Science & Climate

Federal government cuts mean site near Fredericton will be shut down The Mactaquac Biodiversity Facility, just west of Fredericton, is slated to be closed by the federal government. (Sam Farley/CBC)  The Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick and Atlantic salmon scientists and conservationists are criticizing the federal decision to close the Mactaquac …

His lab was shut down but now two ethics committees say animal abuse allegations were ‘unsubstantiated’ London researcher explains why he was testing on dogs  Frank Prato, the scientist behind controversial studies inducing heart attacks in dogs, sat down for an exclusive interview with CBC’s London Morning host Andrew Brown …

‘You have to head on to physio after,’ joked president of the basin committee At two metres long, the halibut is bigger than most of the fishermen. It was caught by Alain Hamel and surpassed the record set last year. (Submitted by Alain Hamel) It took two and a half hours …

Direct lithium extraction technology is inching closer to commercial viability A lithium-ion battery production line in Yongkang, China on Nov. 11, 2025. Lithium is a key mineral to make batteries for consumer electronics, electric vehicles and grid storage. (China Daily/Reuters) A new and possibly more environmentally friendly way to mine lithium …

Launch scheduled for Sunday, though it could move to March NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft atop a mobile launcher is seen Thursday, Jan. 29, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (NASA/Jim Ross)  NASA ran into a leak while fuelling its new moon rocket …

From Wiarton Willie to Lucy the Lobster, weather prognosticators take centre stage on Groundhog Day Ontario’s Wiarton Willie is a staple on Groundhog Day, one of the many animal prognosticators that emerge to give good or bad weather news, depending on if you love or hate winter. (Chris Young/Canadian Press)  Wiarton …

Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen preparing for flyby in early February Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt stands next to a split lunar boulder during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity at the Taurus-Littrow landing site on the moon on Dec. 13, 1972. That was the last mission to the moon. Now, …

Recent building code update mandates radon mitigation in new houses, but many existing homes still at risk Roughly one in five residential buildings in Canada has high radon levels — a figure that’s more than doubled since the late 2000s, research shows. (Patrick Morrell/CBC)  You can’t see or smell radon, the …

Genetic genealogy investigations hampered by Ancestry.com search ban Sean McCowan holds a photo of his sister, Erin Gilmour, who was murdered in 1983. Toronto police cracked the case in 2022, tracking down her killer using genetic genealogy. (Albert Leung/CBC News)  Sean McCowan carries the burden on his wrist. The number of …

Findings may help doctors design and tailor better treatments, says project lead Alford Lugg is prediabetic and comes to the Black Creek Community Health Centre regularly for blood pressure and blood sugar checks. He wants to enroll in a project that aims to map more than 10,000 genomes of Black …