Category: Science & Technology

Residents in central England and Wales piled up sandbags, readied water pumps and hoped for the best Tuesday as rivers peaked after a weekend storm brought up to 15 cm of rain to an already waterlogged region. Environment agencies in Read more …

New research suggests frequent exposure to common household cleaning products can increase a child’s risk of developing asthma. The cohort study found young infants living in homes where cleaning products were used frequently were more likely to develop childhood wheeze Read more …

This column is an opinion by Randy Zadra, a senior advisor and Canadian ambassador to the World Manufacturing Forum (WMF). He has worked in senior management roles at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), the MIT Media Lab in Boston, Teleglobe, and Read more …

It was early in the morning — before 6:00 a.m. — last August when Ali Chahine woke up in his home in Detroit’s suburbs and checked his smartphone. What happened next highlights why an increasing number of U.S. police forces are Read more …

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Monday that he plans to spend $10 billion US of his own fortune to help fight climate change. Bezos, the world’s richest man, said in an Instagram post that he’ll start giving grants this summer Read more …

One year after first encounter, we are now finding out what we learned about the most distant object NASA has ever visited. And it’s telling us just how the building blocks of our solar system were themselves built. Last January, New Read more …

A cargo ship is rocketing toward the International Space Station, carrying candy and cheese to satisfy the astronauts’ cravings. Northrop Grumman launched its Cygnus capsule from the Virginia seashore on Saturday. The nearly four-tonne shipment should arrive at the orbiting lab Read more …

In the market for a vintage blazer or second-hand sneakers? There’s an app for that. The proliferation of e-commerce tools has propelled the fast fashion industry, giving anyone with an internet connection the ability to put together a new outfit with Read more …

Betelgeuse just keeps getting weirder and weirder. The massive star has been the subject of much discussion over the past few months after it began to dim in December. The fading hasn’t stopped, and the star that usually lies in the Read more …

 Flower shops in Toronto have been scrambling to fill requests for beautiful bouquets and deliver them in time for Valentine’s Day.  “It’s incredibly busy every year,” florist Jessica Lamb said from Sweetpea’s in the Roncesvalles neighbourhood.  The flower of choice for most Read more …