Category: Technology

A federal fisheries vessel sailed north this September, some 12,000 nautical miles (22,200 kilometres) to the Aleutian Islands, the first Canadian patrol…

Imagine a future in which a wearable device tells advertisers when you’re in the mood for chocolate, or lets your…

Quirks and Quarks10:29A Nobel prize for understanding how genes are turned on and off Gary Ruvkun says microRNA, which are molecules…

The ongoing debate about how warm and wet the climate on Mars was in the distant past continues with new…

As It Happens6:27A Chicago engineer built a functioning Remy from Ratatouille As Christina Ernst prepared her Halloween costume for this…

One evening this past August, Marc Bourgeois and his daughter Justine were among the lucky participants of a very delicate undertaking. …

A county in northwestern Alberta wants livestock producers to be compensated when coyotes prey on their animals, which would bring…

Scientists in Brazil have announced the discovery of one of the world’s oldest fossils believed to belong to an ancient…

NASA launched a spacecraft from Florida on Monday on a mission to examine whether Jupiter’s moon Europa has conditions suitable to support…

SpaceX on Sunday launched its fifth Starship test flight from Texas and returned the rocket’s towering first-stage booster back to…

UPDATE: On Saturday, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved a licence for the launch of SpaceX’s Starship 5, set for as…

The Current9:21Using oysters to fight coastal erosion In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy ravaged the U.S. eastern seaboard. The storm surge,…

As It Happens5:49Scientists have finally seen the face of the world’s largest bug What’s as big as an alligator, with…

A photo of a swarm of western toad tadpoles swimming in the waters of Vancouver Island has netted a Canadian photographer a…

2 days ago News Duration 1:48 Concerns about air pollution in the area of southwestern Ontario dubbed Chemical Valley go…

Get ready to pull out your cameras: There’s a geomagnetic storm underway, and it could produce the northern lights across…

Scientists David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the award-giving body said on…

One entomologist says the increase could be due to the amount of rain in the province. When it rains, mosquito…

A tiny microbe recently isolated in Bedford Basin has been named for Halifax. T. haligoni is a type of bacteria…

British Canadian scientist Geoffrey Hinton from the University of Toronto and American scientist John Hopfield of Princeton University were honoured…

The weather wasn’t looking too promising Monday morning ahead of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera mission, scheduled to launch…

The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA,…

As It Happens7:05Why this camel desperately needed a pair of shoes It’s far from typical for a camel to sport…

Cows are not known to have seafood in their diet, but a team of federal scientists in Nova Scotia started…

The sun is kicking up a storm. In the past three days, the sun has released three powerful eruptions, two…

It was pretty obvious that two male flamingos at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park wanted to start a family together,…

The federal government has released a proposed list of more than 30 chemicals and groups of substances Canadians encounter daily…

A census of endangered southern resident killer whales off the coast of British Columbia and Washington State shows the pods have lost three…

Look up at the night sky from a city — where most people live — and you’ll see just a smattering of stars.…

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

Playful large white beluga whales’ happy chirps leap out in an environment and economy threatened by warming water that’s melting…

Hurricane Helene poured a devastating deluge on the southeastern U.S. this past week, killing at least 130 people by Tuesday, leaving…

SpaceX launched a rescue mission for two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew…

The Titan inquiry’s public hearing began Sept. 16, with some of the testimony focused on the troubled nature of the…

Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps into Canada’s massive Hudson Bay, biologist Geoff York scans a region…

As It Happens6:26Picture of 4,000 dead birds in Toronto wins international photography award All 4,000 birds in Patricia Homonylo’s award-winning…

As the recovery continues in Jasper National Park after a devastating wildfire, researchers at Western University are looking into whether…

From spending time near riverbanks to fishing and hunting, Sheldon Marion grew up outdoors.  The resident of Hudson’s Hope, B.C., located…

Quirks and Quarks19:35Plastic: Understanding the problem, and the struggle for a solution Twenty years ago, a fortuitous trip to the…

The skeletal remains of a crew member from Sir John Franklin’s failed 1845 Northwest Passage expedition have been given a name: James…

It’s a dinosaur that roamed Alberta’s badlands more than 70 million years ago, sporting a big, bumpy, bony head the…

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake near Sidney, B.C., rattled parts of Vancouver Island and Metro Vancouver Thursday morning.  Earthquakes Canada reports…

14 hours ago News Duration 4:04 To some people, it may seem like kids are growing up faster than ever.…

As It Happens6:26Picture of 4,000 dead birds in Toronto wins international photography award Despite their reputation as loners, it turns…

Long after the flames have gone out, the effects of large, climate-fuelled wildfires endure in Canada’s boreal forest, making the…

If you’ve ever: Watched an Instagram tutorial on blending seasonal gourds into pasta sauce to get more veggies into your child’s…

Since the provincial government announced it would assemble a pool of Albertans to act as “public wildlife management responders,” permitting…

On an island of windswept tundra in the Bering Sea, hundreds of miles from mainland Alaska, a resident sitting outside…

There’s a new comet in the sky that has gained a lot of attention lately over its potential to become…

It’s not every day we get to see the tiny world that exists beyond our vision, but that’s what the Nikon…

There’s a lot of debris in our solar system, and every so often we get to see it — meteors streaking…

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A tsunami triggered by a landslide in a remote, uninhabited part of Greenland shook the entire Earth for nine days,…

As It Happens6:33How a horse doctor ended up performing a 1st-of-its-kind rhino surgery Dr. David Stack sometimes can’t believe that…

The series of deadly explosions of devices owned by Hezbollah members this week has raised some questions about whether the average…

The Current19:34Can dogs understand the words we speak? When Alexis Devine was having a tough time one day, her sheepadoodle…

There’s a celebrity in Grimsby, Ont. — and there don’t seem to be concerns about the parade of people taking photographs…

If you’re missing that bird’s-eye view of Point Pelee, you’re not the only one. But Parks Canada is now working…

Don’t worry. Dog-strangling vines aren’t actually strangling dogs. But Derissa Vincentini, community science co-ordinator at the Invasive Species Centre in Sault Ste.…

Paleontologists have uncovered dozens of fossils in northern B.C., only one of which came from a dinosaur that was previously…

An unidentified pest has devastated this year’s wild rice harvest in northern Saskatchewan, throwing some harvesters into financial crisis, and…

Conservation groups in Quebec are trying to save a rare, endangered salamander before it’s too late. But the first step…

A conservation group in Quebec is trying to save the spring salamander by counting them and learning how they live.…

Some time more than 30 years ago, a single Chinese peach blossom jellyfish made its way into a lake in British Columbia. Exactly how…

A billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than…

While many post-secondary students worry about how artificial intelligence might affect their future employment aspirations, AI experts argue the technology…

Raise your hand if you’ve ever fallen off the monkey bars and hurt more than your pride. It’s practically a…

As It Happens6:00Can pigeons guide missiles? Can dead trout swim? Ig Nobels celebrate weirdest research The man who first documented…

Newly released access to information documents from the Japanese government show at least 21 horses died during or in the…

Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks is looking into the massive bee kill that happened at Mikkola Family…

A tech billionaire and one other crew member stepped out for the first private spacewalk Thursday, teaming up with SpaceX on…

In the early morning hours on Tuesday, four commercial astronauts soared into the sky from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on a…

A Manitoba farmer says he’s hopeful a new technology being tested on his land could change the face of agriculture not…

Adam Taylor, executive director of the Marmot Recovery Foundation, recounts the moment a yearling marmot tried to snack on his…

A crew of four private astronauts ascended into space early Tuesday on a risky SpaceX mission to attempt the first-ever…

Wildlife researchers are optimistic for the future of the critically endangered Vancouver Island marmot species, after they counted a record 86 wild-born…

While sockeye salmon have been able to migrate past obstructions from the Chilcotin River landslide, the run is projected to…

What On Earth25:29Ghosts in their fishing nets (an Overheated story) At the home James MacDonald shares with his wife and…

This pygmy sperm whale washed ashore on the Avalon Peninsula, says Julie Huntington, offering scientists a glimpse into the life…

It’s been a long time coming, but Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is finally returning to Earth — but without its two…

Spiking wasp numbers are putting a dint in an otherwise pleasant late summer across Canada, especially in the Prairies where…

As It Happens6:05What killed and ate a really big shark? An even bigger shark, scientists say When marine biologist James…

A deadly pandemic has decimated bats in North America — and that has ultimately had harmful effects on humans, including…

When Joël Lapointe was wandering with his Google Maps cursor to plan his camping vacation in Quebec’s Côte-Nord region, he…

A satellite orbiting high above the Earth is giving researchers valuable insight into the health of a Nova Scotia river that acts as…

The brainwave-reading technology of EEG helps monitor people with epilepsy and can detect when we’re dozing off behind the wheel…

Pest control technician JS Ouellette says this hot, dry summer has been good for business, with 25 to 40 calls per…

A beluga whale that was suspected of spying for Russia after being discovered in Norwegian waters five years ago has been found…

In the first episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, fictional entomologist Gil Grissom arrived at a crime scene and used…

9 days ago News Duration 1:01 A horde of sea lions have taken over San Carlos Beach in Monterey, Calif.,…

The SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle may return to flight operations while the overall investigation of the anomaly during a recent…

An earthquake early detection system has been activated in British Columbia to provide the public with a few seconds of warning ahead of a potentially harmful…

Canadians flying to popular locales like Cuba are being warned to take precautions against insects that spread the rare and…

As It Happens6:32Brazil is on fire, and both crime and climate change are to blame As Cristiane Mazzetti flew over…

Brace Hemmelgarn, manager of content and photography for the Minnesota Twins, recounts the moment he took a rare photo of…

An invasive sea creature with a disappearing anus and a penchant for cannibalizing its own young may have yet another…

Although cooler fall temperatures are coming, which local experts say usually drives down mosquito populations, one researcher says Calgary isn’t…

1 day ago News Duration 2:24 The weather phenomenon is essentially a tornado that forms over water. The peak time…

The launch of SpaceX’s four-person Polaris Dawn mission will be delayed by at least a day because of a helium…

Lightning could strike in Canada more often due to the effects of climate change — and amid concerns of drought,…

During the summertime, it’s routine for Everton resident Susan Johnson to go to her backyard and check on her milkweed…

We usually don’t think about what happens after we flush our waste, but a team of B.C. researchers is experimenting…

Cost of Living8:52Clocking in? Scan your fingerprint here When Ellie Thomson arrives at work, she doesn’t punch in on a…

Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station (ISS) in June aboard Boeing’s faulty Starliner capsule will need…

Researchers in southern Alberta are trying to get the upper hand in the battle against a stubborn disease that wipes…

7 hours ago News Duration 1:46 Oka provincial park and the Aquarium du Québec teamed up on a conservation project…

A wheelchair racer whips around the track, arms burning in the push for the finish line. A cyclist flies through…

When Sarah Landry first heard a fishing line fly off its reel, she never imagined a 385-kilogram tuna was on…

In a former juice processing plant in Port Williams, a cluster of machines whir and hum as they process piles of wool. For…

Next Monday, if all goes to plan, a four-person crew will blast off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard a SpaceX…

Researchers at the University of Manitoba are working with a northern First Nation to develop vegetables with increased nutritional characteristics that…

The tree carver of Welland, Ont., has been caught, Niagara police say. A 40-year-old man was arrested and charged with mischief…

A new report is providing some early insight on how last month’s landslide into the Chilcotin River affected the run of salmon…

If you don’t look up at the moon very often, tonight’s the night you should. It’s a lunar trifecta of…

A perfectly preserved burrow of fossilized snakes shows that the reptiles have been social creatures for almost 40 million years,…

On the shore of a narrow river in Pictou County, research scientist and CarbonRun chief technical officer Eddie Halfyard inspects the interior…

They lurk in the murky depths of some of Alberta’s biggest rivers, living fossils from when giant lizards strode the…

As It Happens5:32Blind musicians and teachers communicate through vibration using Canadian-made device A PhD student in Ottawa has developed a…

Researchers from Nova Scotia’s Acadia University hope a new study on the rock rose will help them better understand the…

The Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWWA), which is made up of whale watching companies in B.C. and Washington state, says…

As of Aug. 13, fishermen in New Brunswick were forced to pull their traps and stop fishing on 35 separate occasions this year after North…

Roughly 66 million years ago, something massive slammed into our planet off the coast of what is now the Yucatán…

For once, that buzzing sound in your ear this summer might not be a mosquito, but part of Ottawa Public…

For more than 20 years, Dale Richardson has walked to the end of a pulpit with a harpoon in hand…

If this doesn’t give Hollywood licence to go even bigger in the next Jurassic Park movie, then I don’t know. …

Nature photographer Dar Tanner recounts the moment she captured a colourful sky lit up by the northern lights near Alix,…

Canada’s military was “highly confident” for days in June 2023 that bangs heard underwater while searching for the missing Titan…

Disease-resistant seedlings of an endangered tree species are doing well during their first season in a western Quebec forest, according…

Behind a line of fencing in the woodlands of Mount Royal Park, a white trillium plant is slowly gaining strength,…

A group of summer campers are catching pollinators in LaSalle, Que., to learn about biodiversity as part of an activity…

As It Happens7:10Not only are Komodo dragon teeth razor sharp; they’re also iron coated Not only do Komodo dragons have…

If you have clear skies this week, be sure to look up: It’s time for one of the best meteor…

Algae is particularly good at turning sunlight into food — and researchers at Concordia University are studying how that power…

As It Happens6:42When India’s vulture population collapsed, half a million human deaths followed: study Vultures may not be the most…

The Current21:31Why tornados continue to fascinate The summer blockbuster Twisters has taken the box office by storm and has boosted…

It’s a rare sighting: A small oblong insect coloured a bright Barbie pink.  It’s a pink katydid, a grasshopper-like insect…

An expert on British Columbia’s salmon populations says the massive landslide that blocked off part of Canada’s largest sockeye salmon run has created…

A new agreement between Canada and the United States is reigniting the possibility of a spaceport in rural Nova Scotia.…

The moon may be our constant companion, but there’s still a lot we have yet to understand about it. For example,…

A prototype designed by students at Polytechnique Montréal that has won awards and competitions boasts some impressive range and efficiency…

A trove of documents detailing more than two centuries of tornado events in Canada is now available to anyone with…

Heat is the leading cause of climate-related deaths in Europe, according to the World Health Organization. In an update on…

Tiny grains of sand from the Sahara Desert are to blame for the almost month-long lull in this year’s Atlantic…

As wildfire cleanup continues in Jasper, Alberta officials say wild animals are starting to return to the townsite, days after…

As the devastating fires around Jasper National Park filled the sky with smoke and ash, John Pomeroy was thinking of…

The Current19:01Could Nova Scotia host a retirement home for whales? A proposed whale sanctuary in Port Hilford, N.S., hopes to…

A new generation of birders is embracing the hobby and making it their own. Birding,  bird watching, is the observation…

Parks Canada wants everyone to know that despite the wildfire scorching Jasper National Park, Bear 222 is OK. “She looks…

White-nose syndrome, a deadly disease in bats, has spread to Alberta — two years after the fungus that causes it…

If all goes well, Canadians may once again see the night sky erupt in a multitude of colours. The sun…

The leathery strip of skin from a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth sporting a mullet-like hairdo isn’t much to look at, says geneticist Olga Dudchenko…

As It Happens6:19What bad karaoke tells us about the science of blushing When researchers set out to learn what happens…

On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the…

Many people think of bats as nothing more than unwelcome pests that roost in our attics. But there are scientists working…

Jasper National Park is beloved for its breathtaking mountain landscapes — and the special opportunity to see iconic animals such…

Monday was recorded as the hottest day ever globally — beating a record set the day before — as countries around the…

The sheer scale of the U.S. bird flu outbreak is hard to fathom.  More than 100 million farmed birds have…

A B.C. cyclist is recovering after a run-in with a grizzly and two cubs that ended with the bear getting…

Oxygen is being produced on the ocean floor — seemingly by ancient lumps of metal — according to a new study.…

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have imaged a planet that is, relatively speaking, in our galactic backyard — and…

Scientists from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) have finally uncovered secrets of a marine creature that lived roughly 505 million…

Last Thursday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from the Vandenberg Space Launch Complex in California with a payload…

You’ve heard of old-world prospectors panning for gold or striking oil. Now, a high-tech venture is seeking out a new…

Every year, invasive insects gnaw away at Canadian farms, gardens and wild plants, spreading disease and disturbing ecosystems.  But tiny wasps that…

The growth of AI in the last few years has demonstrated two things. One, that the technology is capable of…

When Kelly Haston emerged from NASA’s yearlong Mars simulation project, she was met with flashing cameras, beaming colleagues and rigorous applause.…

A team of McMaster University students in Hamilton will soon head to Iceland, where they’ll camp out by a series of underground…

A team of whale rescuers were hollering, screaming and high-fiving Wednesday afternoon when they freed a young whale caught in…

A series of four earthquakes, including one with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4, struck off the coast of Vancouver Island on Thursday…

First Nations along British Columbia’s coast and the federal government have announced the designation of the country’s largest marine protected area. A statement…

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

Parks Canada says it’s seeing encouraging signs of dune regrowth in Prince Edward Island National Park — and some of…

Mars and the North have more in common than you would think. Their similarities brought around 80 astroscientists to Yukon this…

One day in May 2023, Anand Aujlay was walking through his eight-hectare blueberry farm in Delta, B.C, when he noticed…

NASA has released a stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) marking the two-year anniversary of the release…

On June 5, a rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., into a blue sky dotted with puffy, white clouds.…

Fisheries and Oceans Canada is seeking feedback on a draft of its national strategy on Atlantic salmon. The goal of the…

On a river bend in the boreal forest of northern Saskatchewan, archeaologist Andrea Freeman is chipping away hardened soils thousands…

Barry Hayes recounts the moment Tom Waddington was swarmed by whales while attempting to solo-row across the Atlantic Ocean.

With a little help from the warming Gulf Stream, Nova Scotia beachgoers are encountering a strange creature with a balloon-like…

For the first time, the Canadian government has conducted a rapid analysis of a period of extreme heat and determined…

In the spring of 2023, a Parks Canada team strung electric fence along a section of the Trans Canada Highway…

Vanessa Leegstra is still recovering after a bear attack in Haines Junction, Yukon on June 30.  Speaking from hospital, she said…

Experts are warning Canadians not to heed misinformation spread online that sunscreen can cause cancer, stressing that proper use of…

Federal rescuers are looking for an entangled humpback whale in the Salish Sea, which experts say is the latest incident…

For rats in Ottawa’s Heron Park neighbourhood, Melanie Giroux has become something like the Grim Reaper. Giroux estimates she’s trapped and…

In this week’s issue of our environment newsletter, we look at places using goats to mow invasive weeds, compare Canadians’…

WARNING: This story contains graphic images of a leg injury. Last week, George Mandl, an American vacationing in Montreal, took…

Chicken trainer, Emily Carrington, recounts the moment her hen, Lacey, was crowned the world’s smartest chicken by the Guinness Book…

Decades ago, McMaster University paved paradise and put up a parking lot. Now the Hamilton post-secondary school is looking to reverse…

Animal rights advocates who followed four recent shipments of live horses for slaughter from Canada to Japan are calling on…

Surgeons will amputate a limb when a traumatic injury causes major tissue destruction, or in instances of serious infection or disease.…

The hurricane season is off to a roaring start, with Beryl the earliest Category 5 storm ever to form in…