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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 grizzly bear attacked and killed two people in Banff National Park west of Sundre, Alta., on Friday night, Parks Canada says. read more
Pufflings, the small chicks of the Atlantic puffin, are struggling due to a lack of food and warming ocean temperatures. read more
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
Astronomers say the evidence suggests the detected CO2 on Europa rose to the surface relatively recently from the moon's subsurface ocean. read more
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
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
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
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
The Competition Bureau of Canada announced an investigation into Amazon's business practices in 2020, but has said little on its progress. read more
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
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
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
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
Reports of the outage first appeared on the Downdetector.ca website before noon eastern time on Saturday. read more
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
Casino company Caesars Entertainment was also hit by a cyberattack, although it said casino and online operations were not disrupted. read more
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