New science hints that Earth's nearest neighbour may be influencing human behaviour in a small, but significant way, by affecting our sleep cycles. | Continue reading
Silver broke above $30 US an ounce for the first time since 2013 on Monday, the latest asset to see a pop in a volatile few weeks on markets. | Continue reading
Johnson & Johnson's long-awaited vaccine appears to protect against COVID-19 with just one shot. It's not as strong as some of its two-shot rivals but still potentially helpful for a world in dire need of more doses. | Continue reading
Two Canada Post workers in Regina were temporarily suspended earlier this month after they refused to deliver the latest sample edition of the Epoch Times, a paper founded by Chinese-American followers of Falun Gong and known for its critical coverage of the China's communist reg … | Continue reading
China says it will no longer recognize a typo of U.K. passport known as British national (overseas) as a valid travel document or form of identification amid a bitter feud with London over a plan to allow millions of Hong Kong residents a route to residency and eventual citizensh … | Continue reading
Boredom is a mental health issue, contributes to risky pandemic behaviour and might even affect our pandemic politics. | Continue reading
Mining lithium for batteries, plus the power source they're charged from, affects an EV’s impact on the environment. | Continue reading
Married couple Rod and Ekaterina Baker are accused of flouting COVID-19 rules and lying about being local motel workers in order to obtain doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine in Beaver Creek, Yukon, last week. Rod Baker has resigned from his job as CEO of Great Canadian Gami … | Continue reading
Reconstructing a dino's cloaca gives scientists a new perspective on their mating strategies | Continue reading
Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.3 billion US lawsuit against former U.S. president Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, accusing him of defamation in what it called his "big lie" campaign about widespread fraud in the presidential election, court documents on Monday showed. | Continue reading
Harbour Air’s retro-fitted seaplane with an all-electric engine is expected to fly farther and for longer in 2021, as the company pushes forward with better batteries and a commitment to greener air travel. | Continue reading
The regional health authority for the eastern part of the Montreal island says it is investigating the incident at CHSLD Joseph-François-Perrault, but experts say receiving the two different vaccines is no reason to panic. | Continue reading
The Keystone XL cancellation is just the latest piece of proof that the UCP spun a fantasy in 2019 that it now can't make real, says Jen Gerson. | Continue reading
The Trump administration has determined that China has committed "genocide and crimes against humanity" in its repression of Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday, delivering an embarrassing blow to Beijing a day before U.S. pr … | Continue reading
Twitter has locked the account of the Chinese Embassy in the U.S. for a tweet that defended China's policies in the Xinjiang region, which the U.S. social media platform said violated the firm's policy against "dehumanization" of a group of people. | Continue reading
A small group of wild, European bison will be introduced to a woodland reserve in England, and the group overseeing the project is looking for two rangers to manage the herd, no previous experience required. | Continue reading
One of Canada's most prominent technology darlings is being sold to a South Korean internet conglomerate in a $600 million US deal. | Continue reading
A new documentary examines the legacy of Canada's notorious homosexuality detection device. | Continue reading
One in six adult Canadians falls short of passing the most basic set of literacy tests, making them functionally illiterate, and this could mean problems as a post-COVID-19 economic recovery ramps up. | Continue reading
Canadian carriers are rolling out new safety campaigns and policies to ease public skepticism about the 737 Max as they ready for the jet's first Canadian flights after being grounded for nearly two years. | Continue reading
Stefan Thomas is a bitcoin millionaire. Or, he would be if only he could remember his password. | Continue reading
Post-COVID life will eventually be “like the roaring ’20s” that followed the 1918 influenza pandemic, but it’ll be a bumpy ride to get there, says a doctor and medical sociologist who studies the impact of pandemics. | Continue reading
From a flying Cadillac to "the world's smartest mask", here's a look at some of the most interesting items on virtual display at this year's CES tech conference. | Continue reading
Attempts to keep the economy open while fighting the coronavirus face new challenges from mutating COVID-19 variants, as the World Bank expresses concerns about financial stress for countries that failed to get on top of the pandemic early. | Continue reading
The number of Americans filing first-time applications for unemployment benefits surged last week, confirming a weakening in labour market conditions as a worsening COVID-19 pandemic disrupts operations at restaurants and other businesses. | Continue reading
One of Italy's largest-ever Mafia trials kicked off on Wednesday, with more than 320 suspected mobsters and their associates facing an array of charges, including extortion, drug trafficking and theft. | Continue reading
A researcher who is archiving images and video from the attack on the U.S. Capitol says the work of identifying those involved must be "conducted very thoroughly, very slowly." | Continue reading
While some say market trading of water as a commodity will help the world prepare for climate change, Canadian experts are wary and doubtful, writes Don Pittis. | Continue reading
Fake swear words like ‘fouch’ and ‘twizpipe’ just can’t compete with the f-word when it comes to helping people tolerate pain | Continue reading
A set of 3D printer designs of the Cree syllabic chart is helping students learn the language. | Continue reading
The Game Genie could make Super Mario jump higher. But Nintendo didn't want him to, and in 1990 the game maker sued a Canadian company over the product. | Continue reading
Independent bookstores have been among the few economic success stories of the COVID-19 pandemic. Booksellers in Ottawa weigh in on the surprise plot twist — and reveal their top sellers. | Continue reading
A perfectly preserved ancient wolf pup found in Yukon in 2016 was likely seven weeks old when it died in its den 57,000 years ago and ate fish for its last meal, scientists who studied the rare find said as they shared some of their findings for the first time. | Continue reading
The device can significantly reduce the time it takes to bring down a person's blood alcohol level | Continue reading
Since starting as a "shop local" list three weeks ago, Not-Amazon.ca has expanded to include more than 2,000 local businesses in four cities across the country, and shop owners say they're seeing an increase in online sales. | Continue reading
Four months after it allowed a handful of palliative care patients to use psilocybin as a way to relieve end-of-life suffering, Health Canada has cleared the way for more than a dozen health professionals to use the psychedelic drug themselves to help develop therapies for future … | Continue reading
The federal government has given the green light to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, a key step toward launching the biggest inoculation program in Canada's history. | Continue reading
Facebook has started enforcing new rules for advertisers in Canada meant to prohibit discrimination in ads for jobs, housing and credit services. Human rights commission officials say that's even more important in a pandemic. | Continue reading
The election and cybersecurity official who was fired last month by U.S. President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Tuesday over threatening remarks by a lawyer for the president that prompted a wave of death threats against him. | Continue reading
The new high-speed internet service from Elon Musk's SpaceX firm recently approved by the CRTC does have drawbacks, including its price tag and the potential impact its satellites will have on stargazing. But it's offering hope to users in rural areas who've long struggled to get … | Continue reading
A video game livestream session between federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and a U.S. lawmaker has raised more than $200,000 US in donations. | Continue reading
Toronto director travels the world to meet other chorophobes like himself and understand this complex fear | Continue reading
The University of British Columbia has launched an investigation after more than 100 entry-level math students were accused of cheating on their midterm exam several days ago. | Continue reading
Mike Reynolds says people are usually baffled when he tells them he’s transformed his bar into a VHS rental store. | Continue reading
The initial vision of the internet was that it would empower individuals and expose the wrongdoings of state and corporate interests. But now the same technologies that had been used for public uprisings against oppressive governments are now being used by those governments again … | Continue reading
The Quebec government will unveil its green economy plan on Monday. A ban on the sale of new gas-powered vehicles as of 2035 is expected to be a major part of it. | Continue reading
Technology has always been a part of human existence. Today though, says the experimental physicist, Ursula M. Franklin, technology has large-scale effects on culture itself. Ursula Franklin is an experimental physicist, University Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, … | Continue reading
Dutch students have created a fully functioning electric car made entirely out of waste, including plastics fished out of the sea, recycled plastic bottles and unsorted household garbage. | Continue reading