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NASA’s plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth is on hold until there’s a faster, cheaper way, space agency officials said Monday.  Current plan ballooned to a cost of $11B US, with a return decades away. NASA’s plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth is on …

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has declared another mass coral bleaching event — with more than half the world’s reefs suffering in the last year. Experts worry global sea surface temperatures, which have hit historic highs in the last year, might push these organisms past the point of …

As the Canadian health-care system struggles to deal with staffing shortages, some hospitals are turning to virtual technology they believe could move patients through the emergency room more efficiently. All hospitals in N.S. will have virtual urgent care station in place by June, official says. A few steps inside the …

World-renowned primatologist and climate activist Jane Goodall says carbon pricing schemes like the one Canada has deployed aren’t a silver bullet to solve the pressing threat of climate change.  ‘It’s not something I endorse,’ British primatologist says of carbon taxes. World-renowned primatologist and climate activist Jane Goodall says carbon pricing …

The Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched by NASA in 1977, is more than 24 billion kilometres from Earth. Now, a glitch is sending corrupted data back to the ground. Voyager 1’s system that sends data home is malfunctioning, preventing the computer from operating as it should. Last November, the Voyager 1 …

In this week’s issue of our environment newsletter, we learn what happened after a Toronto school ‘daylighted’ a buried creek through its schoolyard, take a look at a highrise in Halifax that set a new green energy record and visit a grocery store in Brandon, Man., that saves food and …

Plans are settling into place for an attempt to rescue a young killer whale calf stranded in a tidal lagoon near the Vancouver Island village of Zeballos within four or five days, says the area’s First Nation chief.  Calf has been stuck in tidal lagoon since last month. Complex operation …

The federal government says Canada could face another destructive wildfire season, after an unusually warm winter, widespread drought conditions and a forecast of above-normal temperatures in the months ahead. Officials say forecast of dry, warm weather increases likelihood of fires in coming months. Canada at risk for another devastating wildfire …

Click here to view the video They’re reddish, with black spots, and they are flying high this time of year. We’re talking about lady beetles. Globally, there are about 6,000 lady beetle species. About 166 of those have been documented in Canada, and not all of them are native. In …

Scientist Floyd Shockley has been planning a road trip to witness a rare natural event that will darken skies across much of the United States — a convergence not of celestial bodies, but of two massive broods of flying, screaming, lustful insects.  More than a trillion cicadas to emerge from …