Category: Science & Technology

Facebook is extending its ban on hate speech to prohibit the promotion and support of white nationalism and white separatism. The company previously allowed such material even though it has long banned white supremacists. The social network said Wednesday that Read more …

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday called for landing astronauts on the moon within five years, an accelerated pace that would aim to put Americans on the lunar south pole. Pence said NASA needs to achieve that goal “by Read more …

Three researchers, two of them Canadian, have won the world’s top award in computer science for developing the ability of computers to learn like humans, by imitating the human brain and how it functions using networks of “neurons.”  That allows computers Read more …

Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more sustainable world. (Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Thursday.) This week: How to make your home Read more …

Ever wanted to write music like Johann Sebastian Bach? In honour of the composer’s 334th birthday, today’s Google Doodle uses artificial intelligence to turn a simple melody into a four-part chorale arrangement. The machine-learning model that powers the Doodle, Coconet, Read more …

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Friday that recent flooding in the state has caused an estimated $1.6 billion US in damage, pushing the total costs from the devastating Midwest flooding to at least $3 billion US. The ongoing flooding along Read more …

A spot on the sun released an explosion that is on its way to Earth and could give us a good chance of catching the northern lights on Saturday. The sun has certainly been quiet lately: in February it went Read more …

Saskatchewan’s Scotty has officially dethroned Chicago’s Sue as the biggest Tyrannosaurus rex ever found. Scotty was found in the badlands just outside of Eastend in 1991 by a high school teacher and paleontologists with the Royal Saskatchewan Museum who were out prospecting for fossils. Read more …

Here’s something you don’t see every day — in a conference room no less. A hundred or so Albertans from different parts of the energy sector, from oil and gas to renewables, playing a game together. “I am going to invite someone Read more …

Another federal payroll system needs an overhaul after it was put together quickly and on the cheap – and the repair is expected to cost almost as much as the system itself. The system, which converts paper documents into electronic versions, Read more …