The neutron is more like an onion when it comes to electromagnetism, physicists say, with a negatively charged exterior and interior and a positively charged middle sandwiched between them.

The scheduled attachment of the external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters to the space shuttle Discovery has been delayed as NASA continues repair work on a leaking hydraulic seal.

Animals faced with a less-than-ideal selection of potential mates can compensate to increase the chances their offspring will survive, scientists said Tuesday.

Barrick Gold has offered a $10 million US prize to anyone who can figure out how to extract the silver from the ore at its Veladero gold mine in Argentina.

The provincial plan to replant the forest killed by B.C.'s mountain pine beetle infestation could take more than a thousand years to complete according to recent figures.

Speeding vehicles on the Gondola Point Road had better watch out for the Rothesay Freedom Militia and Chowder Club.

Hundreds of people flocked to get medical treatment after an apparent meteorite crashed in a remote part of southern Peru over the weekend, health officials said.

Serious budget problems at Environment Canada are threatening wildlife programs and services within the federal department, CBC News has learned.

Researchers aboard the Canadian Coast Guard ship Amundsen are slowly mapping parts of the Northwest Passage beyond established shipping routes.

Intel has unveiled microprocessors based on 45-nanometre technology, the smallest computer chips to date.

Astronomers have found that Neptune's south pole is 10 degrees warmer than the rest of the planet, largely because it spends its 40-year summer tilted toward the sun.

IBM is offering free desktop software over the internet, joining Google in assailing Microsoft's dominance through its Office suite.

Google has launched free presentation software to go head to head with Microsoft's PowerPoint and announced the availability of its popular AdSense advertising platform for mobile devices.

British Columbians planning a trip south to Washington should beware: drivers in the state could soon be fined for using cellphones to send text messages while behind the wheel.

The New York Times will make access to all its online content free starting Wednesday.

The United Kingdom will be the first European country to get Apple Inc.'s iPhone, after the company announced the mobile phone operator O2 would be the exclusive carrier of the mobile device.

Many consumers who manage their money through online banking services may be unaware of their financial institution's security requirements, according to a study out of Ottawa's Carleton University .

Yahoo is taking aim at Facebook by testing its own social networking site, called Mash, which lets users edit each other's profiles.

Researchers say a genetic variation in people's odour receptors can determine whether sweaty men are perceived as smelling like stale urine or vanilla.

The company behind the images seen on Google Earth is scheduled to launch its second satellite on Tuesday, one it said will boost the accuracy of images on the popular mapping program.

Verizon Wireless has resumed selling cellphone ringtones based on Bob Marley songs despite objections from the estate of the late reggae singer.

Sea ice in the Arctic has sunk to its lowest level since satellite record-keeping began, fully opening the most direct route through the Northwest Passage.

Apple Inc. is planning to hold a news conference in the United Kingdom on Tuesday, fuelling speculation the company will announce which telephone companies will distribute the touch-screen iPhone in Europe.

Online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding said Friday that it has eliminated unauthorized computer code that allowed hackers to get access to a company database.