey across 6.4 billion kilometres in space.

Researchers from a Quebec university suggested Wednesday that global warming caused changes in Canada's most northerly lake.

British Columbia will test a virtual ID card that enables citizens to connect with the government's online services more easily and safely.

Global warming is leading to complicated and unexpected changes for the lobster industry, say scientists gathered at an international conference in Charlottetown.

Playing an online game beats computer tutorials or written materials in arming people against phishing attacks, Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists have determined.

NASA is preparing to launch its Dawn mission, an unmanned flight that will spend eight years travelling 6.4 billion kilometres to monitor the asteroids Vesta and Ceres.

Google Inc.'s top voice on privacy said the company is working on a version of its controversial Street View application that will adhere to Canada's privacy laws.

Electrical engineers and computer scientists at University of California, San Diego have developed "Google for music," a search engine that takes words and finds tunes to match.

Fruit fly larvae fed a diet containing carbon nanotubes can grow to normal maturity, Rice University researchers say in a study showing for the first time that nanotubes can be monitored inside a living organism.

TJX Cos. could have prevented a massive security breach but failed to take necessary precautions including upgrading their encryption technology, said Canada's privacy commissioner.

A thin layer of carbon and debris laid down 12,900 years ago supports the theory that the extinction of mammoths and other ice-age mammals was caused by an "extra-terrestial" event.

In an attempt to assert Arctic sovereignty, Canada is set to begin monitoring water traffic in the Northwest Passage using underwater listening devices, sources have told CBC News.

Support among residents of the Northwest Territories is waning for the proposed Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline, while interest in conservation is rising, according to the results of a poll released Monday.

A glitch in the electronic records system delayed medical test results for nearly 600 patients since January, Nova Scotia health officials said Monday.

Space flight can increase the virulence of disease-causing microbes such as Salmonella typhimurium, the main bacterial culprit in food poisoning, say U.S. researchers.

NASA is restarting a mission with greater capability for using high-energy X-rays to detect black holes.

A team of geologists has found seven deep holes on the flanks of a giant volcano on Mars, a discovery that may have implications for future missions to the inhospitable planet.

Scientists in Singapore say they have developed a portable device that can detect the H5N1 bird flu virus faster and cheaper than any other method.

Ban Ki-moon thanked leaders for sharing his environmental concerns at the largest-ever political summit on climate change, which drew officials like Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.