Category: Science & Technology

Amnesty International issued a scathing indictment of the world’s dominant internet corporations, arguing in a new report that Google and Facebook should be forced to abandon what it calls their surveillance-based business model because it is “predicated on human rights Read more …

A fossilized tree stump has been successfully extricated from Edmonton’s river valley by the small-bladdered paddlers who discovered it. The petrified log, now estimated to be more than 70 million years old, was discovered by Mike Lees and Jeff Penney Read more …

Injuries or deaths that occur in academic science labs sometimes go unreported and there’s little comprehensive data to analyze trends, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Windsor. Earlier this week, clinical psychologist Dana Menard and chemistry professor Read more …

According to evidence unearthed by undercover Conservation officers, illegal Saskatchewan bear parts may have been sent as far as China. On Wednesday, Lianhua Chi, 55, stood trial in Saskatoon provincial court, charged with seven counts of trafficking animals. Chi pleaded Read more …

For years, Tak-Sing Wong and his mechanical engineering team at Penn State University have worked to make everything from windshield wipers to pipelines less “sticky.”  But recently, he was approached with a new challenge, one that proved as familiar as it is Read more …

This story is part of Exposing Hate, an ongoing series examining the nature of hate in Canada: how it manifests, spreads and thrives and how Canadian institutions, law enforcement and individuals are dealing with it.  To curb hate speech — Read more …

Quebecers will occupy some of the most prominent positions in the new Liberal cabinet, including foreign affairs and justice — but environmentalists in the province say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau caved to pressure from Western Canada by giving a minor post to one Read more …

Canada will be up a creek without a paddle if it doesn’t acknowledge threats to its fresh water, says a report from some of the country’s top water scientists. “We’ve enjoyed the luxury of the myth of limitless abundance of Read more …

Disney says its new Disney Plus streaming service doesn’t have a security breach, but some users have been shut out after hackers tried to break into their accounts. The news site ZDNet found stolen account usernames and passwords selling for Read more …

Scott Holmes and his team are trying to accomplish something that’s never been done before in the aviation industry: develop, build, and successfully run an electric motor in an airplane race.  The team has spent the last year developing a prototype Read more …