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The B.C. Centre for Disease Control has issued a warning this summer over a potentially deadly mushroom mainly found in urban environments.  Potentially deadly fungus is mainly found in urban environments. A potentially deadly mushroom that made global headlines recently after the death of multiple people in Australia also grows …

Two quantum computers being built in Quebec represent a breakthrough in the field of computing. They leverage the properties of small particles to, theoretically, process information far faster than even the strongest supercomputers.  Quebec has invested nearly $200M in quantum computing over 7 years. In a grey industrial building in …

Some 2,200 competitors spent the weekend tapping on laptops seeking to expose flaws in technology’s next big thing — generative AI chatbots. Las Vegas event hosts more than 2,000 competitors, including Canadian university student. Some 2,200 competitors spent the weekend tapping on laptops seeking to expose flaws in technology’s next …

Virgin Galactic rocketed to the edge of space with its first tourists on Thursday, including a former British Olympian who bought his ticket 18 years ago and a mother-daughter duo from the Caribbean.  Company plans to offer monthly trips to aspiring space tourists. Virgin Galactic flies 1st tourists to edge …

In this week’s issue of our environment newsletter, we examine the benefits of wildlife corridors and the justifications for Alberta’s recently announced renewable energy moratorium. Also: Alberta’s renewable energy moratorium. Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative entitled “Our …

In the coming days, be sure to look to the skies, as one of the most active and impressive meteor showers is taking place: the Perseids. And Canada is in a prime viewing location. Skywatchers can expect to see a meteor every few minutes. Over the coming nights, be sure …

Members of an Indigenous archaeological field school are “disheartened” after discovering their dig site in Gatineau, Que., was vandalized twice in the span of a few days. School says it will be limiting public access to weekdays only. Members of an Indigenous archaeological field school are “disheartened” after discovering their …

A juvenile great white shark washing up on a P.E.I. shore might have once been considered a rare occurrence. But scientists say such incidents are becoming more frequent.  ‘I was hoping to find sea glass, driftwood — but not a shark,’ says startled tourist. A shark doesn’t wash up on …

LK-99 is all the buzz on social media, but it is just the latest of many claims to have created a room-temperature superconductor. What is it that has people so excited, and what — if anything — sets this claim apart?  Room-temperature superconductors could change the world, but some physicists …

Of all the scientists involved in the Manhattan Project, only one walked away from the plan to build a nuclear bomb. But you won’t hear the name Joseph Rotblat — or the story of how he brought the fight for nuclear disarmament to a small Nova Scotia village — in …