Technology

Technology & Science The burning of fossil fuels to heat our homes is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions in this cold country. Green builders say we need to decarbonize heating by going electric if Canada is going to meet its climate targets. Here’s a closer look at some …

Technology & Science A team of Canadian astronomers have played a key role in locating a second fast radio burst, a crucial step in identifying what causes these mysterious signals from outside Earth's galaxy. An artist's impression of a Fast Radio Burst (FRB) reaching Earth. The colours represent the burst …

Calgary According to a new study by the University of Calgary and the University of Montreal, you can tell a lot about how a cat is feeling from certain facial expressions. Dr. Daniel Pang at the University of Calgary explains that when a feline comes into a vet's office not …

Quirks & Quarks Robots made of frog skin and heart cells can crawl, move stuff and heal themselves. A Xenobot, 650-750 microns in diameter. The "legs" help it shuffle around in the petri dish.(Douglas Blackiston and Sam Kriegman) Listen9:12 Scientists have unveiled the first ever "living robot," an organism made …

Calgary A video game streamer sprung into action after he spotted a disturbing video on social media. He spent the next 24 hours tracking down evidence and providing it to police. The result was a Calgary woman being charged for allegedly assaulting a child. Gaming fans around the world spotted …

Technology & Science·What on Earth? In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at ways to reduce the emissions from heating and how the oil and gas industry could help access some of Alberta's lithium deposits. (Sködt McNalty/CBC) Hello, people! This is our weekly newsletter on all things …

Technology & Science The Canadian military is looking for help taking out the trash in space. The European Space Agency estimates more than 129 million pieces of space junk are circling our planet, most of them smaller than a raisin.(NASA) The Canadian military is looking for help taking out the …

Technology & Science Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it aims to remove more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits by 2030 and that by 2050, it hopes to have taken out enough to account for all the direct emissions the company has ever made. President of Microsoft Brad Smith …

Ottawa Quincy Emmons and Zackery Hodgen believe their non-toxic flame suppressamt could help douse the wildfires currently ravaging Australia. But before their product can fly anywhere, it needs the approval of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A plane drops fire suppressant over a wildfire in Santa Paula, Calif., on Nov. …

Technology & Science Specialist firefighters have saved the world's last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney, officials said Thursday. A member of the specialist team of remote-area firefighters and parks staff inspects the endangered Wollemi pines for bushfire damage at Wollemi …