Experts: Radar evidence of liquid water on Mars

Published: 25 July 2018

"A Mars orbiter has detected a wide lake of liquid water hidden below the planet’s southern ice sheets. There have been much-debated hints of tiny, ephemeral amounts of water on Mars before. But if...

New technique for finding life on Mars

Published: 19 January 2018

Researchers demonstrate for the first time the potential of existing technology to directly detect and characterize life on Mars and other planets. The study, published in Frontiers in Microbiology...

Bacteria control levels of dangerous pollutant in seabirds

Published: 16 December 2016

Despite ongoing global pollution, researchers have discovered that levels of mercury in seabirds off the coast of B.C. have remained relatively stable over the past 50 years. Surprisingly, mercury...

Pesticides: more toxic than previously thought?

Published: 6 August 2015

Insecticides that are sprayed in orchards and fields across North America may be more toxic to spiders than scientists previously believed.

The personalities of spiders

Published: 6 August 2015

Even jumping spiders have personalities scientists have discovered. A "shy" individual will not make the same choices as a "bold" individual. This means that some individuals, because of their...

Back to top