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Millions of people are contributing billions of views to chopped up movies and films, parcelled up and delivered to TikTok users’ homepages in random order. It’s turning the platform into an ad hoc streaming service — and leading to the meme-ification of narrative.  Movies and shows broken into parts draw …

Nova Scotia’s record-breaking fires came as a shock in a region known for relatively mild and wet weather. But rather than being an anomaly, they are a sign of things to come for Atlantic Canada, experts say.  Experts identify 3 reasons why fires are going to get more intense and …

A Saskatoon teenager is off to Japan for the world’s most prestigious youth math competition. While taking the rest of his high school classes, Haozhe Yang moved on to university-level math. University of Saskatchewan math professor Steven Rayan says Yang scored a final mark of 100 per cent in a …

It’s unlikely that aliens, should they exist, will have a single brain and walk on two legs like they do in the movies, writes Bob McDonald.  The cephalopod’s nervous system diverged in many unexpected ways compared to humans. Everything about the octopus seems strange — unworldly, even, as some have …

Controlling feral cat populations is controversial and often involves capturing, surgically sterilizing and releasing the animals, which is complex and expensive. U.S. scientists have developed a new method for cat contraception that involves a single injection of a gene that prevents cat eggs from maturing.  An alternative to resource-intensive spay …

In this week’s issue of our environment newsletter, we explore how “clam gardens” can be a climate solution and learn about the importance of biodiversity in forests.  Also: An underwater art exhibit. Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative …

Rungholt was once a booming trade town where residents reaped profits from the land’s bountiful natural resources — until a changing climate and rising sea levels ripped it all away.  Researchers find what they believe is the central church of Rungholt, the ‘Atlantis of the North Sea.’ Rungholt was once …

Tipping is now commonplace in all sorts of Canadian businesses, and one expert says the prompts employed can play on our desire to seem generous.  Being observed while paying can play on desire to seem generous: Olivier St-Cyr. Read transcribed audio For many Canadians, picking up your morning coffee now …

On Monday, Apple unveiled a new product that’s either revolutionary, or very expensive hype, depending on whether you read the company description of the Vision Pro or media reviews of its unveiling.  Costing $5K, the new Apple Vision Pro headseat is the latest big bet on virtual and augmented reality. …

Quebec’s boreal forest is not suited to frequent devastating fires, experts warn, and the current blazes could damage the delicate “mosaic” of the habitat.  If fires last through summer it ‘may take years for habitat to recover’ says biologist. Biologist Steeve Côté has seen forest fires engulf parts of the …