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CERN Physicists Discover New Subatomic Particle | Physics | Sci-News.com
Scientists from CERN's LHCb experiment say the discovery of a new type of meson, Ds3*(2860)ˉ, will transform our understanding of the strong interaction. Cranberries: How this tangy treat gets to your Thanksgiving table
Cranberry sauce is likely to add a tang to the rich flavours filling many Thanksgiving dinner plates across Canada this weekend. But the tartness some diners seek is just one of the many benefits that can be reaped from the bright red berry.NASA Study Finds Earth's Ocean Abyss Has Not Warmed
The cold waters of Earth's deep ocean have not warmed measurably since 2005, according to a new NASA study, leaving unsolved the mystery of why global warming appears to have slowed in recent years.
Science | 206811 hits | 12:57 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The cold waters of Earth's deep ocean have not warmed measurably since 2005, according to a new NASA study, leaving unsolved the mystery of why global warming appears to have slowed in recent years.There is evidence of life after death, scientists say
The largest ever medical study into near-death and out-of-body experiences has discovered that awareness may continue even after the brain has shut down completely.
Science | 207086 hits | 12:28 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The largest ever medical study into near-death and out-of-body experiences has discovered that awareness may continue even after the brain has shut down completely.Nobel physics prize goes to 3 scientists for LED breakthrough
Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and U.S. scientist Shuji Nakamura have won the Nobel Prize in physics for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes — a new energy efficient and environment-friendly light source.
Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and U.S. scientist Shuji Nakamura have won the Nobel Prize in physics for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes — a new energy efficient and environment-friendly light source. Lunar eclipse tonight may highlight Draconid meteor shower
Watch the full moon darken and grow reddish tonight during a total lunar eclipse that may help a fall meteor shower shine. Science | 206946 hits | 12:35 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
October brings slasher flicks and Halloween, and this year Canadians can catch a glimpse of another blood-soaked sight: the moon. Scientists say penises grown in lab could be tested on humans within five yearsScience | 206857 hits | 12:12 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, North Carolina, want to help men born with abnormalities, or who've had surgery for cancer or suffered traumatic injury.Making the long trip to Mars' Let NASA put you in a deep sleep
NASA's looking for innovative ways to get a manned crew safely to the Red Planet. Could deep sleep hold the key to success?
Science | 206788 hits | 12:11 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
NASA's looking for innovative ways to get a manned crew safely to the Red Planet. Could deep sleep hold the key to success? Water on Earth found to be older than the Sun
The water you're sipping may taste fresh, but a lot of it is very, very old — older than the solar system itself, CBC's Torah Kachur reports.New Crystal Could Let Divers Breathe Underwater
A new material synthesized by researchers could gather oxygen from the water around you.
Science | 206864 hits | 2:07 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A new material synthesized by researchers could gather oxygen from the water around you. New sea floor map reveals uncharted mountains, massive scars
A new map of the Earth's sea floor reveals massive underwater scars and thousands of previously uncharted sea mountains residing in some of the deepest, most remote reaches of the world's oceans. Why Canadian astronauts secretly hate Chris Hadfield
The head of NASA startled an Ottawa audience Thursday when he announced out of the blue: “Chris Hadfield is infamous.”
Charles Bolden, as NASA’s administrator, is Hadfield’s former boss. And over lunch with the Canadian Club he started to improvise.
White woman sues sperm bank after insemination from black donor
A white Ohio woman is a suing a Chicago-area sperm bank after she received sperm from a black donor instead of the white donor she and her partner had selected.
A white Ohio woman is a suing a Chicago-area sperm bank after she received sperm from a black donor instead of the white donor she and her partner had selected.'The biggest threat to civilisation is human stupidity': Brian Cox warns lack of action on food supplies, climate change and asteroids could end life on Earth
The 46-year-old physicist from Oldham believes there has been a lack of action from politicians. 'When you think about these things, you end up with your head in your hands,' he said.
The 46-year-old physicist from Oldham believes there has been a lack of action from politicians. 'When you think about these things, you end up with your head in your hands,' he said. Scientists found sign of 14000-year-old settlement in Canada
A team of archeologists at the University of Victoria may be on the verge of discovering signs of ancient human life at the bottom of the ocean. The underwater find appears to be an ancient fish weir — a man-made channel used to catch fish — near the sout Canadian researcher Stephen Scherer may snag Nobel Prize | CTV News
A Canadian researcher is being touted as a potential Nobel Prize winner by an organization that predicts which scientists are most likely to take home one of the coveted awards.Colossal squid the size of a minibus examined by scientists
Scientists examined a 350-kilogram, minibus-sized colossal squid and streamed the event live on the web last night. See photos and a video replay here.
Scientists examined a 350-kilogram, minibus-sized colossal squid and streamed the event live on the web last night. See photos and a video replay here. Are spiders getting bigger' Warm summer has caused arachnids to grow larger, say expertsScience | 207047 hits | 9:58 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Experts say large house spiders will head into UK homes. Professor Hart of the University of Gloucestershire said the mild summer meant more prey was available than usual.Scientists picked the spot where the Rosetta probe will attempt the first landing on a comet |
The manoeuvre is one of the key moments in the decade-long mission to examine comet 67P and learn more about the origins and evolution of objects in the universe
Science | 206709 hits | 12:24 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The manoeuvre is one of the key moments in the decade-long mission to examine comet 67P and learn more about the origins and evolution of objects in the universeMice given human brain gene learned tasks faster
Scientists have spliced a key human brain gene into mice. In the first study designed to assess how partially 'humanizing' brains of a different species affects key cognitive functions, scientists reported on Monday that mice carrying a human gene associa
Science | 206718 hits | 12:20 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Scientists have spliced a key human brain gene into mice. In the first study designed to assess how partially 'humanizing' brains of a different species affects key cognitive functions, scientists reported on Monday that mice carrying a human gene associa Ozone layer shows first sign of recovery, UN says
The ozone layer that shields life from the sun's cancer-causing ultraviolet rays is showing its first sign of thickening after years of dangerous depletion, a U.N. study says. Solar flare could prompt brilliant Northern Lights display
The Northern Lights may be especially brilliant during an expected geomagnetic storm Friday after a sun spot erupted early this week. Prolific University of Calgary doctor heads to B.C. after his team caught faking dataScience | 206897 hits | 3:57 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
VANCOUVER — In what may be a Canadian record, a celebrated and prolific doctor has retracted nine University of Calgary studies that contained bogus data.Stephen Hawking warns God particle could destroy the universe
The Higgs boson 'God particle' could cause space and time to collapse if it was put under extreme stress by scientists, Stephen Hawking has warned in a new book.
Science | 206891 hits | 12:39 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Higgs boson 'God particle' could cause space and time to collapse if it was put under extreme stress by scientists, Stephen Hawking has warned in a new book. Canada's War on Science Brings Us International Shame
Canada's so-called "War on Science" has made international headlines, especially after deep funding cuts led to the closure of some of Canada's most important research centres. A push to prioritize economic gains over basic research is endangering science Federal scientist media request generates email frenzy but no interview
A media request to speak to a federal government scientist about rock snot generated more than 100 pages of emails to and from 16 public servants, but no interview, the Canadian Press reports.Science | 206939 hits | 11:37 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
NASA announced that a small asteroid will safely pass "very close" to Earth on Sept. 7.Dreadnoughtus dinosaur weighed more than a Boeing 737 and was still growing when it died
Researchers studying the remains of an enormous dinosaur — a creature that was bigger than seven bull elephants — have given it an equally colossal name: Dreadnoughtus, or “fearing nothing.
Science | 206873 hits | 12:46 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Researchers studying the remains of an enormous dinosaur — a creature that was bigger than seven bull elephants — have given it an equally colossal name: Dreadnoughtus, or “fearing nothing.
One of the many unfortunate aspects of arguments over climate change is that it's where many people come across the idea of a scientific consensus. Just as unfortunately, their first exposure tends to be in the form of shouted sound bites: "But there's a 
WHILE Harry Houdini prided himself on leaving audiences from around the world mystified at his illusions and escapes, modern science has revealed how he accomplished many of his spectacles of grandeur. Polar bears: Threatened species or political pawn'
Reports of the polar bear's dwindling population have made it an ideal symbol for the effects of climate change. But some say those numbers are overstated, and it's the politics around polar bears that's really at play. Scientist transmits message into mind of colleague 5,000 miles away using brain wavesScience | 208093 hits | 12:13 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Researchers led by the University of Barcelona used EEG headsets to record electrical activity in the brain, and convert the words ‘hola’ and ‘ciao’ into binary. Study Says ZMapp Works Against Ebola
A new study provides strong evidence that the experimental drug given to two American aid workers stricken with Ebola in Africa really works and could make a difference in the current outbreak � if more of it could be produced.
In the study, all 18 m Inuit were not the first people to settle in the Arctic
A study published Thursday in the journal Science shows the first people to settle in the Arctic weren't Inuit but rather ‘Paleo-Eskimos’ — a Siberian people not genetically related to today’s Inuit or First Nations people. 'Stunning' fossils recovered
Researchers wrapping up a summer of digging at a �stunning� Rocky Mountain fossil site say they�ve uncovered a dozen new animal species and a better understanding of early evolution. Walking bichir fish may reveal how vertebrates moved onto land
Fish that are forced from a young age to walk instead of swim reveal how our ancient fishy ancestors may have emerged from the ocean to colonize the land, an Ottawa scientist has found. Ocean circulation explains why the Arctic affected by global warming more than the Antarctic
Over recent decades, scientists have watched a climate conundrum develop at the opposite ends of Earth: The Arctic has warmed and steadily lost sea ice, whereas Antarctica has cooled in many places and may even be gaining sea ice. Now, MIT researchers hav Un-muzzle the scientists' Not so fast.Science | 208117 hits | 12:27 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Those with the lab coats do not have a monopoly on evidence Western Scrub Jays Are Capable of Metacognition
When you do not know the answer to a question, say, a crossword puzzle hint, you realize your shortcomings and devise a strategy for finding the missing information. The ability to identify the state of your knowledge—thinking about thinking—is known as m Did you see it' Huge meteor spotted across southern B.C.
A massive fireball seen streaking across the sky Monday night may have been part of the Perseid meteor shower. People across B.C.’s Lower Mainland took to social media describing what they thought may have been a meteor around 10:15 p.m. Witnesses describ Perseid meteor shower peaks near supermoon
This year's Perseid meteor shower coincides with the brightest full moon of the year. Here are five tips to give you the best chance of spotting lots of shooting stars despite the supermoon-light. 
Did you hear about the EmDrive, the “impossible space engine?” Here are the red flags you should have looked for! Jack Campanile's tumour removed without radiation or surgery at SickKids
A Brampton, Ont., teenager has become the first person in North America to have a benign tumour near his hip removed without radiation or surgery.Back to Canada News
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