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Cold-resistant cockroach from Asia found in North America
A cockroach from Asia that can withstand harsh winter cold has been confirmed in North America for the first time. Meteor may have caused loud boom in Quebec, Ontario
Social media in parts of Quebec and Ontario were buzzing with reports of a loud boom on Tuesday evening, and officials say it may have been caused by a meteor. This Is the Man Bill Gates Thinks You Absolutely Should Be Reading
“There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil,” Bill Gates wrote this summer. That’s quite an endorsement—and it gave a jolt of fame to Smil, a professor emeritus of environment and geography at the University of Manitoba. In a w Qubit record moves quantum computing forward
A record-smashing experiment in a Canadian physics lab has brought room temperature quantum computers and money that can't be counterfeited one step closer to reality.Earliest life on Earth: scientists find evidence in WA rock sediments
Researchers from Australia and the US discover signs of 'complex microbial ecosystems' dated at 3.5bn years old
Researchers from Australia and the US discover signs of 'complex microbial ecosystems' dated at 3.5bn years oldAsteroid with 6 comet tails puzzles astronomers
A strange comet with half a dozen tails has been spotted in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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A strange comet with half a dozen tails has been spotted in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. One-tonne satellite will fall back to Earth in an unknown location
A one-tonne satellite operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) has run out of fuel and will fall back to Earth in an unknown location sometime in the next few days.Mini space shuttle Dream Chaser skids off runway in test
A new, smaller version of NASA's space shuttle is recuperating from a rough first landing.
A new, smaller version of NASA's space shuttle is recuperating from a rough first landing. Great white shark tracked to waters off Newfoundland
Researchers are tracking the movements of a great white shark that has made its way to Placentia Bay, in southern Newfoundland.The UN is forming an international asteroid defense team
Inspired by the meteor that took everyone by surprise when it exploded over Russia and informed by the recommendations of astronauts, the U.N.’s General Assembly approved plans to set up an international body to protect Earth from wayward space rocks.
Inspired by the meteor that took everyone by surprise when it exploded over Russia and informed by the recommendations of astronauts, the U.N.’s General Assembly approved plans to set up an international body to protect Earth from wayward space rocks. Canadian researchers use honey bees to deliver pesticides | Geekquinox
Although honey bees have been suffering quite a bit lately due to our use of pesticides, according to Canadian researchers, it turns out that bees may actually offer us the most effective way of delivering pesticides to crops to do … Continue reading U David Suzuki tops list of most admired Canadians in new poll
Poll finds Suzuki most admired nationally, though not in Alberta, and while Rick Hansen is B.C.’s clear favourite, he barely registers in QuebecBritish scientist 'solves' mystery of Himalayan yetis
Research by a British scientist concludes the legendary Himalayan Yeti may in fact be a sub-species of brown bear.
Research by a British scientist concludes the legendary Himalayan Yeti may in fact be a sub-species of brown bear.Half-tonne Chelyabinsk meteorite chunk pulled from Russian lake
A 570-kilogram chunk of the massive meteorite that injured more than 1,100 people when it exploded over Chelyabisnk, Russia, in February has been recovered from the bottom of a lake.
A 570-kilogram chunk of the massive meteorite that injured more than 1,100 people when it exploded over Chelyabisnk, Russia, in February has been recovered from the bottom of a lake. Karplus, Levitt, Warshel share Nobel chemistry prize for taking the lab to cyberspace
Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel won this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for laying the foundation for the computer models used to understand and predict chemical processes. Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield takes teaching post at University of Waterloo
Though his appointment as an adjunct professor has officially begun, Prof. Hadfield isn’t expected to begin teaching and advising in aviation and other programs until the fall of 2014 Nuclear fusion milestone passed at US lab
Researchers at a US lab have passed a crucial milestone on the way to their ultimate goal of achieving self-sustaining nuclear fusion. 'Deepest' Great Lakes shipwreck found near Thunder Bay
A 60-year-old shipwreck has been discovered in Lake Superior near Thunder Bay. Higgs boson scientists win Nobel prize in physics
Peter Higgs and Francois Englert have won the Nobel prize in physics for their work on the theory of the Higgs boson, discovered at Cern in 2012.
Over the past year, a study describing the astounding anti-cancer properties of a chemical found in lichen was submitted to hundreds of open-access scientific journals. There was just one problem. The study was garbage — riddled with blatant errors, meani SpaceX to Launch Space Weather Satellite for Canada Sunday
The CSA's Cascade Smallsat and Ionospheric Polar Explorer (CASSIOPE for short) will keep an eye on the effects of solar particles when they hit the Earth's atmosphere. If all goes well, the CASSIOPE space weather mission should bring a wealth of scientifi Canadian space pioneer Philip Lapp dies at 85 | CTV News
Philip Lapp, whose string of contributions to Canada's space program over a half-century included helping to build the first Canadarm, has passed away at the age of 85. New Google venture to search for a cure to old ageScience | 208292 hits | 12:22 PM on Wednesday | posted by Zipperfish
Announces plans for new company called Calico, headed by Genentech Chairman Art LevinsonPuzzling Measurement of "Big G" Gravitational Constant Ignites Debate
Gravity, one of the constants of life, not to mention physics, is less than constant when it comes to being measured. Various experiments over the years have come up with perplexingly different values for the strength of the force of gravity, and the late
Gravity, one of the constants of life, not to mention physics, is less than constant when it comes to being measured. Various experiments over the years have come up with perplexingly different values for the strength of the force of gravity, and the latePhysicists Discover Geometry Underlying Particle Physics | Simons Foundation
Physicists have discovered a jewel-shaped geometric object that challenges the notion that space, time and particles are fundamental constituents of nature.
Physicists have discovered a jewel-shaped geometric object that challenges the notion that space, time and particles are fundamental constituents of nature.Earth's inner core spins in an eastward direction at a faster rate than planet's surface
Scientists claim to have solved a 300-year-old mystery about which direction the centre of the Earth spins.
In their new model, the Earth's inner core, made up of solid iron, 'superrotates' in an eastward direction – meaning it spins faster than the rest
Scientists claim to have solved a 300-year-old mystery about which direction the centre of the Earth spins.
In their new model, the Earth's inner core, made up of solid iron, 'superrotates' in an eastward direction – meaning it spins faster than the rest Comet of the Century? Expectations soar as ISON approaches the sun
The Comet ISON has generated plenty of buzz, as its size and brightness haves some predicting it could be the comet of the century. But experts warn that a lot could change as the comet darts towards the sun.'Supermodel' Goce satellite to fall to Earth
The European Space Agency is preparing for the fiery fall to Earth of its "beautiful" Goce gravity-mapping satellite - the first uncontrolled re-entry of an Esa spacecraft in more than 25 years.
The European Space Agency is preparing for the fiery fall to Earth of its "beautiful" Goce gravity-mapping satellite - the first uncontrolled re-entry of an Esa spacecraft in more than 25 years. Confused about Voyager 1's 'exit' from the solar system?
NASA has been sending mixed messages about whether the Voyager space probe has become the first man-made object to leave the solar system. And this isn't the first time we've heard that news. Confused? Read on. Museum Blasts Off with Black Brant Rocket
Magellan Aerospace has gifted the $100,000 rocket to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its first Black Brant launch, which also happens to be the first made-in-Manitoba space rocket.
“We know the museum is the perfect place to display the Black BrantDNA study suggests hunting did not kill off mammoth
Researchers have found the strongest evidence yet that climate change rather than humans was the main factor that drove the woolly mammoth to extinction.
Researchers have found the strongest evidence yet that climate change rather than humans was the main factor that drove the woolly mammoth to extinction.Biggest single volcano uncovered underwater
Scientists at the University of Houston have uncovered the largest single volcano on earth, located under water about 1,600 kilometres off the eastern coast of Japan.
Scientists at the University of Houston have uncovered the largest single volcano on earth, located under water about 1,600 kilometres off the eastern coast of Japan. Wynne announces interim deal to keep Experimental Lakes Area from closing
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has unveiled an interim deal to keep open an internationally renowned freshwater research station in northwestern Ontario, while negotiations continue this fall to transfer the facility from the federal government to a non-p Ancient climate-cooling meteor might have hit Quebec
A geochemist at Dartmouth University says somewhere under the forests, soil and bedrock of southern Quebec lie the ancient, undiscovered traces of an enormous meteor strike so catastrophic that it helped change the Earth's climate and alter human history. Most complete dinosaur skeleton ever found in B.C. unearthed
It took five years of painstaking work on a remote B.C. hillside near the Alberta border, but last week, paleontologist Richard McCrea and his team finally unearthed the most complete dinosaur skeleton ever found in B.C. Right whale breeding ground discovered off N.S.
Scientists believe they have located the breeding ground for the endangered North Atlantic right whale in the Gulf of Maine. Water from moon's interior detected for 1st time
Scientists have detected, for the first time, water on the moon's surface that originates from deep inside it. Modern explorers head underground and onto the ice to map uncharted territory
The Raspberry Rising expedition will be risky, time consuming and expensive. Tens of thousands of dollars have already been spent and the project could take years.
"We do this for fun," Vieira says. "That's the messed up part."'Ball cutter' fish nothing to fear, expert says
A fish with a toothy bite does not have a taste for male genitalia, a Danish fish expert is assuring nervous Scandinavian swimmers.
A fish with a toothy bite does not have a taste for male genitalia, a Danish fish expert is assuring nervous Scandinavian swimmers. Dolphins display memory better than elephants
Forget elephants. Dolphins can swim circles around them when it comes to long-term memory.World's 1st lab-grown burger cooked and eaten
Two volunteers who participated in the first public frying of hamburger grown in a lab said Monday that it had the texture of meat but was short of flavour because of the lack of fat.
Two volunteers who participated in the first public frying of hamburger grown in a lab said Monday that it had the texture of meat but was short of flavour because of the lack of fat.'Star Trek's' Shuttlecraft Galileo to Be Unveiled at Houston Museum Tomorrow | Space.com
The newly restored shuttlecraft Galileo from TV's 'Star Trek' will go on permanent display tomorrow (July 31) at Space Center Houston.
The newly restored shuttlecraft Galileo from TV's 'Star Trek' will go on permanent display tomorrow (July 31) at Space Center Houston. Space station's views of Earth to be streamed by B.C. firm
Want to see what your home looks like from the International Space Station on any given day? A Vancouver-based company will soon be giving the public the opportunity to get that view.This super 'hero' shrew has an unbreakable back
A new species of hero shrew, recently found in Africa, is now known to be one of the strongest, sturdiest mammals in the animal kingdom.
A new species of hero shrew, recently found in Africa, is now known to be one of the strongest, sturdiest mammals in the animal kingdom. Canadian scientists helping to unravel the secret of the universe's existence
A team of 400 scientists from 11 countries, including Canada, has revealed that, for the first time, a muon neutrino was seen transforming into an electron neutrino.Curiosity rover finds evidence Mars lost its atmosphere 4bn years ago | Science | The Guardian
Cataclysmic collision with an object the size of Pluto may have stripped away the early atmosphere of Mars
Cataclysmic collision with an object the size of Pluto may have stripped away the early atmosphere of MarsScientists use sound waves to levitate, manipulate matter
A team of researchers in Switzerland have developed a way of levitating and transporting small objects using nothing but sound.
A team of researchers in Switzerland have developed a way of levitating and transporting small objects using nothing but sound.Back to Canada News
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