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- Recycle BC: first jurisdiction in North America to divert chip bags, pouches, cellophane
- Apple's unveils 'do not disturb' mode, augmented reality measuring tool
- Microsoft paying $7.5B US for GitHub
- 'Monstrous' sabre-toothed fossils from Russia shed new light on mammal history
- Rising carbon dioxide levels are turning rice and fish into junk food
- In trendy Malibu, a plastic straw in your cocktail could cost $500
- IKEA to phase out single-use plastic by 2020
- B.C. company says it is sucking carbon from air, making fuel
- Soyuz capsule with 3 astronauts on board docks with International Space Station
- Ottawa eyes protection measures for 'Canada's shark'
- NASA reveals new discoveries strengthening case of a once-habitable Mars
- Kilauea helping scientists better understand volcanoes
- Facebook glitch made private posts public for millions
- Grey whale skeleton dug up from Vancouver Island landfill
- What's unique to the 'last ice area' in the High Arctic? Canadian researchers are finding out
- Study suggests honeybees have zero knowledge
- Secret location off N.S. may host world's 1st sanctuary for captive whales and dolphins
- Fatal Tesla Autopilot crash driver did not have hands on wheel: U.S. agency
- Single-use plastics won't be banned at G7 sites
- Plastic waste in Antarctica reveals scale of global pollution
- Guatemala suspends search for survivors days after deadly volcanic eruption
- You'll be able to ride self-driving electric shuttles in Alberta's largest cities this fall
- Why Guatemala's Volcano of Fire is so much deadlier than Hawaii's Kilauea
- 'Lost' tapes help scientists solve decades-old mystery of warming moon
- Internet use could change as 'net neutrality' ends in the U.S.
- Foxconn investigating labour conditions at China factory used for Amazon products
- As Google for Education tools enter classrooms across Canada, some parents are asking to opt-out
- Pine-killing southern beetle may be more deadly as it moves north
- Environmentalists 'encouraged' by G7 plastics charter but urge more action
- Minister looks for signs of gender bias in federal science departments
- Seaweed makes cows less gassy — and scientists want to know how
- Amid outrage over child separations, critics question Microsoft's ties with ICE
- Meat 2.0? Green meat? War of words over what to call lab-grown meat
- IBM pits 'Project Debater' computer against humans
- Facebook's 'unpleasant underbelly' policed by thousands of content reviewers worldwide
- Trump announces new U.S. military 'space force'
- 30 years later, former NASA scientist wishes he hadn't been right about climate change
- Research shows diet shift of beluga whales in Alaska inlet
- WHO declares compulsive video gaming an addictive behaviour disorder
- Orcas make 2nd rare appearance in Victoria's Inner Harbour
- World's largest offshore-earthquake research centre to open in Halifax
- Of forests and floods: Devastatingly high water raises clear-cut questions
- How we can prevent outer space from becoming the Wild West
- Mammals adopt nightlife to avoid contact with humans, study finds
- Is Google's new set of principles enough to calm fears over militarized A.I.?
- This is what a recycling crisis in Quebec looks like
- Peggy Whitson, NASA's record-breaking astronaut, announces retirement
- McDonald's to switch to paper straws in U.K., Ireland
- Doug Ford vows to scrap program aimed at reducing carbon emissions
- Scientists have found a way to make wine even more delicious
- 'The end of an era': Koko, the gorilla who learned sign language, dies at 46
- More than 20 countries aim to toughen climate goals by 2020
- Anishinaabe artist designs Twitter Turtle Island emoji for Indigenous History Month
- Why are dead hummingbirds showing up for sale? Investigating the love charm black market
- Some of CSIS's practices still fall outside the law: spy watchdog
- Coast guard crew makes rare sighting of right whale off Haida Gwaii
- 'Pretty amazing': Alberta researchers spot new fossil species - and its lunch
- 111 million tonnes of plastic waste will have nowhere to go by 2030 due to Chinese import ban: study
- Instagram unveils new video service in challenge to YouTube
- Chemicals found in some U.S. water supplies more toxic than previously thought, report says
- Canadian officials seize eel meat in 92-country wildlife sting
- U.S. phone companies limit sharing of location data, while Canadian carriers insist they already do
- Facebook brings its messaging app for kids to Canada despite experts' concerns
- Uber driver was streaming Hulu show just before fatal self-driving car crash, police
- Giant telescope project before Hawaii Supreme Court again
- Canadian government announces $167.4M to help save key whale species
- Raccoons experiencing high blood sugar from eating our food
- How Canadian-made artificial intelligence is helping Hollywood write better scripts
- In the search for life beyond Earth, moons may be the best candidates
- Stop the noise bleed: Canadian invention limits spread of concert sound into neighbourhoods
- Support for news, culture was on Joly's agenda for 2017 meeting with Google execs
- Einstein is proven right yet again — this time on a galactic scale
- The smartphone feature that could potentially save your life
- U.S. stepping up efforts to protect Earth from asteroids and comets
- Drug resistance likened to a slow-moving tsunami
- East Coast salt marshes to be restored to battle effects of climate change
- Drug resistance likened to a slow-moving tsunami
- East Coast salt marshes to be restored to battle effects of climate change
- See the Great Wall from space? Nope. Confederation Bridge? You bet
- Buzz Aldrin sues children, alleging misuse of his finances
- Parents should keep tabs on teens' secret online lives, experts say
- World's 1st beluga whale sanctuary to welcome new arrivals in Iceland
- Japanese spacecraft arrives safely at asteroid after 3.5-year journey
- Interstellar visitor is a comet, not an asteroid, astronomers suggest
- Scientists weren't satisfied with a –93 C Antarctica. Now they say it's –98 C
- How a squirrel brought down the MUHC's computer network
- New Royal Canadian Mint collectable coin is out of this world
- NASA's next-generation space telescope beset by more delay, cost
- Scientists are studying why bird flu erupts at this popular stopover for migratory birds
- Ottawa banning some lasers near airports to prevent cockpit attacks
- Duplex, Google's phone-calling 'concierge' bot, isn't trying to trick you
- New species of tiny spider discovered in Indiana cave
- Canadarm2 to get new 'hand' today delivered by SpaceX rocket
- Ground-penetrating radar used in effort to locate historic Cape Breton graveyard
- Your smart fridge could be mining bitcoins for criminals
- Amazon buys its 1st online pharmacy
- Look up, be patient and 'think about how big the universe is': Expert tips for stargazing this summer
- Newest UNESCO World Heritage Site is boreal forest important to First Nations cultures
- 'Nobody has that much money' — 1 sinking city's fight against rising sea levels
- SpaceX delivers AI robot, ice cream, mice to space station
- Narwhals most vulnerable marine mammals to Arctic vessels, polar bears the least, study says
- Astronomers report 1st image of baby planet bigger than Jupiter being formed
- 'Gossip' to blame for Uganda's new social media tax
- Honeybees finding it harder to eat at U.S. bee hot spot
- Aquatic life showing signs of improvement experts say, 5 years after Lac-Mégantic oil spill
- Prince George installs B.C.'s 1st solar-power parking lot
- I never said that! High-tech deception of 'deepfake' videos
- Why rescuing boys trapped in flooded Thai cave is a huge challenge
- DND investigation of possible buried Agent Orange cache goes deeper
- CBC privacy breach was bigger, broader than first announced
- 'He could be in a lot of danger': Baby otter spotted with ring around neck on Hecla Island
- Climate change not one heat wave but a pattern of extremes: Waterloo scientist
- Einstein's gravity theory passes extreme test on zombie star
- Hybrid embryos could save rhino sub-species from extinction
- Mars is on its way closer to Earth — and you can see it for yourself
- Google faces criticism for giving 3rd-party apps access to user emails
- Gay dating app thrives in China, where LGBT rights are lagging
- Ontario cancelling cap and trade akin to pulling out of climate framework: Catherine McKenna
- 'Science is not political,' says Ontario's 1st chief scientist after being fired by Doug Ford
- Alberta neuroscientists identify what makes parrots not so bird-brained
- Original North American dog population wiped out in recent history
- Trump accepts resignation of EPA chief Scott Pruitt
- Tesla is a cautionary tale of too much automation, too soon
- He's not shellfish: N.L. fisherman gets catch of a lifetime, and lets it go
- Comet that may be visible to naked eye in August suddenly brightens
- Why a dive rescue of boys trapped in Thai cave is so risky
- Inflatable tubes? Watertight pouches? Anxious Twitterverse pitches ideas to rescue Thai team
- Why heat waves kill
- The first test-tube baby turns 40
- Arctic, Antarctic waters breed more new species than tropics, study suggests
- Canadian researchers invent plastic patch that detects deadly E. coli bacteria
- Internal memo raises red flag over quake warning system
- Germ-blasting robot sets its sights on fighting C. difficile outbreaks
- Inuktut settings coming to Facebook by 2019
- Student bikes 1,600 km to connect with people facing climate change
- Whale watching group wants closer access to other orcas as feds set 200-metre limit
- Donut County vs. Hole.io: How free video game knock-offs are hurting indie developers
- Chernobyl's radioactive zone may feed wolves into nearby countryside
- Scientists defy 'force of nature' to unlock secrets of Hawaii volcano
- Starbucks plans to stop offering plastic straws by 2020
- Russian spacecraft aims to break record for fastest trip to space station
- Cyberattacks targeting Canadian troops in Latvia seem to be easing off
- Supersize doesn't equal super prize despite what some think, says research
- Cellphones, coins and credit cards: Archaelogical finds from Amsterdam canals
- Cineplex to add at least 5 more Void virtual-reality experience centres
- Researchers use 36 years of bike race footage to illustrate Belgium's changing climate
- Involve business in ocean plastics pollution issue, talks: McKenna
- Ship that carried hundreds of migrants to Canada now a floating toxic stew
- Some wooden souvenirs arriving at Halifax's airport come with a toxic secret
- Facebook hit with maximum fine under British law for Cambridge Analytica scandal
- University of Waterloo brings first circular pool table to math department
- California meets greenhouse gas reduction goal years early
- Glacier half the size of Manhattan breaks off Greenland
- How do insects survive the winter? Not the way we thought
- Costco asks suppliers to drop neonicotinoids in effort to save bees
- Ontario government ends electric and hydrogen vehicle incentive programs
- Nature stinks! Rare corpse flower prepares to unleash its stench at Bloedel Conservatory
- 'Ghost particle' reveals source of mysterious cosmic rays
- Haida Nation wants shipping traffic banned from culturally significant underwater volcano
- Huckleberry win for bears: B.C. restricts harvesting to protect grizzlies' food
- How activists are fighting back against facial recognition
- Africa's oldest baobob trees are dying from a mysterious threat
- Greenland community on high alert as massive iceberg looms
- Russian intelligence members indicted in U.S., accused of election meddling
- Scientists forecast smaller, but significant algae bloom for Lake Erie
- 8 endangered black rhinos die in Kenya after relocation
- How you can see 5 planets in one night, no telescope required
- Why Twitter is finally cracking down on fake accounts
- Washington has been nuts about its black squirrels since 1902. It can thank Canada
- People prefer a good story, no matter what their DNA says
- How Esther The Wonder Pig and her legion of fans crowdfunded a life-saving CT scanner for large animals
- Archaeologists in Egypt discover mummification workshop
- New virtual reality game can tell when you're not scared enough - and turn up the terror
- As she turns 100, 'there's no stopping' trailblazing Montreal neuroscientist Brenda Milner
- Over a billion people struggle to stay cool as Earth warms
- Customers call scrapped cellphone fee misleading, and some are still paying it
- No glow sticks, no glitter: Sask's eco-friendly music festival asking you to leave it at home this year
- Hundreds of dead squid found on P.E.I. puzzle beachgoers
- Esports teams say WHO's designation of gaming disorder doesn't worry them
- As biochemical companies set up shop in Sarnia, some say a greener future is coming to the region
- Canadian video debunking fake online health claims becomes viral hit
- Global firm bans meat at company events in effort to be greener
- Banff holds blessing ceremony with Indigenous elders before letting bison roam
- Thousands of patient records held for ransom in Ontario home care data breach, attackers claim
- No proof B.C. boy's migraines caused by Wi-Fi, tribunal rules
- Lava crashes through roof of Hawaii tour boat, injuring 23
- Russian hackers used U.S. servers, bitcoin financing: Mueller
- Why P.E.I. potato farmers are planting more mustard than ever
- CRTC investigating 'possible misleading' telco sales practices after first rejecting the idea
- Sex and deception: Why the corpse flower smells like death
- CRISPR gene editing can cause serious DNA damage, U.K. research finds
- DNA, genealogical websites used to arrest man 30 years after girl's body found in Indiana ditch
- Uncovering the mysteries at the bottom of the Labrador Sea
- As the 'red forest' encroaches, Jasper steps up measures to protect itself from wildfire
- 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter
- Elon Musk apologizes for calling Thai cave rescue diver a pedophile
- Google hit with record $6.7B Cdn antitrust fine by EU regulators
- Canadian Space Commerce Association shuts down
- Archeologists find world's oldest bread
- Iceberg looming over Greenland village spotted from space
- Warm water threatens what should be bumper year for Fraser River sockeye
- Rare baby snake fossil found in amber from Age of Dinosaurs
- Marine reptile fossils found at Fort McMurray area worksite
- 'We have to start getting used to it': Record-breaking temperatures heating up the globe
- Livestock with less methane: Scientists seek ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Astronomers spy nearby star that could be eating a planet
- Marine reptile fossils found at Fort McMurray area worksite
- 'We have to start getting used to it': Record-breaking temperatures heating up the globe
- Livestock with less methane: Scientists seek ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Astronomers spy nearby star that could be eating a planet
- New leasing venture aims to bring more electric buses to Canada
- Jet suit on sale at Selfridges makes anyone into Iron Man for $592K
- Trump administration seeks endangered species rule changes
- Northwestern Ontario rock formation helps scientists study 'ancient atmosphere'
- How new telescope technology captured this image of Neptune from down here on Earth
- Deep coral reefs not safe from impacts of pollution, climate change
- From world's 2nd best to sidelined, MUN Hyperloop team gunning for a comeback
- What was it like to go to the moon? We asked Buzz Aldrin
- 100 Quebec black bears slaughtered as part of gallbladder-trafficking ring, officials say
- You're living in a new geologic age, the Meghalayan
- Solar probe set to launch into the sun's scorching 'red zone'
- Songbirds channel their inner George Clooney to attract a mate, but is it working?
- Is the future of farming inside this 40-foot shipping container?
- Quiet fireworks? Why some celebrations won't go on with a bang
- These Montreal students have 22 days to build an energy-efficient home in China
- New evidence suggests Inuit knew yarn skills long before Viking contact
- Your earliest memory might never have happened
- Bat tests positive for rabies in Jasper National Park
- Why there's finally a drug for smallpox even though the disease no longer exists
- Woman sues fertility clinic, claims dozens of her eggs lost
- EU nations help Sweden as wildfires rage above Arctic Circle
- 'Charming' great white shark returns to waters off Nova Scotia
- How TransAlta used a university-sanctioned research project to lobby for the coal industry
- Massive Ontario forest fire sparked by wind farm construction during extreme fire ban, workers allege
- 'Amazing dragon' fossils rewrite history of long-necked dinosaurs
- Canadians who paid out-of-this-world ticket prices could soon be space-bound
- Fish jerky, anyone? Business hopes to sell Mexico's 'devil fish' to Canadians as sustainable snack
- Scientists discover 'wonderland' of life on deep-sea mountains off B.C. coast
- Dutch medical trial using Viagra stopped after 11 babies die
- In Canada, Uber and Lyft drivers can't live stream riders without 'explicit' consent
- Space X rocket launch LIVE
- How the tech behind bitcoin could safeguard marijuana sales data
- Unauthorized drone forces wildfire-fighting aircraft away from B.C. blaze
- 121 salt water leaks from Sask. oil industry since start of 2017
- If you think 'Jurassic' applies just to dinosaurs, you need to visit MUN's Botanical Garden
- Research vessel departs for study of 'black hole' of Hudson Bay
- A lake on Mars? New data suggests liquid water lies beneath planet's southern pole
- 'A warning': Acid pollution threatens ecosystems in Alberta and Saskatchewan, study says
- How do tree-hugging lizards hang on during storms? With big toes
- Ontario teen's photos, info ended up in someone else's hands after she traded in her broken iPhone
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