50 years ago this month, Apollo 10 came within 14km of the moon, and paved the way for the landing | Continue reading
Boredom can open us up to the question of meaning and other deeply philosophical perspectives, but today, we look for a way out of boredom by endlessly scrolling and swiping. Philosopher Mark Kingwell argues that we're in a political economy of 'neoliberal boredom' fueled by digi … | Continue reading
They’re known as "speedcubers," young people who can solve the puzzles presented by the colourful cubes in just a few short seconds. Alisa Siegel takes us to a Toronto competition where teens race to solve the puzzle in record time. | Continue reading
A researcher at the University of Calgary says she has developed a method of turning greenhouse gases into valuable carbon nanofibres. | Continue reading
Dubbed the Jewel, the airport park complex features a forest, a park, walking trails and a seven-storey waterfall over which more than 45,000 litres of water cascade per minute. | Continue reading
Barbara Sherwood Lollar has won the prestigious Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering for her work on ancient Earth water and for advancing the search for life on other worlds. | Continue reading
A Canadian border officer seized lawyer Nick Wright's laptop and phone when he wouldn't hand over his passwords. The case highlights the growing concern over Canadian border officers’ powers to search travellers' digital devices. | Continue reading
Dr. Paul Young says some companies demand he fill out a two-page form for absences that are two days or longer. Some ask that the Bedford, N.S., physician include copies of up to three months of a patient's chart. | Continue reading
Permafrost in some areas of the Canadian Arctic is thawing so fast that it's gulping up the equipment left there to study it. | Continue reading
His take on the bagpipe is really impressive. | Continue reading
Researchers think they may have stumbled upon a clue to how new galaxies are formed after observing rapid and unexpected emissions from a massive black hole. | Continue reading
Environmentalist John Francis took a vow of silence because he worried that he’d stopped listening to people. In doing so, it deepened his understanding of the world around him. | Continue reading
While Airbnb touts stays in real people's homes and relationships with personable hosts, its biggest players in Canada are actually — and sometimes secretly — multimillion-dollar for-profit corporations, a CBC News data analysis finds. | Continue reading
“Technology is improving all the time and what would have been science fiction some 10, 20 years ago is a reality today.” | Continue reading
At only six feet above sea level, Kiribati is threatened by sea level rise and extreme weather | Continue reading
The province is expanding the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program to help the tech sector attract highly skilled employees. | Continue reading
Since February, fraudsters have infiltrated some customers' McDonald's app and run up big bills. In the latest case, a scammer ordered more than 100 meals after gaining access to a Toronto tech writer's app. | Continue reading
The genetically modified monkeys performed a bit better on memory tests than non-modified monkeys | Continue reading
A B.C. scientist has invented a 3D concrete printer that he claims can build a four-bedroom home in a matter of days at a fraction of the costs of normal construction. | Continue reading
The video game industry is hugely profitable, but it has a dirty little secret: Crunch. For years, many workers have toiled for incredibly long hours to meet game release deadlines, often with no overtime pay. It takes a toll on their health. Now, some in the industry are demandi … | Continue reading
Canada's federal privacy watchdog wants to take Facebook to Federal Court following an investigation that found the social media giant broke a number of privacy laws and failed to take responsibility protecting Canadians' personal information. The report is being released in Otta … | Continue reading
Google affiliate Wing Aviation can start delivering goods by drone in Virginia later this year after being the first company to get U.S. air carrier certification | Continue reading
Boeing has technical fixes for the 737 Max airliner and new training for pilots in the wake of two disastrous crashes. Now comes the hard part: getting passengers and airlines back on board. | Continue reading
An 88-year-old Nova Scotia woman who seldom used her cellphone is trying to recover money from Bell, after automatic debits to pay for the service added up to a credit of close to $1,000. | Continue reading
Children’s speech patterns can actually be affected when watching television from other linguistic regions, but it’s nothing to worry about. | Continue reading
Researchers studying Great White sharks have found lethal levels of mercury and arsenic | Continue reading
A Vancouver woman is sounding the alarm for millions of Canadians who have credit and debit cards, after her financial information was shared without her realizing it. Turns out, some cards have “updating services” that allow banking information to be shared with other companies … | Continue reading
Social media has given us new ways of sharing our lives with more people than ever before. But is the life we share online a true reflection of ourselves? | Continue reading
If you received a piece of registered mail from a movie studio looking to sue you for illegally downloading a TV show such as Game of Thrones, a Canadian privacy lawyer in Nova Scotia says you need to take it seriously. | Continue reading
New training requirements for Boeing Co's grounded 737 MAX jet should include time in a flight simulator, Canada's transport minister said on Wednesday. | Continue reading
Andy Parker's daughter was shot and killed while reporting on live TV. Soon after, conspiracy theorists began to spread stories and videos online, claiming that the murder was staged and that Andy was not a grieving father, but a "crisis actor." | Continue reading
Incredible site has animals buried alive amid debris from the asteroid impact | Continue reading
All light-duty cars and trucks sold in British Columbia would have to be zero-emission by 2040 under legislation tabled Wednesday. | Continue reading
Uber is providing a look under the hood of its business in the lead-up to its hotly anticipated debut on the stock market. | Continue reading
Incredible site has animals buried alive amid debris from the asteroid impact | Continue reading
A Surrey, B.C., driver who was caught wearing in-ear headphones has been found guilty of distracted driving, even though the earbuds were connected to a dead iPhone. | Continue reading
An evolutionary biologist explains why we’re more afraid of snakes than climate change. | Continue reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday put forward an ambitious program to secure Russia's foothold in the Arctic, including efforts to build new ports and other infrastructure facilities and expand an icebreaker fleet. | Continue reading
Helium supplies are shrinking and prices are skyrocketing, creating problems well beyond party balloons because of the versatile gas's use in everything from MRIs to smartphone manufacturing. | Continue reading
Parents and toddlers chat more as they read printed stories together compared to when they share electronic books, a new study from the University of Michigan found. Researchers say those conversations can be instrumental in teaching children to read and express themselves. | Continue reading
Facebook is allowing employers — including federal, provincial and municipal governments — to post job ads that target prospective employees in a way that some experts say could violate Canadian human rights law, CBC News has learned. | Continue reading
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently called for greater government oversight of the internet. But some experts say that won't be enough to solve the serious problems with the social media giant, including the spread of disinformation, hate speech and foreign election meddlin … | Continue reading
A group of independent repair technicians are challenging Apple’s approach to data recovery from water-damaged iPhones. | Continue reading
MacKenzie Bezos says her divorce from Jeff Bezos has been finalized in an agreement that will see him retain 75 per cent of their shares in Amazon, along with complete control of space travel company Blue Origin and influential newspaper the Washington Post. | Continue reading
The kids named them 'Superpower Glasses' because they say that's what it feels like when they wear them | Continue reading
On his first day as a civil servant, Sean Boots found himself stuck in a seemingly endless meeting. Now the former tech sector worker has designed a tool to measure the true cost of these workplace get-togethers. | Continue reading
New technology unveiled Tuesday is, for the first time, tracking jetliners anywhere in the world, in real time, even in areas where they previously would have been off the radar, thanks to a joint Canada-U.S. venture. | Continue reading
Reporters spent countless news cycles fixated on the Mueller report, to their detriment, says media critic Jay Rosen. As the U.S. heads into another presidential campaign, he shares his recipe for improving political coverage going forward. | Continue reading