The man who’s known as the godfather of artificial intelligence says he’s pitched governments on the idea in order to keep up with — and keep tabs on — private tech giants. Government needs ‘that muscle’ to keep up with tech companies, Bengio says. Yoshua Bengio has been thinking for …
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Alberta’s oilsands pump out more pollutants than industry reports, scientists find
Alberta’s oilsands operations produce far more potentially harmful air pollutants than officially recorded — putting the daily output on par with those from gridlocked megacities like Los Angeles, new research suggests. Data collected by air finds levels of harmful pollutants can be more than 60 times higher than estimated. Alberta’s …
Read More »AI is increasingly being used to deal with climate change, but it has its own emissions problem
Artificial intelligence is assisting in climate adaptation and mitigation, but it has its own emissions problem. And it is one that will only grow as AI is used for more and more applications. But there are ways to reduce those emissions. Transitioning to renewable energy from fossil fuels will help …
Read More »A new gold rush? The search for the natural hydrogen motherlode is coming to Canada
An Alberta company plans to begin searching for natural hydrogen in northern Ontario this summer in hopes of finding enough of the gas — highly valued as a clean fuel source — to produce and market it. An Alberta company searching for deposits of the gas is set to drill …
Read More »What Canada can learn from Norway, the EV capital of the world
Norway is considered the world leader in electric vehicles, with roughly one-quarter of all cars on the road now electric. How did the country get here? And what can Canada learn from its experience? The nordic country aims to phase out gas vehicle sales by next year, and observers say …
Read More »Record-smashing Tonga volcano sheds new light on how underwater volcanoes blow
Fresh volatile-rich magma triggered a chain reaction of explosions that led to the loudest, highest and most destructive underwater volcano ever recorded 60-million Olympic-sized swimming pools of saltwater shot upwards, making our climate even warmer. It was a record-breaking blast that swept the world — several times over, as it …
Read More »Sperm whales live in clan systems similar to early humans, Dalhousie study says
New research from a professor at Dalhousie University shows that sperm whales live in distinct clans with thousands of members. Researcher says clans are female-based and use different vocal dialects. Sperm whales live in structured clans similar to early humans, according to new research. Hal Whitehead, the sole author of …
Read More »Canadian-built underwater observatory transmitting data from around Antarctica
A cache of scientific equipment that could fit in the back of an SUV has been lowered into the sea north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and is already streaming open-source data for anyone wanting to monitor the Southern Ocean’s health. Data from Canadian-Spanish project could pick up changes to sea …
Read More »One small step toward solar power from space a success
As a recent space solar power mission comes to an end, more scientists are looking at this technology as a viable option that could help end our power woes. Recent space solar power mission comes to an end after beaming power to Earth for the first time. Scientists at the …
Read More »How scientists tracked the 1,000 km journey of a woolly mammoth using its tusk
The new study, published Wednesday in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances, follows the journey of the mammoth, named Elma, from western Yukon to the interior of Alaska where she likely lived side by side with people. Tusk shows evidence that humans and mammoths coexisted in Alaska, says researcher. With nothing …
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