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Ontario will announce plans Thursday to produce a nuclear medical isotope that forms the essential component in a life-saving treatment for liver cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer...
Ontario will announce plans Thursday to produce a nuclear medical isotope that forms the essential component in a life-saving treatment for liver cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer...
When Jules McCusker came across a bald eagle nest near his Toronto home in December, he could hardly believe his eyes. That's because it's the first ever documented bald eagle nest in Toronto, according to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. Experts say it's a significant moment for local biodiversity, but urge locals not to disturb the...
There are lots of ways you can view the solar eclipse in Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford, Six Nations and Niagara — some of the best spots in Canada to view the total eclipse on April...
For the ninth straight month, Earth has obliterated global heat records — with February, the winter as a whole and the world's oceans setting new high-temperature marks, according to the European Union climate agency...
It’s common to see crowds of people gathered outside the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas — but they’re not usually there for...
TUESDAY 5. MARCH 2024
For the past two decades, geologists have wrestled with whether humans have changed the planet enough to kick off a completely new epoch in geological time called the Anthropocene. Now, a subcommittee of Earth scientists has reportedly made a decision: No, we...
MONDAY 4. MARCH 2024
Experts say a satellite designed to track methane could be one of our best tools in the fight against climate change in the near future. MethaneSAT will spot large emitters of the greenhouse gas that is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in our...
UBC scientist lauds sprawling international study an 'amazing example of citizen...
SUNDAY 3. MARCH 2024
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says it has tightened security of its level-4 lab in Winnipeg years after two scientists were escorted out over concerns about security breaches. But experts worry the back door may still be open to graduate and postdoctoral students affiliated with the University of...
SATURDAY 2. MARCH 2024
After an estimated 30,000 to 35,000 years frozen in one spot, 'Nun cho ga' — a baby mammoth dug up in the Yukon in 2022 — is again on the move as it's transported to the Canadian Conservation Institute in...
Photographers Hawaii captured what scientists say is the first documentation of humpback whale...
FRIDAY 1. MARCH 2024
The David Florida Laboratory in west Ottawa develops space technology including projects for the International Space Station, Canadarm and James Webb telescope. It will close at the end of March...
What the documents about the Winnipeg lab scandal show is interesting and relevant. But the biggest problem here might the one that was apparent from the start: the sheer amount of secrecy that enveloped this...
On April 8, the moon’s shadow will glide across a narrow part of Canada, producing one of nature’s greatest spectacles: a total solar eclipse. If you think you've seen one before, you probably haven't, as these eclipse experts reveal the beauty and awe of the...
The leap year is the most famous of the leap family, keeping our calendars right every year, while behind the scenes, with little fanfare, the leap second has been doing its part. But global stakeholders believe it's time for a change — the leap...
THURSDAY 29. FEBRUARY 2024
Robert Cockcroft, director of McMaster University’s William J. McCallion Planetarium, explains why the Hamilton-Niagara area is the place to be during the total solar eclipse in April and why the eclipse is such a big...
During a research expedition off the coast of Chile, Erin Easton says her colleagues were constantly calling her over to show her some amazing new sea creature they'd just...
One of the scientists who was fired from Canada's top infectious disease laboratory "intentionally" shared scientific information with China — potentially putting people's health in jeopardy, says an assessment by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service...
WEDNESDAY 28. FEBRUARY 2024
Odysseus, the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon in half a century, was expected to go dark on Wednesday, six days after an off-kilter touchdown that hindered its communications and solar-charging capability, NASA and the company that flew the vehicle...
A warming world will create even more dangerous conditions for ape species across hundreds of African habitats, according to new scientific...
Flamingo chicks gather in large groups to stay safe and must recognize their parents’ calls when they...
Baby caimans co-ordinate when they’ll hatch from inside their eggs. Listen to them now
Droughts are nothing new for southern Alberta, but experts say it is becoming more common to see similar conditions appear in northern parts of the province. While drought conditions might not be felt by most people living in northern Alberta, conditions hint to potentially worse conditions in years to...
TUESDAY 27. FEBRUARY 2024
On Tuesday, India introduced four crew members for its maiden Gaganyaan space voyage, as it aims to become the world's fourth country to send a crewed mission into space just months after a historic landing on the south pole of the...
SATURDAY 24. FEBRUARY 2024
A recent study found that transporting organics from the surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, to its deep ocean isn't enough to support life. But that doesn't mean the search for life in our solar system is dead in the...