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Nobel chemistry prize winners for work on quantum dots leaked early, and then announced

News/Science | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 06:14:29 EDT

The Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to three U.S.-based scientists for the "discovery and synthesis of quantum dots." Sweden's public broadcaster SVT said they received a press release with the names of the winners hours before the official announcement. read more

What warmer weather — and a warmer climate — means for the fall leaves

| Tue, 03 Oct 2023 18:49:00 EDT

Toronto is experiencing a summer-like stretch of unseasonably warm weather. CBC Toronto meteorologist Colette Kennedy breaks down how high temperatures will affect fall colours this year — and how climate change factors in. read more

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'Stoneman Willie' mummy to be laid to rest after 128 years at Penn. funeral home

Radio/As It Happens | Tue, 03 Oct 2023 19:02:46 EDT

The people of Reading, Penn., are finally bidding farewell to a beloved mummy who's been on display at a local funeral home for more than a century. read more

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Ancient buildings included ash, beer and urine. Why do they stand the test of time?

News/Science | Tue, 03 Oct 2023 12:13:29 EDT

Scientists' reverse-engineering of ancient buildings has revealed some impressive properties, like the ability to get stronger over time and 'heal' cracks when they form. read more

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Montreal building more sponge parks, sidewalks to soak up heavy rainfall

News/Canada/Montreal | Tue, 03 Oct 2023 11:04:42 EDT

The city of Montreal plans to add 30 more sponge parks and 400 more sponge sidewalks to its streets over the next two years. read more

$This combo of pictures taken Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, shows from left, French scientist Pierre Agostini posing in his apartment in Paris, Scientist Ferenc Krausz speaking during a presentation at the Max-Plank-Institute of Quantum Optics in Munich, and French-Swedish physicist Anne L'Huillier talking to journalists at Lund University, Sweden. The three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for studying how electrons zip around the atom in the tiniest fractions of seconds, a field that could one day lead to better electronics or disease diagnoses.$

3 scientists share Nobel Prize in Physics for capturing 'blurry' glimpse of electrons

News/Science | Tue, 03 Oct 2023 06:56:46 EDT

Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize in physics for giving us the first split-second glimpse into the superfast world of spinning electrons, a field that could one day lead to better electronics or disease diagnoses. read more

Heavy smoke from wildfires in northern Alberta and British Columbia fill the air over Yellowknife on Sept. 23, 2023.

Effects of 2023 N.W.T. wildfire smoke will take years to study

News/Canada/North | Tue, 03 Oct 2023 10:02:18 EDT

Air quality in the N.W.T. is on track to be the worst on record. While the goal now is to collect the data, but the impact will take many years to determine. read more

Caribou recovery program at Jasper National Park aims to boost herd numbers in Alberta

News/Canada/Edmonton | Tue, 03 Oct 2023 10:00:00 EDT

Conservationists are starting a new recovery program aiming to strengthen caribou herds in Jasper National Park that are too small to recover on their own. read more

Two people in white suits and masks use a blue tarp to cover a dolphin washed ashore.

Soaring water temperatures, drought cited as 120 dead dolphins retrieved in Brazil's Amazon

News/World | Tue, 03 Oct 2023 09:13:05 EDT

The carcasses of 120 river dolphins have been found floating in a tributary of the Amazon River over the last week in circumstances that experts suspect were caused by severe drought and heat. read more

White skulls of horses bones lay in the grass next to a vertebra bone from a whale.

150 Sable Island wild horses died last winter, Parks Canada reports

News/Canada/Nova Scotia | Tue, 03 Oct 2023 05:26:00 EDT

Sable Island ecologist Dan Kehler says the horses are most vulnerable in late winter when their energy reserves are low and grass is scarcer. read more

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Scientists who spurred development of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines win Nobel medicine prize

News/Health | Mon, 02 Oct 2023 06:09:00 EDT

Scientists Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that enabled the development of effective vaccines against COVID-19, the award-giving body said on Monday. read more

A rise in human encounters with bears could be in store for Kananaskis Country.

Couple dead after bear attack in Banff National Park, grizzly killed

News/Canada/Calgary | Sun, 01 Oct 2023 10:46:21 EDT

A grizzly bear attacked and killed two people in Banff National Park west of Sundre, Alta., on Friday night, Parks Canada says. read more

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At Canada's largest Atlantic puffin colony, chicks are dying of starvation

News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador | Sun, 01 Oct 2023 04:30:00 EDT

Pufflings, the small chicks of the Atlantic puffin, are struggling due to a lack of food and warming ocean temperatures. read more

A man in scuba gear poses underwater with a zebra mussel-encrusted wreck of the George Marsh in Lake Ontario.

Inside the battle to preserve the underwater ghosts of Ontario's Great Lakes

News/Canada/London | Mon, 02 Oct 2023 04:00:00 EDT

Ontario's Great Lakes region is hailed by many as the greatest shipwreck diving area in the world, but due to invasive species and climate change, the province's rich underwater history might only have a decade or two before it crumbles to dust. read more

Europa looks like a blue pixelated bowling ball with a bright white swath of cross section across its horizontal midline superimposed on a black background.

Carbon discovered on Jupiter's moon Europa. Does it increase chances of finding life?

Radio/Quirks & Quarks | Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:19:14 EDT

Astronomers say the evidence suggests the detected CO2 on Europa rose to the surface relatively recently from the moon's subsurface ocean. read more

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Banff's infamous 'Boss' grizzly bluff charges locals, renewing calls for town fruit tree removal

News/Canada/Calgary | Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:28:30 EDT

The Town of Banff is calling for homeowners to replace their fruit trees with something less appealing to wildlife after The Boss, a locally famous grizzly, had to be hazed from backyards, bluff charging residents in the process. read more

Will self-driving cars bring us a safer future on the roads? Not everyone is convinced

Radio/Spark | Fri, 29 Sep 2023 04:00:00 EDT

Following some unfortunate incidents, questions have been raised about how safe autonomous vehicles are at this stage in their development, and what regulations would be required before they can fully use city streets. read more

#TheMoment a rare dumbo octopus was spotted in the deep sea

| Thu, 28 Sep 2023 22:12:00 EDT

A ghostly dumbo octopus stunned scientists 2,665 meters below the surface on an Ocean Exploration Trust expedition to Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in Hawaii. read more

Tim Hortons joins app that reduces restaurant food waste, saves money

Consumer/Economy/Environment | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 14:00:14 +0000

An iconic Canadian fast-food restaurant is signing on to Too Good To Go, an app that sells surplus food at a discount in an effort to reduce food waste. read more

Will Canada follow U.S. and go after Amazon? MPs, businesses hope so

Canada/Economy/Tech | Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:00:44 +0000

The Competition Bureau of Canada announced an investigation into Amazon's business practices in 2020, but has said little on its progress. read more

Canadian university names first-of-its-kind chief AI officer. More may be coming

Canada/Education/Science | Thu, 28 Sep 2023 18:30:02 +0000

Western University in London, Ont. hopes the role will help propel them "to the forefront of AI research and application." Other schools may soon follow suit. read more

Canada in global top 10 for cyber breaches, report finds amid health hack

Canada/Tech/Better Outcomes Registry and Network | Wed, 27 Sep 2023 19:16:06 +0000

On e-security, Canada ranked 37th globally. This is the same ranking as the one it got last year, but Canada has slipped 10 positions since the 2021 index. read more

Amazon accused of being illegal monopoly in U.S. antitrust lawsuit

Economy/Tech/U.S. News | Tue, 26 Sep 2023 20:21:47 +0000

The U.S. FTC and 17 states are asking a court to prohibit Amazon's business practices and loosen its 'monopolistic control to restore competition.' read more

Proposed AI regulations need more scrutiny, groups urge Ottawa

Canada/Politics/Tech | Mon, 25 Sep 2023 22:21:18 +0000

The bill introduced by the Liberals would also establish an AI and Data Commissioner to monitor company compliance and order third-party audits. read more

Moneris says widespread credit and debit card processing outage resolved

Canada/Consumer/Tech | Sat, 23 Sep 2023 21:12:34 +0000

Reports of the outage first appeared on the Downdetector.ca website before noon eastern time on Saturday. read more

Wildfire-detecting tech powered by Rogers 5G, SpaceX to be deployed in B.C.

Canada/Environment/Tech | Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:00:17 +0000

The first-in-Canada technology will include satellite-connected sensors and AI cameras using 5G networks in northern B.C. that can detect wildfire smoke before the flames spread. read more

MGM hotels, casinos ‘operating normally’ after cyberattack, company says

Crime/Tech/U.S. News | Wed, 20 Sep 2023 19:33:03 +0000

Casino company Caesars Entertainment was also hit by a cyberattack, although it said casino and online operations were not disrupted. read more

Should news be free to access? Most Canadians say yes in poll

Canada/Politics/Tech | Wed, 20 Sep 2023 12:04:12 +0000

Leger conducted a national online survey of 1,564 people over the weekend to seek opinions about the Liberal government's Online News Act. read more