The search for better search [audio]

This week, a look at the evolution of search engines - and whether alternatives to all-powerful Google may take hold, or at least force it to adapt to growing privacy concerns. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

700 years ago Maori land clearing left a sooty signature in Antarctica

Ice core samples suggest that human influence on the atmosphere goes back centuries before the industrial revolution. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Scientists mapping the world's underground fungi network to fight climate change

There is a global blind spot in the fight against climate change, says evolutionary biologist Toby Kiers, and she is on a quest to map it out. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Chef Ric knows learning to cook can change a person's life, because it saved his

After turning his life around thanks to the support of a concerned cook, chef helps others do the same through the Food Services Training Program at the Ottawa Mission kitchen that bears his name. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

If the way we work is going to change, offices are going to change, too

At organizations across Canada, decision-makers are looking at how their physical workspaces need to function as they plan how their employees will make use of them in the future — even if their staff end up spending less time there than they used to. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Suppressed and forcibly assimilated Sami people of Sweden get church apology

An apology service this week marked a major step forward for reconciliation in Sweden, where the Indigenous Sámi people continue to fight for self-determination and recognition of past wrongs committed by church and state. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

War Games

The popular tabletop game Warhammer 40,000 was a sanctuary during my high school years. But more recently, it has been embraced by Trump supporters and white supremacists. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

The Next Big Thing – Working in 2050 [audio]

What will "work" look like in 30 years? Will robots do most of our jobs? What will the rest of us do? Will there be physical offices or will we work entirely in the metaverse? Will we even need money? | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

YouTubers engineer hyper-realistic plasma lightsaber that can cut through steel

James Hobson and his team at Hacksmith Industries in Kitchener, Ont., have created a hyper-realistic, retractable plasma lightsaber that reaches a scorching heat of 2,200 C. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Georgia politician stands by giant topiary chicken that got him ousted as mayor

Jim Puckett put all his eggs in one basket when he started building the tallest topiary in the world. But his dream tourist attraction cost him his job — and now the steel framework of a giant chicken looms over the town of Fitzgerald, Ga. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Great Barrier Reef 'gives birth' in coral spawning event

Scientists recorded corals in Australia's Great Barrier Reef spawning in an explosion of colour as the World Heritage-listed natural wonder recovers from life-threatening coral bleaching episodes. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Catholic oblates use complex corporate structure to avoid playing settlements

A CBC investigation into the many and varied corporate holdings of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate shows hundreds of millions of dollars, a commitment to take care of a dwindling number of aging priests, and evidence that new corporate entities were created as lawsuits and liabili … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

N.L. justice minister confirms health-care employee info stolen in cyberattack

John Hogan has confirmed that employee information was illegally taken in the cyberattack that has disrupted the province's health-care system for nearly two weeks. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Doctors say the kids' Covid-19 vaccine is a booster for mental health

Pediatric experts say the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged five to 11 will not only protect them against infection, but also help relieve skyrocketing children's mental health struggles. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Hamilton youth charged after $46M in cryptocurrency stolen from U.S. resident

A Hamilton youth has been charged in the theft of $46 million in cryptocurrency after investigators learned some of it was being used to buy a gaming username. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Surprising ways nature 'rebooted' with reduced human activity

Reduced human activity created an unexpected opportunity for scientists to study how wildlife, air quality and noise pollution changed — and even they were surprised by what happened | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Sugar shock at popular coffee chains

CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Canadian Centre for Experimental Radio Astronomy sets up new base

Evicted from its former base in Smiths Falls, Ont., the Canadian Centre for Experimental Radio Astronomy has found a new home from which to explore the heavens. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Electric vehicle maker Rivian $100B valuation despite almost no sales

Rivian Automotive, an electric vehicle company that has so far delivered only about 150 electric pickup trucks mostly to its own employees, surpassed General Motors Thursday to become the second most valuable U.S. car company behind Tesla. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

A Canadian opens up about her secret wartime work

Almost 80 years after the fact, retired sergeant Marjorie Stetson is only now able to talk about her top-secret work on Japanese codes during the Second World War. She's sharing her story ahead of Remembrance Day. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Instead of cheques to fight climate change, billionaires should just pay taxes

Billionaires, celebrities and royalty were front and centre at this week’s COP26 climate conference, where Amazon founder Jeff Bezos pledged $2 billion to fight climate change. But some experts say the billions pledged are little more than a distraction from the real issues at ha … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Baleen whales eat much more than we thought

In the most detailed study of their diets yet, researchers found baleen whales eat an average of three times more each year than previously estimated. All that food turns into iron-rich feces, which is important in the ocean's nutrient cycle. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Newfoundland and Labrador health-care cyberattack is worst in Canadian history

One cybersecurity expert says the ongoing disruptions to the Newfoundland and Labrador health-care system may constitute the worst cyberattack in Canadian history, and has implications for national security. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Billionaire defends windowless dorm rooms for California students

Billionaire Charles Munger is standing by his concept for a massive California dormitory that's been compared to a prison for students.  | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

How to make technology greener? End planned obsolescence

Many of us are frustrated by how soon new high-tech devices like smartphones break or just don’t work well anymore, forcing us to replace them — a concept often called “planned obsolescence.” That cycle is also unsustainable, given the limited resources on Earth, advocates say. H … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Neuroscientist argues the left side of our brains have taken over our minds

Neuroscientist Iain McGilchrist argues that Western society has become too dominated by the left hemisphere of our brains — obsessed with data and sorting things into categories. Meanwhile, the right hemisphere of our brains which understand relationships and context has been sid … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Portpass proof-of-vaccine app continued to expose personal data after updates

Personal information belonging to more than 17,000 users of the private proof-of-vaccination app Portpass has remained unsecured and visible online — including, in some cases, photos of people’s driver’s licences and passports — despite assurances from the company that its data-s … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Video captures moment a plane was forced to land on a highway north of Toronto

A small plane was forced to make an emergency landing on a major highway just north of Toronto Wednesday morning. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

'I don't sleep well': Writer recounts career covering human rights abuses

In 'The Will to See: Dispatches from a World of Misery and Hope', Bernard-Henri Lévy recounts his career documenting human rights abuses in countries such as Libya and Greece. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Facing sky-high connection fees, rural Ontarians go off the grid

When Craig Timmermans set out to build a new headquarters for his companies in northern Ontario, he reached out to the power company to find out how much it would charge him to connect to the grid. He was shocked to find out it would cost $80,000. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Right-to-disconnect legislation being introduced by Ontario Government

The Ontario government is introducing legislation today that, if passed, would better protect, support, and attract workers to the province. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Scientists have found a way to harden wood to make a knife that rivals steel

Researchers have 'densified' wood using chemistry and pressure to make it 23 times harder, and used it to make a knife that is three times sharper than traditional stainless steel. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Jonas Bendiksen intended manipulated images to be caught, but no one noticed

Award-winning photojournalist Jonas Bendiksen manipulated the images in his recent work, The Book of Veles, intending to be found out. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Newfoundland couple gets their dream home – by moving it on the water

Daniele Penney had a dream of living in one special house in McIvers, Nfld., and wasn't about to let a kilometre of salt water get in the way of making it happen. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Quebec delays vaccine mandate for health-care workers, fearing staffing crisis

Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé announced health-care workers will have 30 more days to get adequately vaccinated. The original deadline was Friday. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Experts warn of high levels of chemicals in clothes by some fast-fashion brands

A Marketplace investigation found that out of 38 samples of children’s, adult’s and maternity clothes and accessories, almost one in five items had elevated levels of chemicals — including lead, PFAS and phthalates — that experts found concerning.  | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Real estate agents caught on camera steering buyers from low-commission homes

A CBC Marketplace investigation has found that some real estate agents are breaking the law by steering unwitting buyers away from low-commission homes.  | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Lungs delivered by drone saved an Ontario man's life

That drone carried a pair of lungs 1.5 kilometers across downtown Toronto in what University Health Network believes was a world-first delivery that saved the life of Alain Hodak, 63, who was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Apple to make ten million fewer iPhones due to micro chip shortage

An ongoing shortage of microchips that has eaten into the supply of everything from cars to toys is finally starting to hit the supply of iPhones. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Van Gogh considered this his most important painting

Vincent Van Gogh's The Potato Eaters was rejected by the art community in 1885 and never publicly displayed during the artist's lifetime. Now it's at the centre of a new exhibit called Mistake or Masterpiece? | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

U.S. inflation rate rises to 13-year high of 5.4%

The inflation rate rose to a 13-year high in September as rising costs for food and shelter pushed the rate up to 5.4 per cent. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Drone delivers lungs for transplant to Toronto hospital in world first

University Health Network and Unither Bioelectronique say they have completed the world's first transplant of lungs delivered by an unmanned drone. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Meterorite chunk crashes into house, bedroom, pillow

Ruth Hamilton was sound asleep in Golden, B.C., last week when she was awoken by her dog barking, the sound of a crash through her ceiling and the feeling of debris on her face. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Texas governor bans all Covid-19 vaccine mandates, including by private business

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Monday to prohibit any entity — including private businesses — from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers, and he called on state lawmakers to pass a similar ban into law. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Facial Recognition pinpoints [stolen] Gretsch guitar

For 45 years, Randy Bachman tried filling the void left behind by a guitar — the guitar — he strummed some of rock music’s most iconic songs with. He purchased hundreds of other Gretsch guitars, but the former Guess Who guitarist was unable to find that guitar until recently. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Spark: The AI Revolution [audio]

The celebrated writer discusses her recent book of essays, 12 Bytes, and shares her vision of possible AI futures. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Canada's 'gamble' on delaying, mixing and matching Covid-19 vaccines paid off

New Canadian data suggests the strategy to delay and mix second doses of COVID-19 vaccines led to strong protection from infection, hospitalization and death — even against the highly contagious delta variant — that could provide lessons for the world. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

With Montreal renters getting squeezed, should the city take a cue from Berlin?

Residents of the German capital voted in favour of expropriating more than 200,000 housing units from the city's largest landlords and transferring them to public ownership. Could such a drastic approach work here? | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago