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The federal government says Canada could face another destructive wildfire season, after an unusually warm winter, widespread drought conditions and a forecast of above-normal temperatures in the months ahead. Officials say forecast of dry, warm weather increases likelihood of fires in coming months The federal government says Canada could face …

By Joel Khalili Business Mar 28, 2024 11:52 AM FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison A US judge has sentenced Sam Bankman-Fried, one-time crypto wunderkind, to 25 years behind bars. ILLUSTRATION: OLIVER HAZELWOOD; GETTY IMAGES A US federal judge in the Southern District of New York …

Amanda Hoover Business Mar 28, 2024 5:00 AM The White House Puts New Guardrails on Government Use of AI Vice President Kamala Harris says new rules for government AI deployments, including a requirement that algorithms are checked for bias, will “put the public interest first.” Vice President Kamala HarrisPhotograph: Anna …

A DNA laboratory in Toronto knowingly delivered prenatal paternity test results that routinely identified the wrong biological fathers — ruling out the real dads — and left a trail of shattered lives around the globe, a CBC News investigation has found. Testing by Viaguard-Accumetrics seemed to use guesswork over science, …

A partial solar eclipse will be viewable in Vancouver in 2033. But it won't be until 2044 that a total solar eclipse will cross over northern B.C. and parts of Alberta. Partial eclipse will be viewable in Vancouver in 2033, northern B.C. to experience totality in 2044 Thousands of people …

Scientist Floyd Shockley has been planning a road trip to witness a rare natural event that will darken skies across much of the United States — a convergence not of celestial bodies, but of two massive broods of flying, screaming, lustful insects. More than a trillion cicadas to emerge from …

Aarian MarshallMatt Simon Business Mar 27, 2024 2:19 PM The Baltimore Bridge Collapse Is About to Get Even Messier Closing the city’s seaport will send shockwaves across global shipping. Supersize container ships pose a growing risk to bridges and other infrastructure when things go wrong. The cargo ship Dali is …

Will Knight Business Mar 27, 2024 8:00 AM Inside the Creation of the World’s Most Powerful Open Source AI Model Startup Databricks just released DBRX, the most powerful open source large language model yet—eclipsing Meta’s Llama 2. Databricks staff in the company's San Francisco office.Photograph: Gabriela Hasbun This past Monday, …

Joel Khalili Business Mar 27, 2024 7:00 AM The Science of Crypto Forensics Survives a Court Battle—for Now A jury convicted Roman Sterlingov of money laundering this month. His defense team says it will appeal, saying the crypto-tracing technique at the heart of the case is “pseudoscience.” Photo-illustration: Jacqui VanLiew; …

For science journalist and CBC radio host Bob McDonald, the journey to the path of totality is part of the adventure of being an eclipse-chaser. Getting to the path of totality — the best place to experience this cosmic display — is part of the adventure This First Person column …