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Where did COVID-19 originate? Saskatoon lab helps with genetic analysis that points to animal market

A team of scientists, including one from Saskatoon, say they have strong evidence the COVID-19 virus jumped from infected animals to humans in a market in Wuhan, China, and didn't originate with a lab leak.

cbc.ca — 3 days ago

Canadian scientists urged to end government-funded research with China in sensitive areas

The new head of the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg has some homework to do before taking over in January -- starting with a long-awaited parliamentary committee report that recommends ending all government-funded research in sensitive areas .. ...

cbc.ca — 4 days ago

Elon Musk launches Starship test flight with Donald Trump watching

Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its sixth Starship test flight to space on Tuesday from Texas, eyeing an array of improvements on the rocket as U.S. president-elect Donald Trump watched in person.

cbc.ca — 4 days ago

As Japan sends a wooden satellite into space, experts say astronauts could one day live in wooden structures

After Japanese scientists launched the world's first wooden satellite into space last week, experts in Canada are proposing ways in which wood could become a bigger part of space exploration.

cbc.ca — 4 days ago

Court won't overturn decision to cut quota from N.S. N.B. elver licence holders

Three judges have delivered another blow to beleaguered commercial groups that fish for lucrative juvenile eels in the Maritimes, agreeing with a lower court ruling that upheld Ottawa's 2022 decision to transfer a portion of their quota to First ...

cbc.ca — 5 days ago

N.S. couple seeks to save dog from cancer using stem cell treatment only available in U.S

A couple's journey to try to save their dog from lymphoma is leading a Halifax-area veterinarian to look into a rare procedure only done in the U.S.

cbc.ca — 5 days ago

Demolishing buildings is a waste. There's another way: deconstruction

Constructing buildings takes a lot of wood, metal, concrete and other valuable resources. Demolishing them generates a huge amount of waste and carbon emissions. But there's another way - what if they were "deconstructed" so the materials could be .. ...

cbc.ca — 6 days ago

This company wants to cool the planet one balloon at a time. Some scientists aren't buying it

Luke Iseman and Andrew Song have a plan to cool the planet, inspired by a science fiction novel, using balloons full of heat-reflecting sulfur dioxide launched into the Earth's stratosphere. But some scientists aren't buying it.

cbc.ca — 6 days ago

Why is everything 'quantum' now?

CBC News science specialist Darius Mahdavi takes a tour of UBC's Quantum Matter Institute to learn more about quantum science and how many of the experiments being done there could launch science and humanity into the unknown.

cbc.ca — 7 days ago

This Laurentian University researcher is collecting DNA from the air inside beehives

A professor at Laurentian University will be putting honey bees to work to better understand how climate change is affecting different plants and pollinators across Ontario.

cbc.ca — 7 days ago

Killing cancer cells with alpha particles could be the next frontier in treatment

Canadian cancer researchers are part of global efforts to test targeted alpha therapy, a new form of treatment that some oncologists believe is the next frontier in attacking cancer at the cellular level.

cbc.ca — 7 days ago

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