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After a few years of hard work, a team of post-secondary students have put together a miniature cube satellite, which will be launched into orbit. Satellite Violet will circle the planet to study the upper atmosphere. A group of New Brunswick university students is one step closer to launching a …

As Hurricane Larry lashed Newfoundland in 2021, university students from Halifax headed to a rural area in its track to find out whether the ocean might whip microplastics up into the atmosphere then transport them by air to otherwise pristine communities. Storm’s path meant the particles it carried to land …

Nun cho ga, the baby wooly mammoth whose extraordinarily preserved remains caused a sensation after they were dug up by a miner near Dawson City, Yukon, last year, could soon be heading to Ottawa — at least for a period. ‘We need to preserve her. We need to respect her,’ …

Researchers found a male mosquito trapped in amber 130 million years ago, the oldest ever discovered. And it could do something no male mosquito alive today can do.  Ancient male had piercing-sucking mouth parts now seen only in females. Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are killed annually by malaria …

When a group of conservation scientists set off in search of a long-lost species of South Africa moles in 2021, their colleagues warned them not to get their hopes up. But now, the team from the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) and the University of Pretoria have confirmed the elusive creature …

Doug Olson discovered a pebble-sized meteorite on his roof, marking Alberta’s first witnessed meteorite fall since 1977. Discovery marks the first witnessed fall of a meteorite in Alberta in 40 years, U of A says. Doug Olson heard a loud thud on his roof while folding laundry in October last …

The evacuation of several hospitals this summer in the Northwest Territories is the latest example of how climate change can impact medical services, says Dr. Courtney Howard, an emergency room physician in Yellowknife. Howard is one of a group of Canadian doctors in Dubai this week at COP28. Canadian Medical …

Research offers new insights into our feline friends’ biology and behavior. Cats have lived alongside humans for millennia, but there’s still much we don’t know about our companions. How do cats purr? Why do they look so annoyed all the time? And when and where did cats begin sharing homes …

Crews have installed what’s billed as the first wireless-charging public roadway in the U.S. for electric vehicles. It’s beneath a street just west of downtown Detroit. Copper inductive coils allow vehicles with receivers to charge batteries while driving. Crews have installed what’s billed as the first wireless-charging public roadway in …

An underwater marine survey completed at the West Mabou Beach in Port Hood has yielded some interesting results that will shed light on what species live off the coast of Nova Scotia. Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society recently completed a curiosity-driven underwater survey. An underwater marine survey completed at West …