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6:39Scientists try to unravel the case of 1,300 mysteriously preserved human brains Oxford University’s Alexandra Morton-Hayward spends her days surrounded…
It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people with visual,…
Even with the heavy snowfall that hit southern Alberta this week, it’s still springtime, and bears across the Rockies are…
2 days ago News Duration 0:54 Bears, macaques, mongooses and more at the Gelsenkirchen Zoo in Germany are enjoying a…
The Current15:00How to kill one million mice Warning: This story contains distressing images. Conservationists are hatching a plan to kill…
In the megacity of Dhaka, Bangladesh, the air quality on some days can get downright dangerous. Levels of PM2.5, fine…
When you look out the window or walk your dog in the year 2100, the animals you spot might be…
Canada will soon have a second laboratory capable of working with the most dangerous pathogens in the world — home…
The natural world is full of gender diversity: female hyenas have pseudo penises used for sex and urination, many species of…
For the shellfish industry, high fecal counts detected in areas where shellfish such as oysters are harvested can mean long…
A female killer whale that beached on northern Vancouver Island died on Saturday despite efforts by the community to push…
By now you’ve heard the buzz about the total solar eclipse happening on April 8. Though people are rushing to…
Niagara Falls, Ont., Mayor Jim Diodati says that when he goes out on April 8 to watch the total solar…
A massive survey analyzing animal behaviour during COVID-19 lockdowns has provided new insight into how humans can better co-exist with…
Spring has officially arrived, after a winter that didn’t feel much like one. The months of December, January and February…
In a few weeks’ time, Philippe Moussette will travel thousands of kilometres from his home in chilly Quebec City to…
When Robert Winters was single back in 2017, he used artificial intelligence to find more matches on Tinder. He downloaded…
Two peregrine falcons living in a nesting box atop the Assumption Life building in Moncton for the past 13 years are about to…
Look For in a Flex Circuit PCB Manufacturer When choosing a flex circuit PCB manufacturer, it is important to look…
A 62-year-man with end-stage renal disease has become the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig, doctors…
With Canada coming out of its warmest winter on record, some may be enjoying the signs of spring that are…
Senior landscape architect Tina Liu is responsible for up to 700,000 tulip bulbs planted by the National Capital Commission (NCC) each year in Ottawa. Typically, those…
Scientists at the University of British Columbia say they have identified a potentially new population of killers whales that hunt…
From his home office in West Yorkshire, England, Richard Hemsley flips through a folder of papers. He decides on one,…
Nelsy Nino says she’s always found it amazing how birds communicate through sound. So much so that the Colombian biologist…
The City of North Bay, Ont., and the Department of National Defence (DND) are set to begin a $20-million project…
An elementary school initiative that explores math concepts while incorporating Indigenous practices is making its way into classrooms across Canada.…
Nations — Canada included — are running out of time to design and implement comprehensive safeguards on the development and deployment of advanced…
As It Happens6:45Chimpanzee moms play with their kids — even when they’re hungry and tired Even when times are tough,…
Quirks and Quarks19:53Our planet’s circulatory system depends on animals eating, excreting and expiring From the tiniest insects to the largest…
You may have seen the sight of a very young child completely engaged in a handheld device while the parents…
For David Makepeace, falling in love with eclipses was just pure happenstance. It was 1991. He was 28, and in…
SpaceX’s Starship mega-rocket has launched from Texas on its third test flight, lasting longer than the previous two flights, which exploded…
British Columbia grain farmer Malcolm Odermatt says all he can do is pray for rain this spring after repeated droughts…
Fire crews across much of Canada are already on high alert for the coming wildfire season, only months after the…
At up to two metres long and weighing 200 pounds, sturgeon are some of the Great Lakes’ most enchanting fish. “I…
As It Happens6:08This rare loon brought the Bellagio Hotel’s famous Vegas fountain show to a halt While it’s common to…
For the ninth straight month, Earth has obliterated global heat records — with February, the winter as a whole and…
When Jules McCusker came across a bald eagle nest near his Toronto home in December, he could hardly believe his…
Federal authorities have closed Canada’s only known live coral reef in the Pacific Ocean to all commercial and recreational bottom-contact fishing. Fisheries and…
At the seafront pizzeria La Rambla in Maccarese, Italy, a short drive from Rome, chef Carlo Del Buono stood at…
Quirks and Quarks17:24How documenting the disappearance of the great auk led to the discovery of extinction When species cease to…
Melissa Torres spent her Valentine’s Day helping to usher new life into the world — in the form of millions…
The greater sage grouse, which once numbered in the thousands in Western Canada, is coming perilously close to vanishing from…
You may have heard the joke by now: “How do you organize a solar eclipse party? You planet.” But you could…
Ontario will announce plans Thursday to produce a nuclear medical isotope that forms the essential component in a life-saving treatment…
As It Happens6:291st images humpback whale sex is between 2 males When biologist Stephanie Stack first saw the photographs of…
For the past two decades, geologists have wrestled with whether humans have changed the planet enough to kick off a…
After an estimated 30,000 to 35,000 years frozen in one spot, Nun cho ga is again on the move — this time,…
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says it has tightened security of its Level-4 National Microbiology Lab (NML) in…
A privately funded satellite is set to push methane tracking into a new era, once it launches into space on Monday. A…
A sprawling international study of humpback whales in the northern Pacific has found their population has shrunk significantly since 2012…
Some of Africa’s great apes — humanity’s closest cousins — face death and disruption as the planet warms, according to…
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…
The Current10:20The case for a ‘leap minute’ The leap year is the most famous of the leap family, keeping our…
On April 8, the moon’s shadow will glide across Mexico, into the United States and finally into Canada, producing one of…
A spare robotic hand for Canadarm2 tested at Ottawa’s David Florida Laboratory in 2015. The Canadian Space Agency says the…
The release of 623 pages of documents on the firing of two scientists from the National Microbiology Lab in 2019…
Robert Cockcroft’s advice for people in Hamilton on April 8? Don’t leave town — and expect some guests. “The Hamilton-Niagara area…
As It Happens6:13More than 100 possible new marine species discovered in a single deepsea expedition During a research expedition off…
Odysseus, the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon in half a century, was expected to go dark on…
Gynecologist Jamie Erwin delivered a baby gorilla through a rare emergency C-section at Fort Worth Zoo in Texas.
A private U.S. lunar lander tilted over at touchdown and ended up on its side near the moon’s south pole,…
“Are we alone?” It’s the age-old question about life in the universe, one that astrobiologists and astronomers around the world…
The first private spacecraft to softly land on the moon carries a Canadian instrument that will test the possibility of…
In the forests of eastern Australia, a unique annual ritual is underway. A male superb lyrebird fans out its large…
Australian scientists have discovered the most luminous object in the universe — a black hole that eats equivalent to a…
New research into how baleen whales make low, vibrating sounds is also highlighting the serious dangers these animals face from…
It’s mating season for coyotes, which means they’re more likely to be out and about during the day. With that…
People who search for human remains in Alberta say a new study identifying predominant scavengers in the region will help…
A pack of wolves dug a tunnel to get out of snow that was nearly one-metre deep in China’s Xinjiang…
Richard Ozero operates a forklift in his warehouse, loading drums full of honey into a semi-trailer. His son uses a…
It’s hard to be optimistic about the world when you see the devastating effects of climate change all around you. …
I’ve been very fortunate as a documentary and adventure series filmmaker, having the opportunity to travel all over Canada and…
Researchers investigating what led to the deadly poisoning of two dogs at a Halifax-area lake three years ago believe the…
Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative entitled “Our…
The White House publicly confirmed on Thursday that Russia has obtained a “troubling” emerging anti-satellite weapon but said it cannot…
As It Happens6:24Great apes get a kick out of ‘playfully teasing’ each other, study finds What do you call it…
The 27th annual Great Backyard Bird Count started Friday morning, and throughout the weekend, bird enthusiasts across Canada will be…
Off a narrow stone street and through several open-air rooms, a gate opens onto a garden that, 2,000 years ago,…
A moon lander was launched from Florida early on Thursday on a mission to conduct the first U.S. lunar touchdown…
Yuan Thompson and her husband have been together since 2008, and while at first she believed they could be soulmates — they had…
For nine years, Alaska health officials have been aware of an unusual virus causing rare, relatively mild illnesses in the…
Marke Dickson, general manager of the White Hills Ski Resort, says it’s an honour to host the Great Northern Concrete…
For polar bears, summertime is definitely not when the living is easy. They are apex predators, mighty hunters, and as…
For two decades, Tamara Franz-Odendaal has been studying how space travel affects the human skeleton. Because of the absence of…
Canadian scientists and fishermen are tracking the northward movement of swordfish into Newfoundland waters, where the prized fish is being…
During its nesting season, the marbled murrelet, known affectionately among bird watchers as a “strange, mysterious little seabird,” lays a…
Children gathered at First Nations University of Canada in Regina Thursday watched in awe as astronaut Jeremy Hansen unveiled the patch, designed…
Skiers and snowboarders in Jackson Hole, Wyo., caught the terrifying moment a moose chased toward them at full speed down…
NASA’s newest climate satellite rocketed into orbit Thursday to survey the world’s oceans and atmosphere in never-before-seen detail. SpaceX launched…
A jury on Thursday awarded $1 million US to climate scientist Michael Mann, who sued a pair of conservative writers…
A walk in nature really is good for your mental health, including your ability to focus attention, according to researchers…
A group of researchers are giving hands-on experience to members of Indigenous communities to teach them how to monitor remediation…
Scientists have mused for centuries over questions about the origins of life on Earth. As it turns out, the answer may lie…
As It Happens6:05Spider webs catch more than prey. They’re also jam-packed with animal DNA Josh Newton probably isn’t very popular…
The federal government must move quickly to regulate artificial intelligence, said a top AI pioneer who warns the technology’s current trajectory…
Jeremy Hansen is slated to become the first Canadian astronaut to embark on a mission around the moon, when Artemis…
The Current11:27Explorers say they’ve found Amelia Earhart’s plane A deep-sea exploration company says it may have found the wreckage of…
As climate change supercharges some hurricanes, scientists are exploring how to better communicate their force to the public — including adding…
Yoshua Bengio has been thinking for a while about what happens if the technology he helped pioneer becomes smarter than…
Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative entitled “Our…
Quebec has lifted the veil of secrecy around the province’s biggest water users, revealing that billions of litres of water are…
Quirks and Quarks17:37Understanding when (earlier), and how (cleverly), stone-age people lived in Europe Several recent discoveries unveiled this week are…
The James Webb Space Telescope continues to astound astronomers with new images of the universe not possible with other instruments.…
Forests of giant, scaly-stemmed club mosses rose from ancient swamps in Atlantic Canada 350 million years ago. But below the…
There are more microbes in the human body, than there are people on Earth. The tiny organisms help digest food, neutralize…
Some residents of British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley were briefly enveloped in shades of pink and purple this morning. In Kelowna, a pink-hued fog…
The first human patient received an implant from Elon Musk’s computer-brain interface company Neuralink over the weekend, the billionaire says.…
Watching sea otters sleep and cuddle as they float may be cute. Watching them eat — jaws cracking and tearing…
Gary Saurage, owner of Gator Country Adventure Park/Sanctuary, sees his gators ‘freeze’ in a peculiar position to survive the winter…
Chad Dupuis has worked for Alberta Parks since 2017. He says living and working in the forest had let him…
A Japanese moon explorer is up and running Monday after several tense days without the sunlight it needs to generate…
A batch of newly released images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope show in remarkable detail 19 spiral galaxies…
A new report by the U.S. branch of the non-profit Environmental Investigation Agency says that investment interest and government tax incentives…
Did you know there are great white sharks in Canadian waters? If you said no, you’re not alone. These fearsome…
A scuba diver near Vancouver Island’s Nanoose Bay caught a rare encounter between a seal and a Pacific octopus. The…
On a farm in St. Peters Bay, P.E.I., a black four-wheeled rover with two extended arms trundles through a row of thigh-high…
Quirks and Quarks19:09The aftermath of a record-smashing volcano: Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai two years later It was a record-breaking blast that…
After helping to discover the world’s first deposit of natural hydrogen in West Africa, which kick-started a search for the buried gas…
Climbing a tree, tobogganing or rough-and-tumble play are all outdoor activities that children should be encouraged to do to promote…
Alberta’s oilsands operations produce far more potentially harmful air pollutants than are officially reported, with the daily output on par with…
The Current16:20Huge ancient city discovered in Amazon “Wow” was all archaeologist Stéphen Rostain could say when LiDAR (light detection and…
As It Happens6:35How scientists tracked the 1,000 km journey of a woolly mammoth using its tusk With nothing more than…
Sperm whales live in structured clans similar to early humans, according to new research. Hal Whitehead, the sole author of…
Mushrooms have taken off in popularity in the past few years, and P.E.I.-based fungi forager René Lombard has seen it happen first-hand.…
Flippy is making burgers, Chippy is cooking french fries, and Remy is serving up salads. Customers may not even notice…
As It Happens6:44AI used to create comedy special of dead comedian George Carlin A new comedy special starts with the…
Windsor, Ont.-born photographer Brandon Broderick drives tens of thousands of kilometres each year, crisscrossing the backwoods of British Columbia and capturing photos…
When Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen heads to the moon, he will take the teachings of an an Anishinaabe tale with him.…
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology are celebrating after a successful test flight of the technology needed for generating…
A cache of scientific equipment that could fit in the back of an SUV has been lowered into the sea…
Butts come in all shapes and sizes, but that’s not the half of it. In fact, the world of rear…
By now, most people are well aware that 2023 was the hottest year on record, coming in at 1.48 C…
Gabriela Cowperthwaite is the first to admit her new film, I.S.S., is out of step with her career to date. The…
Daniel Dolomont, Muneeb Azher, Victoria Vaters and C-CORE vice-president of remote sensing Desmond Power are just a few members of…
A lava flow poured into the Icelandic fishing town of Grindavik, destroying several homes and damaging others. Officials say efforts…
Canada’s forestry sector is responsible for far more greenhouse gas emissions than show up in official tallies, potentially leading to…
An invasive species of crayfish that reproduces by cloning itself was discovered last summer in a Burlington, Ont., park — the…
A volcano erupted in southwest Iceland on Sunday, posing an immediate threat to a nearby fishing town that had been…
The Rocky Mountains conjure up images of grey rugged peaks capped with white. But within the upper reaches of the…
In an effort to reduce the spread of marine invasive species, Canada ordered lobster pounds to euthanize all egg-bearing female…
Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative entitled “Our…
Sweat, heavy breathing, warm temperatures and lots of people — the gym is the perfect environment for bacteria to thrive…
People could be making tracks to see an impressive new exhibit of 320-million-year-old footprints at the Cape Breton Fossil Centre…
After 15 years of waiting, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen will have to wait at least one more year before his…
As It Happens6:31NASA moon mission delays are nothing to worry about, says astronaut Chris Hadfield Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield…
Canada is home to the largest boreal forest in the world, a vast expanse of wilderness rich in biodiversity that…
A robotic lander built by a private company suffered a technical problem on its way to the moon on Monday,…
The average litre of bottled water has nearly a quarter million pieces of ever-so-tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the…
After a year of record-breaking wildfires across Canada and the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth, it likely comes as…
Quirks and Quarks18:53Unearthing a small-brained hominid species that challenges human exceptionalism In 2013 renowned paleoanthropologist Lee Berger sent a couple…
A few years ago, a couple of Google employees reached out to a Minnesota scientist with an unusual proposal: What…
Not far from the bank of Wapiti River, just 11 kilometres from Grande Prairie, there’s a paleontological goldmine: an ancient…
This year, outer space is going to be a busy place. We’ve got the launch of the Europa Clipper, which…
Small wooden tree-mounted boxes for bats are an increasingly common sight in B.C.’s urban parks, often resembling birdhouses except with entrances underneath.…
At 30 years old, Michelle Kunimoto already has more than 3,000 planet candidates under her belt. Inspired by science fiction…
In a converted shipping container perched oceanside in Ketch Harbour, N.S., a group of people gather to peer into tanks…
Dylan Bucci worked tirelessly on pushing cancer research forward even as he struggled with the disease himself. Watch his family,…
A strong overnight earthquake rattled a mountainous region of northwestern China, authorities said Tuesday, destroying homes, leaving residents out in…
A volcano that had rumbled for weeks erupted in southwestern Iceland, spewing semi-molten rock into the air in a spectacular…
It’s not every day that a video of a cat goes viral. OK, it’s not every day that a video of…
On a warm, blustery December afternoon outside the De Laurentis olive oil-producing co-op in the white hilltop town of Ostuni,…
When Evelyn Schaffer first saw her engagement ring, she was speechless. It was a 0.76-carat, oval-cut stunner — and she said…
2023 was a busy year in science. Here are 10 stories worth revisiting as we wind up the year. 1.…
As It Happens6:18Chimps and bonobos remember friends and families’ faces, even after decades apart When Laura Simone Lewis visited Kendall…
University of Manitoba research computer analyst Wayne Chan holds a copy of the Silk Dress cryptogram. (Trevor Brine/CBC) “Bismark Omit…
Every year, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) ranks the top 10 Canadian weather stories. Senior climatologist David Phillips compiles…
When a toilet is flushed in California, the water can end up in a lot of places: An ice skating…
1 day ago News Duration 1:50 The world’s largest iceberg, known as A23a, is on the move in open water…
Warming ocean temperatures caused by climate change will provide favourable conditions for Atlantic halibut, according to a new study, although…
For thousands of years, a breed of white, woolly dog played an important and cultural role for Coast Salish people in Western…
Residents in many areas of B.C. reported feeling the effects of a minor earthquake that struck in B.C.’s Coast Mountains, about…
As It Happens6:28Why do these mosquitos keep perching on the nostrils of frogs who want to eat them? John Gould…
3 days ago News Duration 2:04 When there’s a salmonella outbreak, scientists do genetic sequencing on bacteria samples from infected…
Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative entitled “Our…
There are differing opinions on cats’ personalities and behaviour: They’re affectionate, they’re aloof, they love you, they hate you. Then there’s…
When the borough of Saint-Léonard planted a ginkgo tree on Dino Delisi’s lawn, he liked the distinctive, fan-shaped leaves and…
The Current11:34A hand-drawn map with no people, but 1,642 free-roaming animals Read Transcribed Audio Artist Anton Thomas wanted to draw…
‘Tis the season for squirrels to supplement their winter stores — and for some, that appears to include Christmas lights.…
Dorset, England-based landscape photographer Jack Lodge had been chasing the elusive ‘sunstar’ shot through the Durdle Door limestone arch for…
A black bear has been euthanized after its den was “unintentionally bulldozed” by Imperial Oil, the province’s energy regulator told CBC…
Snail slime is trending as the hottest skincare product. How is it extracted from the humble mollusk? And does it…
Thirty years ago, an 11-day space shuttle mission involving seven veteran astronauts performed the first servicing mission to correct the…
The weather is colder and the nights are longer, which makes it a great time to look for “shooting stars.” And…
In an effort to reduce the environmental impact of commercial ships, a group of U.K. researchers has scoured through the…
As It Happens6:32The mating dance of sea fireflies is ‘the coolest fireworks show that you’ve ever seen’: scientist Nicholai Hensley…
The Current13:00Turning deep space data into music Music can often transport you to another time and place. But now a…
An illustration shows a young tyrannosaur, Gorgosaurus libratus, tearing apart and eating its prey, a bird-like dinosaur called Citipes elegans,…
Nun cho ga, the baby wooly mammoth whose extraordinarily preserved remains caused a sensation after they were dug up by a…
As Hurricane Larry lashed Newfoundland in 2021, university students from Halifax headed to a rural area in its track to find…
A group of New Brunswick university students is one step closer to launching a mini-satellite into space. Satellite Violet is named after…
A proposed class-action lawsuit against 23andMe could include more people in Canada than originally anticipated, experts say, after the genetic testing…
Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are killed annually by malaria and other diseases spread through the bite of mosquitoes,…
Doug Olson heard a loud thud on his roof while folding laundry in October last year. When he went out to…
As It Happens6:12Scientists find elusive golden mole for the 1st time in 87 years When a group of conservation scientists…
This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers…
The Nova Scotia government has pledged more than $2.4 million to seven community-led projects that focus on living shorelines. Living shorelines…
Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative entitled “Our…
If 2022 was the year mpox infections exploded globally, 2023 was the year much of the world stopped paying attention.…
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