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- Nobel laureate tells science like it is
- Inuit call for halt on satellite launch over rocket's toxic fuel fears
- Your wildlife selfies are hurting the animals, study finds
- Targeting scalper bots and 'double ending': CBC's Marketplace consumer cheat sheet
- 'The war on coal is over:' Trump administration to terminate Obama's climate plan
- Yarmouth businessman creates 'Mercedes of lobster traps'
- Mom launches legal bid to unlock son's digital accounts 3 years after he was found dead in Lake Ontario
- Google uncovers Russia-backed ads on YouTube, Gmail
- Scientists find 50 kinds of wild hops growing in Maritimes
- New study finds widespread presence of pesticide in honey
- Liberals narrow list of contenders for 'supercluster' innovation hubs to 9
- Spacewalk at the International Space Station LIVE
- Spacewalk at the International Space Station LIVE
- Why regulating Facebook is inevitable: technology expert
- Farmers look above drones as space satellite updates on crop health expand
- Academic freedom compromised by U of C, watchdog group finds
- Asteroid will pass Earth well inside moon's orbit, giving us a chance to practise for a collision
- Use the Weather Network app? Why it's sharing your location with advertisers
- Russians used Kaspersky software for hacks, Israeli spies report
- When your robot learns from humans, who should train it?
- Geoengineering aims to slow global warming by manipulating climate, but risks are unknown
- How braille, screen readers and other technology changed the world for blind readers
- Record-breaking gas balloon ride ends in Labrador woods
- Island crab boat transformed to Arctic research vessel
- 24 orphaned bear cubs euthanized in 5 years because of Alberta policy
- Rare views of unique Nunavut park come to Google Street View
- Need very important data recovery from flash drive
- Canada aligning with U.K. to fight global growth in coal-fired electricity
- Equifax takes web page offline after reports of new cyberattack
- Living in a greener neighbourhood could lower your risk of death: study
- El Nino weather phenomenon puts more carbon in air
- Facebook will help investigators release Russia ads, Sandberg tells Axios
- Group files notice it will sue Trump administration over walrus protection
- Driverless car test in Ottawa a Canadian first
- Multiple distinct groups historically populated Newfoundland, DNA study suggests
- North Korea's nuclear tests causing earthquakes, experts say
- Richard Branson bets on Hyperloop One's futuristic technology
- Canadians join Twitter boycott over Harvey Weinstein sex scandal
- Lab-grown diamonds touted as ethical alternative
- Feds tell European Space Agency it's unhappy with plan to drop rocket in Arctic waters
- Babbling with your baby just got scientific
- 'Morphing skin' of octopus inspires robotic camouflage
- Cannabis research booms with backing of commercial growers
- Montreal AI pioneer warns against unethical uses of new tech
- UBC researchers pull paper linking vaccine component to autism after data alleged to be manipulated
- Mass die-off of Antarctic penguin chicks alarms researchers
- Astronomers see gravitational waves in visible light for 1st time
- Flaw lets hackers read data over secure Wi-Fi
- Hydrothermal vents found on Mars raise hope in search for life
- Farmers frustrated with elk turn to Indigenous hunters who can legally shoot them
- Disability in demand: People with autism offer employers a broader talent pool
- A dog called Odin survives California wildfires after refusing to abandon his goats
- Secret Microsoft database of unfixed vulnerabilities hacked in 2013
- Self-driving cars could ease traffic, but increase sprawl
- Why seeing a star crash is a 'watershed moment in astrophysics'
- Twitter vows to crack down on nude photos tweeted without consent
- Angler nearly dies after swallowing fish he was trying to kiss
- U.S. Democrats slam Arctic drilling plan as 'polar payout' to Big Oil
- Watch a human paraglide through a starling-filled sky
- Researchers say it's time to crack open AI 'black boxes' and look for the biases inside
- Getting the gear: With cod making a comeback, N.L. looks to Iceland for best ways to catch it
- Canada's 'super secret spy agency' is releasing a malware-fighting tool to the public
- How a Canadian astrophysics star aims to find life on exoplanets
- Canadian cities in the hunt for Amazon's HQ2 — but is it worth the shot?
- Oil company proposes Arctic drilling from artificial island
- Facebook launches 'election integrity initiative' to fight hacking and fake news
- A 'monster' discovery: Tiny translucent crustacean a 1st in Canada's Arctic
- Disabled Chinese space lab likely to crash to Earth in coming months
- Rogers Communications sees 'anemic' iPhone 8 demand
- Pollution causing more deaths worldwide than war or smoking: Lancet
- Square-Enix's game lineup heavy on nostalgia, but future lies in casual mobile market
- Soothing touch eases the pain of social rejection, study finds
- Backyard chicken trend causes spike in infections, 1 fatal, CDC reports
- Loosening offshore drilling rules is a risky proposal
- When stars collide: How 4,000 scientists converged for an epic kilonova cram session
- Walmart ramps up self-checkout by letting customers ring in items while shopping
- Germany's new facial recognition technology reminiscent of Cold War surveillance for some
- Q & A | Teens search for way to improve magnetic resonance images
- Environment Canada scales back climate measurements at Alert due to staff shortage
- Discredited vaccine paper from UBC researchers highlights issue in retraction process, experts say
- How mixed-up cell lines are contaminating science
- 'No threat': Civil liberties groups support Chelsea Manning's bid to cross Canadian border
- 12 big cities sign 'fossil-fuel-free streets' declaration
- EPA keeps agency scientists from speaking on climate change at conference
- Insect sniffing dog helps Leamington greenhouse stay pest-free
- 1-in-500-year storms could soon happen every 5 years in NYC
- Northern lights could dance across the sky this week
- Dandelions found in oilsands tailings could help clean them up: researchers
- Stephen Hawking's PhD thesis goes online, crashes website
- Scientists pleased by 'good news' about Alert Arctic climate measurements
- Moon caves could be home to future astronauts
- 'Immoral' salmon milking in Toronto rivers decried by anglers, park users
- Glass igloos, winter resorts: Fort McMurray chases lucrative aurora borealis tourism market
- Amazon Key will let couriers into your home to deliver packages
- Memorial's SmartICE project honoured by the United Nations
- Science and Technology Museum reopening with new sensory exhibit
- Scientists work toward reversible kind of gene editing
- Crying babies push same buttons in mothers' brains across cultures, study suggests
- Insect-sized robot can go from air to water and back again
- Satellite captures images of vast clouds on Mars
- Probiotics for bats may protect against deadly white nose syndrome
- Fossils from cat with 'steak knife' fangs, found in Yukon, give researchers something to chew on
- Edmonton graphic designer brings Inuit symbolism to Arctic research station
- Soylent can no longer be sold in Canada, food inspection agency rules
- Canada's fossil fuel use to peak in 2019, National Energy Board now projects
- Pope calls space, takes small step for Vatican-Russian ties
- Former Nova Scotia MP takes top job at conservation group WWF
- Freedom Mobile network will soon work with iPhones, other LTE devices, Shaw confirms
- Scientists think they've spotted some of the universe's 'missing' matter and it could be a lot
- Thousands of monarch butterflies could be stranded in Canada by cold weather
- How these Silicon Valley companies are disrupting the meat industry with their 'meatless meat'
- Walmart says it has reduced food waste by 20% since CBC investigation
- Feds ask boaters to stay 200 metres from B.C.'s southern resident orcas
- Twitter bans ads from two Russian media outlets, cites election meddling
- B.C. premier appoints top deputy to review 'integrity' of fish farm testing lab
- Astronaut Scott Kelly on how to keep from going squirrelly in space and his new book
- Fort McMurray Métis and government study health of 'disappearing' freshwater clams
- Bloodhound car kicks off bid for 1000 mph speed record
- Fossil dinosaur tracks left by huge ancient predator in Africa
- iPhone X pre-orders 'off the chart': Apple
- Facebook to use Canada as testing ground for new ad transparency features
- Canadian astronomer spots 'visitor' from beyond our solar system
- 'One of our greatest challenges in the digital era': Worrying about democracy means thinking about Facebook
- Pope's call to space station highlights ties between church and science
- Breaking the sound barrier in the Supersonic Bloodhound jet car
- Corals eat plastic the way humans eat junk food — because it's tasty
- 'A year and a half of hell': Customers, businesses pay price for online reviews
- Loot box brouhaha: Are video games becoming too much like gambling?
- North Korean nuclear tests trigger earthquakes and fears of radiation leaks
- Global CO2 levels reach record high, UN weather agency says
- Scary enough for you? No human is writing these stories
- Astronomers discover sunscreen snow on distant exoplanet
- Tech companies find more signs of Russian activity in U.S. election
- State-sponsored cyberattacks on Canada successful about once a week
- Teens getting less sleep with rise of smartphones, study says
- Google Map error sends hikers through Herring Cove man's backyard
- Why Google ditched the 'autopilot' feature on its Waymo cars
- Super Mario Odyssey caps off a banner year for Nintendo
- Elon Musk tweets photo of tunnel for new solution to gridlock
- A global chocolate shortage? Scientists race to beat the threat from climate change
- Google, Amazon, Netflix mount lobby crusade on Trudeau Liberals
- Provinces fail to meet federal deadline on protecting caribou
- Facebook, Twitter and Google tell U.S. lawmakers about 'reprehensible' Russian election interference
- 'Octlantis': Octopuses display surprising social tendencies in communities
- Bitcoin has become the currency that's hard to spend: Don Pittis
- Fish caught in plastic draws outrage, hope for change
- Paris agreement targets leave 'alarming gap' to slow climate change: UN report
- B.C. brings in new hunting rules to protect wildlife after fires
- New report finds Canadian technology companies lagging in terms of female leadership
- Cougar found dead in March "not part of a resident cougar population..." : MNRF
- 5 things tech giants need to explain to lawmakers on 2nd day of Russian meddling probe hearing
- Former NASA astronaut brings lessons for Metro Vancouver's zero waste goals
- Rats reinvade 2 islands in Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve
- Scientist grades water risks from wildfires; Prairies at top of list
- Digital hit list exposes Russian hacking beyond U.S. elections
- Apartment hunting? Soon, you'll be able to tour units using virtual reality
- Cosmic rays point to mysterious void in Great Pyramid of Giza
- 'Not going to be a cakewalk': Social media sites face hurdles curbing foreign political ads
- Payette takes on climate change deniers and horoscopes at science conference
- Canada not walking the walk on cutting greenhouse gas emissions: OECD leader
- Human cities are driving evolution — and may spawn new species, scientists say
- Discovery of 'monster' planet surprises astronomers
- Sony brings back robot pet dog, gives it artificial intelligence
- New orangutan species found in Indonesia
- 'We're designing minds': App maker reveals secrets that keep us addicted to smartphones
- Renewable energy jobs provide new opportunities for Alberta workers
- Recycling crisis hits Quebec as China rejects waste imports
- Antarctic ozone hole is the smallest it's been since 1988
- iPhone X: Canadians line up at Apple stores as latest smartphone hits shelves
- Xbox One X is the super-powered gaming console for hardcore fans
- Have a heart? Researchers ask hunters for game bird organs
- Ammonia: How risky is the gas that creates winter fun?
- Do hungry moose affect where bats eat? Research underway in Gros Morne to find out
- UN climate summit opens in Bonn: 5 things to know
- 'No contamination' in controversial October rocket launch, Europe says
- 'I don't feel like I'm exploiting my kids': Social media moms divided about sponsored posts
- Fiji calls for urgency in talks to implement climate accord
- 2017 set to be among top 3 hottest years, UN weather agency says
- Bad news: Eating local, organic won't shrink your carbon footprint
- Toenails, saliva and urine could answer questions about Giant Mine's toxic legacy
- Broadcom in $103B US bid for rival chipmaker Qualcomm
- BCE offers $16 a share to buy AlarmForce
- Syria plans to join Paris climate accord, leaving U.S. as only country opposed
- Pick a name for this icy world at the edge of the solar system
- Hundreds of dead sea turtles found off El Salvador
- Stop using antibiotics in healthy farm animals, WHO warns
- 145-million-year-old teeth belonging to humanity's earliest mammal ancestors found
- Changes can be made right now to save right whales, says fisherman
- New immigration program helping Canada in the global war for high-tech talent
- Waymo rolls out autonomous Pacificas without human drivers
- Are you not entertained? Canadian sports tech companies want to change that
- Twitter rolls out 280-character tweets to most users
- Uber unveils flying taxi plans
- Astronomers discover strange 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' supernova
- High Arctic lab saved as federal money comes through
- Scientists train sheep to recognize human celebrities
- Boy with rare disease gets most of skin replaced through gene therapy
- Halibut spared as beluga move on to new prey in warming Arctic waters
- Canadian skin cancer detector concept wins global design prize
- Federal government blocking social media users, quietly deleting posts
- FBI can't unlock Texas church gunman's cellphone
- Human blamed after self-driving shuttle bus crashes
- Experts focus on ways to save endangered North Atlantic right whales
- Western Canada's ice age melt offers preview for modern climate change
- Canadians' appetite for broadband keeps growing, CRTC finds
- Canadian scalper's multimillion-dollar StubHub scheme exposed in Paradise Papers
- Scientists build better search engine by mimicking fruit fly brain
- The Stanley Park blob is gone. But for how long?
- Research shows common crop pesticides cause songbirds to lose weight, sense of direction
- Hubble sees light echoes of supernova explosion in distant galaxy
- That's a big beaver bone: Ice age giant-beaver jaw 1st of its kind found in Manitoba
- Apple admits some iPhone X models freeze up in cold, promises software fix
- Why living in space may require more than new technology
- As Trump tries to revive coal industry, Canada pushes for a phase-out while at UN climate meeting
- Gulf Island beavers temporarily saved from euthanization
- More than 15,000 scientists from 184 countries issue 'warning to humanity'
- Virtual infant BabyX prompts question: how do we feel about AI that looks so much like us?
- Newfoundland student's message in a bottle found in France, draws scientific interest
- Bitcoin surges $1,000 after tumbling all weekend
- Confederation Bridge adapts lamp posts to stop swaying, shearing off
- Take a tour through the aisles of Ottawa's first 'zero waste' grocery store
- Hot summers will be new normal, says study
- Working on Hubble telescope for NASA a 'surreal' experience says Lakehead University grad
- World's oldest wine found at Stone Age sites in Georgia
- Global carbon pollution rises after 3 straight flat years
- Surgeons repair spina bifida in fetus for first time in Canada, hospitals say
- Climate change making Harvey's 'Biblical' rainfall more likely, study says
- Planet with Earth-like temperature discovered orbiting nearby 'quiet' star
- Biology professor spends nights making babies — salmon babies, that is
- Canadians more web-connected, but at possible cost to work-life balance, StatsCan says
- CRTC weighs impact on revised wireless code following Rogers request for delay
- 'I felt used': Fake Facebook page used slain Canadian soldier's name, photos
- FDA approves first digital pill to track when patients take medication
- Scientists try to edit man's genes inside his body for 1st time
- Court orders PayPal to give business account details to CRA
- Archeologists hunt for secrets under Mayan pyramids
- Science must be the guiding factor when diagnosing brain death
- Scientists accused of scaremongering, 'overheated claims' with warning to humanity
- Hundreds of geese that died in Canada's Arctic likely succumbed to harsh conditions
- Tesla unveils electric big-rig truck tonight
- 'No water, no birds': Wood Buffalo National Park among most threatened, warn international scientists
- Cybersecurity: Barely perceptible threat has potential to derail Canada's economy
- Canada and U.K. form alliance to phase out coal to combat climate change
- What are the best ways to shrink your carbon footprint?
- Quebec biofuel company partners with Qantas in effort to cut emissions
- Quebec biofuel company partners with Qantas in effort to cut emissions
- Climate-hit nations say UN talks offer little help for soaring losses
- Truckers take cautious approach to all-electric vehicles
- Six Nations school launches app that teaches people to speak Mohawk
- Driverless trucks are coming to Canada and the impact will be profound: Don Pittis
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