Superior Shoal under the microscope: Is it key to understanding the Great Lakes ecosystem?
A science team from Lakehead University and a film crew from southern Ontario completed a nine-day expedition to explore the Superior Shoal, an underwater mountain that rises nearly 300 metres from the bottom of Lake Superior. The shoal’s remote location has left it something of a mystery, but here’s what the expedition-goers’ work has uncovered.
Why 'organ chips' could transform cancer treatment and drug testing
Cancer treatments don't always work as expected, leaving patients to suffer side effects of chemotherapy without gaining benefits. Now scientists are exploring whether tiny proxy organs made in the lab from a patient’s own cells can do a better job at predicting treatment success.
Niagara Falls mayor stresses urgency of finding Marineland belugas a new home as it’s running out of food
Mayor Jim Diodati says Marineland representatives told him they’ve restructured and borrowed funds to continue to buy food for the remaining belugas, dolphins, sea lions, seals, deer and bears that remain at the closed Niagara Falls, Ont., theme park, but it’s only a matter of time before the money runs out.
From 'superhumans' to sequencing: How the next 50 years of science could shape our world
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of CBC’s Quirks & Quarks, host Bob McDonald gathered six of Canada’s top scientists to imagine what the next half-century of scientific progress might bring. From lab-grown proteins and climate-resilient cities to bionic suits and decoding dark matter, here’s what the future could look like.
Will AI make or break Canada? Innovators, researchers call for more guardrails
As the Carney government promotes artificial intelligence as part of its bid to grow the Canadian economy, some inventors who use the technology and experts who study its impacts are calling on Ottawa to add more guardrails — something the federal government is actively examining.
