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This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, an analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers weekly. If you haven’t subscribed, you can do that by clicking here. During the … Read More
Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92. That’s more than any other planet in our solar system. Saturn, the one-time leader, … Read More
Saving the Earth from an incoming planet-killing asteroid may one day come down to what we learned from three tiny grains of material collected from the asteroid Itokawa. The tiny … Read More
Canada lost one of its best this week. Terence Dickinson — astronomer, author, lecturer and prominent advocate of all things astronomical — passed away on February 1 at the age of 79. … Read More
A balloon the U.S. suspected was conducting surveillance over the northwestern United States is a civilian “airship” used for weather research and was blown off course, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday. A statement from … Read More
A huge, high-altitude Chinese balloon sailed across the U.S. on Friday, drawing severe Pentagon accusations of spying despite China’s firm denials. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken abruptly cancelled a … Read More
It took mere minutes for the fire to rip through Erin Watson’s home in Hamilton last month and destroy everything. The only reason she didn’t perish, she said, was because … Read More
The U.S. is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over its airspace for a couple of days, but the Pentagon decided not to shoot it down … Read More
As It Happens6:30These males critters use all their energy trying to mate, then promptly die of exhaustion The life of a male northern quoll is short, brutish and driven almost … Read More
Niagara Falls has long been a tourist destination, with its rushing rapids and breathtaking waterfalls. For centuries people have been drawn to the natural spectacle of water cascading to the … Read More
Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative entitled “Our Changing Planet” to show and explain the effects of climate … Read More
This column is an opinion by Jonah Prousky, a management consultant based in Toronto, focusing on data, analytics and artificial intelligence. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. On May … Read More
As a deadly form of avian influenza continues ravaging bird populations around much of the world, scientists are tracking infections among other animals — including various types of mammals more closely … Read More
54:00[Hunting] Ghost Particles Particle astrophysicist Benjamin Tam hopes his work will help us understand a question. A very big one. “The big question that we are trying to answer with … Read More
Authorities in Western Australia on Wednesday recovered a tiny but dangerous radioactive capsule that fell off a truck while being transported along a 1,400-kilometre highway last month in what an official … Read More
