Category: Technology

From Companion to M3GAN, human-like robots have been popping up in several blockbuster films, but tech experts say we’re still…

Twenty years ago, Susan O’Sullivan was working full-time with the Ministry of Forests and volunteering as a singer at her…

Standing in his living room, Richard Kabzems brandishes a thick binder stuffed with letters and notes of his two-year fight…

A piece of charcoal unearthed at a Saskatchewan archaeological site and tested in a lab suggests the site is 11,000 years old and was likely…

Cost of Living9:28When money beats Monet Lovers of art and history can spend hours or even days at their local…

Bobby Arcego pulls back a thick layer of straw, exposing the young grapevine underneath. As vineyard manager of Black Hills…

Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving…

As It Happens6:13Prehistoric puke reveals hunting (and hurling) habits of ancient ocean predators What is 66-million-year-old vomit like? A lot…

The prospect of safely handling leftovers can stir debate. And it has an impact: one in eight Canadians — about…

A sea otter off the coast of Vancouver Island is the prime suspect in a string of river otter deaths,…

Bats have a bad reputation — and it only got worse during the COVID-19 pandemic.  But while bats are known…

A B.C. ostrich farm ordered to kill off its entire herd of what it says is roughly 400 birds due…

Dozens of Alberta scientists, doctors and researchers have penned an open letter calling on the Alberta government to reject the recommendations…

Canadian scientists say the uncertainty surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump’s apparent pause on federal health spending could stall research on…

Scientists have finally had a close look at the rubble collected by a NASA spacecraft from an asteroid. In it,…

The fires that devastated neighbourhoods in Los Angeles, killing 28 people and burning over 16,000 homes and buildings are not…

Ideas53:59Techno-Utopia or The Billionaires’ Wet Dream On the first full day as the 47th U.S. President, Donald Trump announced what…

Andrew McCarthy recounts the moment the planets aligned and he put together a rare composite photograph of the cosmic event.

Researchers are hoping to start measuring nitrous oxide emissions over hundreds of kilometres near Yorkton, Sask., with the goal of reducing greenhouse gases. Nitrogen…

Two friendly eyes stare out from a dark screen, held aloft by a black robotic arm that curves upwards from…

Kouchibouguac National Park welcomed six pairs of piping plovers in 2024, which resulted in 16 fledglings — the highest annual production…

6 days ago News Duration 2:32 Scientists from across Atlantic Canada are focusing on ways to fight back against invasive…

Stargazers can expect a show in the night sky this week — a planetary parade when six planets gather close…

Murray Zelt was enjoying photographing a northern pygmy owl hunting a vole near 100 Mile House in B.C.’s Cariboo, about 500…

The Water Research Centre at the University of Alberta is focused on the future of water sustainability. They recently received…

More than half of people around the world live in cities, with an estimated 70 per cent projected to live…

1 hour ago News Duration 4:17 Canada controls more of the ocean than any other country. As officials work to…

Constructing anything from Lego can be a creative — albeit time-consuming and challenging — project. For this group of young people at a Hamilton rehab hospital,…

A recent decision by the U.S. government to drop a proposed rule aimed at protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales…

It’s a question parents across the globe are grappling with: should my child have a smartphone? Some advocates and experts…

Scallop fishers in the Bay of Fundy are keeping an eye out for a creamy-white species that grows on the…

January can be a cold and dreary time of the year, and so we reach for things that give us…

The Current11:44How noticing nature can improve your mood Many find themselves struggling with the cold, gray days with the shorter…

The latest disintegration of a SpaceX test flight was a spectacular sight, as broken-up rocket parts streaked like jellyfish tendrils…

A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space minutes after launching from Texas on Thursday, forcing airline flights over the…

Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in AD 79, has unearthed a new treasure — a…

Blue Origin’s giant New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida early Thursday morning on its first mission to space, an…

One of NASA’s two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk since…

Some of the visuals coming out of Los Angeles County over the past week are ones we expect with wildfires:…

In a two-for-one moonshot, SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers on Wednesday for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to…

St. Francis Xavier University researchers have built a first-of-its-kind simulation facility to test methane measurement technology for landfills. Dave Risk,…

The Saskatchewan government is taking measures to stop the spread of swine flu disease, cracking down on the invasive wild pig…

Dwarf planet Pluto and our Earth are the only two worlds in our solar system with very large moons. These…

Blue Origin called off the debut launch of its massive new rocket early Monday because of technical trouble. The 98-metre New…

Jennifer Madore and her partner Pierre Faucher have a novel use for discarded Christmas trees: feeding them to hungry western Quebec goats. The…

An adventurous young budgie in Iqaluit is safely back home after deciding to spread his wings on Christmas Day and…

The Louisiana Department of Health said on Monday that a U.S. patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has died, the country’s…

Imagine this: you’re gently awoken by the dulcet tones of your personal assistant just as you’re nearing the end of…

Deadly and destructive wildfires are tearing through the Los Angeles area, and powerful winds are literally fanning the flames.  As…

Today, six climate agencies from around the world all confirmed what we knew was coming: Earth once again experienced its…

The Current22:05A rogue wave nearly killed him. Here’s why they’re so deadly It was supposed to be a relaxing day full…

Scientists at Memorial University are set to begin work to test wild animals like foxes, otters and lynx for avian…

An animal rehabilitation centre on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore is looking forward to the opportunity to rehabilitate orphaned black bear cubs…

A new peer-reviewed study on the health impacts of pollution from Alberta’s oil and gas sector has found the odds of having negative…

A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, damaging hundreds of houses,…

The news caught retired Ottawa police investigator Randy Wisker by surprise. It came via a courtesy call informing the former serious…

New research shows the rate of myopia among children and teens worldwide has tripled over the past three decades, with…

Ice has been steadily disappearing from the Gulf of St. Lawrence — record low levels were recorded last winter — and…

Ramtin Attar is standing inside an unremarkable warehouse, in an ordinary-looking industrial park near Edmonton’s airport, looking at some robots…

Sarah Bauer woke up to a shaking house. She thought maybe an earthquake had struck near her home in Torrance,…

Halton Healthcare and Conservation Halton announced in early December they were partnering with a B.C.-based foundation to offer nature prescriptions to…

A bald eagle is recovering at the Atlantic Wildlife Institute after finding itself caught in a coyote snare — something…

Mary Borrowman is mourning the loss of the Whale Interpretive Centre in Telegraph Cove, B.C., a popular tourism attraction that…

North Atlantic right whales should live well past 100 years, but threats to the endangered species, including from commercial crab…

A worker digging up clay in a southern England limestone quarry noticed unusual bumps that led to the discovery of…

A wayward California sea lion who stopped traffic on the Pacific Rim Highway east of Tofino, B.C., on Vancouver Island…

2 days ago News Duration 1:41 When Erica Price’s daughter discovered their family hamster, named Ice Cream, with stuffed cheek…

Every year, we get to experience not only the wonders of the sky, but also missions to space that expand…

As people prepare to ring in the new year, it might be interesting to note how much glitter is around.…

Did you recently get a direct deposit of $36.29 from Meta and are wondering if you can keep it? The…

India’s space agency launched its first space docking mission on an Indian-made rocket on Monday in an attempt to become…

New York state government agencies will have to conduct reviews and publish reports that detail how they’re using artificial intelligence…

NASA said on Friday that its Parker Solar Probe was “safe” and operating normally after successfully completing the closest-ever approach…

A new permanent exhibit at the Manitoba Museum aims to give visitors a close look at the elusive prairie cougar, and the…

Monarch butterfly enthusiasts and experts in Canada say possible increased protections for the species in the United States are important. The…

10 days ago News Duration 1:35 Meet SwagBot. Researchers at the University of Sydney are betting on this four-wheeled robot…

There’s breaking news from the astronomy world. Astronomers have confirmed that we really don’t understand something we only suspected we didn’t understand,…

As It Happens6:13What can parasite eggs preserved in Medieval poop tell us about human history? Most people don’t get excited…

A 21-year-old Edmontonian is developing a 3D printer designed to take soil from the moon and convert it into essential equipment for…

Hannah Baillie had never seen an owl in the wild until last Monday evening, when she was running along Halifax’s popular…

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As It Happens6:15Why Switzerland is busy fixing up its vast network of nuclear bunkers There’s no point in having a…

Family tree enthusiasts and the websites that cater to them are helping police solve decades-old homicides, including here in Ottawa.…

About a dozen smarter-than-your-average bears have learned how to burglarize the bear-resistant garbage bins used by residents in Tofino and…

Mornings are the toughest — waking up, realizing he can’t just get out of bed, there are extra steps he…

In just the past 10 years, cities around the world, including in Canada, have lost weeks’ worth of winter ski,…

Electric vehicle manufacturers are using the Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron in Saskatoon to develop batteries with a lifespan pushing…

New research examining the eating habits of the people who lived in North America during the Ice Age suggests they…

Another piece of the puzzle for conservation efforts along the Rocky Mountain Trench in B.C. is in place. The Nature Conservancy…

12 hours ago News Duration 2:17 An annual attraction in Windsor when crowds flock to the area to witness the…

The solar eclipse was top of mind this year for Canadians, according to a new report from Google showing the things…

As It Happens6:19This humpback made an epic, record-breaking trek across 3 oceans Why did a humpback whale swim a record-breaking…

A college student in London, Ont. has attempted to break the record for building the world’s tiniest arcade machine, with a…

December isn’t just about the holidays — it’s also the time of year we get to enjoy what is often…

Invasive species experts are asking those decorating for the holidays to check their trees, wreaths and garland for hidden pests.  Insect eggs…

The Driving Research and Simulation Laboratory at the University of Saskatchewan is hosting a study that will test drivers for…

What On Earth28:10How rain buckets with ‘brains’ help warn against landslides On the night of Aug. 6, 2010, a large chunk…

After a penguin in England lost her waddle, her caretakers found a unique way to get her on her feet…

Unreserved49:51Sacred Seven: Turtle’s teachings of truth In the Anishinaabe creation story, the first woman to arrive on Earth, Sky Woman,…

Toronto has expanded its efforts to control the number of pigeons in the city by setting up a new feeder…

NASA has announced that a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA’s Dragonfly, a car-sized octocopter drone that will explore Saturn’s moon Titan,…

In what may seem like a call-back to 1980s whale culture, a resident orca off the coast of Washington state was recently…

Canada’s list of at-risk species is getting longer.  The federal committee that maintains the list on Thursday added five species…

NASA’s ambitious Artemis program that will once again return humans to the moon is facing more delays. In a press conference…

It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people with visual,…

A man in Fort Severn First Nation, Ont., was injured Tuesday morning in a polar bear attack, said the Nishnawbe Aski…

Hunters across British Columbia are being asked to be aware of chronic wasting disease (CWD) after a fourth confirmed case of the…

The Dose21:05How does black plastic affect my health? Certain products made from black plastic — like the kind found in…

When Janice Parente read a CBC story this past spring about a dubious brainwave study targeting primarily Indigenous kids in…

Being exposed to wildfire smoke over a long period of time could increase the risk of developing dementia even more…

A western Quebec First Nation is urging the provincial and federal governments to protect American eels from dangerous practices at…

Andrea Arnold knows a lot about what goes on in the Village of McBride, a community of about 600 people…

Recycling plastic isn’t working. The figure most often cited is that only nine per cent of the world’s plastic has ever been recycled.…

Canadian negotiators at the United Nations plastic pollution treaty talks in South Korea said Thursday they are working “around the…

Muddy footprints left on a Kenyan lakeside suggest two of our early human ancestors were nearby neighbours some 1.5 million…

Alberta’s government says it will invest up to $50 million to support the creation of a first-in-Canada drilling test site…

The Current14:19Harnessing ocean waves to power your home Scientist Burke Hales says one of the things holding back the development…

A family of orcas in Vancouver’s False Creek have sparked joy among the people who saw them. It happened Sunday…

Residents of a northern Alberta town are over the moon that it could share its name with the first Canadian…

Scott Aspinall and a small crew travelled to northern Saskatchewan to capture the Milky Way’s core from the east side…

The hazelnut tree has long been a part of the landscape in parts of British Columbia. A 19th-century settler gave…

The Current20:06Rudeness rampant in classrooms, say teachers An Ontario teacher says “manners have gone out the door” in classrooms since…

McGill University students and paleontologists have documented Saskatchewan’s first known fossil specimens of centrosaurus, a horned dinosaur species, along the South Saskatchewan…

Governments in Canada, the U.S. and abroad along with tech giants are all eyeing nuclear power to meet a growing demand…

The federal government did not meet the targets for its program to plant two billion trees during the program’s third…

This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to…

As cold temperatures are once again upon us, it’s unlikely many Canadians are thinking about heat waves. But Canadians increasingly…

A professor at Laurentian University in Sudbury will be putting honey bees to work to better understand how climate change is…

Three judges have delivered another blow to beleaguered commercial groups that fish for lucrative juvenile eels in the Maritimes, agreeing…

Yes, we’re going to talk about another year of warming. You might be tired of the same old tale: another…

It’s easy to spot contrasts in the forest landscape around Jasper National Park. Countless coniferous trees with thick, deep green…

The new head of the National Microbiology Lab (NML) in Winnipeg has some homework to do before taking over the high-security facility —…

A team of scientists, including one in Saskatoon, say they have strong evidence that the COVID-19 virus jumped from infected animals to…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its sixth Starship test flight to space on Tuesday from Texas, eyeing an array of improvements…

After Japanese scientists launched the world’s first wooden satellite into space last week, experts in Canada are proposing ways in which…

CBC News science specialist Darius Mahdavi takes a tour of UBC’s Quantum Matter Institute to learn more about quantum science…

When five-year-old golden doodle, Lucy, was diagnosed with T-cell lymphoma, owners Stéphanie Gauvin and Tim MacIsaac knew they would do whatever they…

What On Earth26:55Can we cool Earth by blocking the sun’s rays? And should we? Luke Iseman has a plan to…

When Meredith Moore moved from New York to Toronto, she was astonished by the amount of home renovation happening in…

A B.C. teenager remains in hospital with avian flu, according to British Columbia’s top doctor.  On Tuesday, Provincial Health Officer Dr.…

As It Happens6:43Surprisingly snuggly pythons upend what scientists thought they knew about snakes There’s no single agreed upon term for…

A group of former leaders and climate experts say the annual UN COP climate talks are no longer fit for purpose…

The first surface samples retrieved from the dark side of the moon show that there used to be erupting volcanoes…

University of Alberta professor Chris Herd recounts the moment a meteor illuminated the skies over southern Alberta in the early…

Halifax is exploring ways to limit the salt ending up in the region’s waterways, after new data showed high levels of salinization…

As It Happens6:35This elephant gives herself nice showers with a hose. But another elephant keeps ruining them When staff at…

Carolyn Law didn’t think much of it when a snow goose landed in her Richmond, B.C., backyard, on Halloween.  But hours…

After seeing a social media call out for help rescuing a baby goat trapped on a cliff face near Honolulu,…

A dome-shaped device floating in Halifax’s Northwest Arm could easily be confused with a buoy, but it is actually a…

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 shook eastern Cuba on Sunday, after weeks of hurricanes and blackouts that…

Noah Sweeney started learning French the moment he was signed up for hockey and baseball in Quebec City as a…

Scientists warn that this year could end 1.5 C hotter than pre-industrial times, surpassing the current record of 1.48 C…

On day one of Donald Trump’s presidency, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he’ll be advising Trump to take fluoride out…

Two tornadoes touched down in central New Brunswick during a storm Friday, an Ontario-based research group says. Dave Sills, executive…

As It Happens6:30First ferret babies born from a clone bring new hope for their species Two feisty ferret babies in…

3 days ago News Duration 9:38 Go beneath the waves and back in time to explore the incredible story of…

Rachelle and Kelly Swan live in a relatively cramped space now. But the upside to their rented low-income government house…

The first commercial enterprise the energy of sunlight in space and beam it to the ground may happen in Iceland as the…

MUN chemistry professor Chris Kozak says he’s run the mystery blobs through a battery of tests to determine it’s a…

A group representing hunters in the Nordic countries says it’s more optimistic than ever that the European Union will lift…

Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency said Monday that at least 10 people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions…

If the idea of strapping yourself into a rocket and blasting into space for a few minutes of weightlessness is…

Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a giant tadpole that wriggled around over 160 million years ago, among the…

As It Happens6:34Can a forest write a song? Ecuador copyright claim puts ‘rights of nature’ to the test Two years…

When we think of Canadian animals, cultural icons like the moose, beaver, or loon are probably first to come to…

The Canadian Medical Association wants governments to scrap sick note requirements for employees with minor sniffles, stomach aches or other short-term…

Some polar bears living in the far north are turning up with ice-related injuries that, in some cases, seriously affect their…

The Current24:10AI needs a lot of power. So Google’s going nuclear Big tech companies are scrambling to secure nuclear energy…

A slim majority of voters in the Municipality of South Bruce say they’re open to the idea of Canada’s spent…

The Dose28:24What do I need to know about rabies? Dr. Scott Weese doesn’t mess around when it comes to rabies. …

The subject of bike lanes can be a contentious one, particularly in a busy city like Toronto. Last week, the…

Quirks and Quarks20:09Using the sea to soak up our excess carbon dioxide Beneath the smokestacks of the power plant that…

Ken Sarauer is driving his combine through a field of barley on his Saskatchewan farm. His hands are largely off…

As It Happens6:19Meteorite that hit Earth 3 billion years ago dwarfed rock that caused dinosaur extinction: study Over three billion…

If you ask those who knew Darlene Burgess best what they’ll remember when they think of her, many will say…

As It Happens6:29Biodiversity is a lot like Jenga, says Canadian artist behind COP16 installation Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong deals…

Four astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing’s capsule trouble and…

Carina Heller has found a creative way to donate her brain to science — while she’s still using it. The…

Canadians could soon lose access to a unique public collection of fungi that scientists say is crucial for important research,…

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has granted an extraordinary order to seize electronic devices from a former employee of a…

A countrywide study says radioactive radon exposure is on the rise and continues to be a critical public health concern.…

For the first time in more than 25 years, Ontario is accepting applications from operators who want to create new…

The C-NRPP recommends Radonova’s Radtrak³ Alpha Track Long-Term Test, to find out a home’s radon levels. (Curtis Hicks/CBC) You can’t…