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ISS astronauts return to Earth early due to illness of crew member

Wed, 01/14/2026 - 14:32

NASA's Crew-11 started a return journey to Earth on Wednesday, cutting short their six-month stint in space after an unknown crew member suffered an undisclosed medical condition.

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To make New Year's resolutions stick, science can work in your favour

Wed, 01/14/2026 - 04:00

Most of us abandon New Year's resolutions within four months. But experts say it doesn’t have to be that way — and if you want to make your good intentions stick, there are ways to use science to work in your favour.

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Hurricane hunter planes turn their sights to atmospheric rivers

Wed, 01/14/2026 - 01:46

Atmospheric rivers — and the flooding they bring — are intensifying with climate change. For the past decade, the same hurricane hunter planes used to study cyclones have been flying straight into these West Coast rain-makers. Why? Because the data they collect proves these flights can significantly improve forecasts. CBC’s Johanna Wagstaffe looks at how that evidence is driving a major expansion of the program.

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It's big, beautiful and — blue. But this 40-year-old iceberg is about to disappear for good

Tue, 01/13/2026 - 20:33

An iceberg that was once the biggest on the planet is floating off into the South Atlantic Ocean, where it will soon melt away into watery oblivion. But it's going out in style.

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Yukon earthquake reveals a fault line hidden beneath glaciers

Mon, 01/12/2026 - 16:40

An earthquake which struck near the Alaska-Yukon border last month has revealed a fault line hidden beneath ice, drawing international research interest.

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Valkyrie, the black bear cub found with severe burns in December, is recovering well

Sun, 01/11/2026 - 20:08

A black bear cub caught in a fire this past December continues to make a recovery in Smithers, B.C. Rescuers said the bear was burnt while hibernating in a slash pile set on fire near Dawson Creek, B.C.

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N.S. artist helps kelp grow in homemade clay pots in underwater art installation

Sun, 01/11/2026 - 10:25

The pots were created using a mix of wild and commercial clay, and were placed in the waters of Cranberry Cove in December.

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Central Alberta farmers amazed to welcome triplet calves for 2nd year in a row

Sun, 01/11/2026 - 09:00

Lucky 7 Cattle Co., near Sedgewick, Alta., started 2026 with a bang, welcoming a set of healthy triplet calves — for the second year in a row.

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Russia is using its hypersonic missile to send a political message. How dangerous is the Oreshnik?

Fri, 01/09/2026 - 18:09

Moscow used its hypersonic 'Oreshnik 'missile to target critical infrastructure near Lviv in western Ukraine. Its use of the missile is being seen as more about political messaging, than battlefield strategy.

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French-U.K. Starlink rival pitches Canada on 'sovereign' satellite service for Arctic military operations

Fri, 01/09/2026 - 04:00

Eutelsat, a company largely owned by the French and U.K. governments, is offering Canada an alternative to Elon Musk's Starlink satellite broadband communications in the Far North. The company says it can create secure channels that cannot be disconnected for "political" reasons.

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Researchers hunt each other in the Quebec wilderness — for science, of course

Thu, 01/08/2026 - 15:02

To better understand the complex interactions between nature’s hunters and hunted, researchers gathered at the the Éco-Laurentides park near Val-Morin, Que., for a game of predator-prey.

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NASA curtails space station mission after astronaut medical issue

Thu, 01/08/2026 - 12:14

NASA is cutting short a mission aboard the International Space Station after an astronaut had a medical issue.

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Western Canada glaciers suffered 2nd-greatest ice loss on record in 2025

Thu, 01/08/2026 - 10:00

"We have to understand that it's not a question of if the glaciers are going to disappear, they are going to disappear," warns Brian Menounos, a professor of earth sciences at the University of Northern British Columbia

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‘That is so cool’ : Video of lynx captured in northwestern Ontario draws attention

Thu, 01/08/2026 - 04:00

The internet loves a cat video - and a wildlife encounter captured on film in northwestern Ontario this January is no exception. The footage features a group of lynx, including three kittens.

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Rare mountain gorilla twins born in the wild

Wed, 01/07/2026 - 11:08

A mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in war-ravaged eastern Congo, a national park announced on Wednesday, in what it described as "a major event" for the endangered subspecies.

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'Death ball' sponge, tiny opossum among cool new species of 2025

Wed, 01/07/2026 - 04:00

A spider with extraordinary genitalia, a carnivorous caterpillar that wears its prey's body parts, and a tiny opossum are among the cool new species described by science in 2025.

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Turbulence is getting worse. Would it be better if planes looked more like birds?

Wed, 01/07/2026 - 04:00

Pilots can’t see it coming, and it’s hard to avoid. But severe clear-air turbulence can shake a plane ‘like King Kong.’ It’s on the rise, and forecast to get worse due to climate change. The rise has researchers investigating how to better predict clear-air turbulence, and looking to the physics of birds to make this chaotic force less dangerous.

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Why the discovery of hot gas between galaxies is exciting Canadian researchers

Tue, 01/06/2026 - 21:31

A team of international researchers, led by a University of British Columbia astrophysicist, has discovered a young galaxy cluster that was producing hot gas at a rate five times hotter than previously theoretically thought possible.

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28 years later, see the ice storm as it was reported in 1998

Tue, 01/06/2026 - 18:23

In one of the most important meteorological events in the province’s history, successive bouts of freezing rain left thick layers of ice over everything in southern Quebec during a week-long span in January 1998, knocking out power for millions of people.

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‘Very unique’: Pod of killer whales seen rubbing bellies on rocks off B.C.'s Sunshine Coast

Tue, 01/06/2026 - 09:00

A pod of orcas surprised people on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast earlier this month by swimming close to shore and rubbing their bellies on the rocks — a behaviour an expert says few killer whales around the world have been observed doing.

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