A re-examination of four fossils reveals the origins of snakes go back almost 70 years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study. The fossils were originally labelled as lizard specimens. A decade ago, University of Alberta Professor Michael…»
@*@ Archive
Highlights/Science and Technology
Forget passwords, A new Canadian take on biometrics
A Canadian company has developed what could be a new way to log on to your computer, open your cell phone, and perhaps even some day start your car. We’ve all seen movies of biopmetric devices such as retinal scanners,…»
Environment, Science and Technology
Did province just break a fracking earthquake world record?
Hydraulic fracturing has caused a series of earthquakes “including a record-breaking tremor with a felt magnitude of 4.4 last week” in the Canadian province of Alberta, according to an article on The Tyee website by journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk. Nikiforuk…»
Education, International, Military, Science and Technology, Society
Canadian researcher discovers Roman history hiding in plain sight
The impressive Trajan’s Column has stood for almost 2,000 years in the centre of Rome. The column at 30 metres tall, has a helical frieze of 195 metres in length winding its way up the column. For hundreds of years…»
Science and Technology, Society
Psychopaths’ brains can’t process punishment
Brain scans indicate the brain of a psychopath is different from others’ and bolsters the idea that they are unable to learn from punishments imposed on them, indicates a study published in The Lancet. This could provide new insight into developing rehabilitation…»
Animals, Environment, International, Science and Technology
Controversial wolf cull now underway in B.C
.The west coast province of British Columbia has embarked on a plan to shoot wolves in what they say is an immediate action in an effort to save the few remaining caribou of the South Selkirk herd. The South Selkirk…»
Animals, Environment, International, Science and Technology
Canadian research: new orangutan discovery
A Canadian researcher was working on a project in Borneo involving the rare snow leopard, when he stumbled across a previously unknown behaviour in orangutans. Brent Loken is a doctoral candidate at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia in the…»
Politics, Science and Technology, Society
Canadians increasingly concerned about privacy
A new report stemming from a poll by Canada’s Privacy Commissioner has found that nine out of 10 Canadians say they are concerned about their privacy. In fact the poll show a third (34%) of Canadians now say they are…»
Education, Lifestyle, Science and Technology, Society
Adults must help youth hone online skills: study
Parents, teachers and policy makers should help young people develop the skills to navigate the online word, suggests a report from MediaSmarts, a centre for digital and media literacy. Its survey or 5,400 children between the ages of nine and…»
Environment, International, Science and Technology
Global “Doomsday” edges closer
“This is about doomsday; this is about the end of civilization as we know it,” bulletin executive director Kennette Benedict Scientists have moved the “Doomsday Clock” another two minutes closer to the end fo the world. The time is now…»
@*@ Sidebar
Search by
Category
Author
What do you think?
Most recent topics
Environment, International, Lifestyle, SportsWorld ice-boat championships come to Ontario.Economy, Health, International, Science and TechnologyAmazingly simple, low-cost Canadian surgical innovationHealth, Science and TechnologyCanadian research discovers how we continually update visual memory of surroundings.History, Military, PoliticsVeterans' group says 'we won't be pacified' after run-in with new veterans affairs ministerArts and EntertainmentCanadian book on learning Old Irish gaelicHealth, Work & LabourCanadians need to know impact of workplace on breast cancer rates, says researcher
The LINK Online Sat. Jan 31, 2015International, Military, Politics, SocietyPM Harper doesn't think liberties taken away by protecting Canadians from terrorismEconomy, Environment, Indigenous, International, Politics, SocietyObama, oil drilling and injustice in Canada's North: Arctic in ReviewAnimals, Science and TechnologyMislabelled fossils shows snakes much olderScience and TechnologyForget passwords, A new Canadian take on biometricsSocietyAdventurer climbs Niagara Falls iceMontreal and Toronto among world’s safest cities Education, Immigration & Refuge, International, Politics, SocietyMontreal Imam causes consternation.International, Military, PoliticsMinisters, general questioned at Commons committee about Canadian mission in IraqEnvironment, Science and TechnologyDid province just break a fracking earthquake world record?
RCI | FrançaisTam-Tam Canada - 31 janvier 2015
RCI | EspañolCanadá en las Américas Café, 31 de enero 2015
RCI | 中文周末网络广播（2015年1月24日）
العربية | RCIبلا حدود على الإنترنت ليوم السبت 31-01-2015
On Twitter
Subscribe to the Cybermagazine
Au moins deux enfants meurent après un incendie à DrummondvilleSerena Williams enlève les Internationaux d'AustralieLes propos de l'imam Chaoui sont-ils contraires à la loi actuelle?Le PDG d'Hydro-Québec Thierry Vandal démissionneDes soins seront maintenus à l'Hôtel-Dieu de QuébecHarper déclare la guerre au terrorismeL'opposition accueille avec prudence le projet de loi antiterroriste conservateurJocelyn Dupuis écope de 12 mois de prisonSLR sur le pont Champlain : la CAQ demande à Québec de reprendre le projet en mainVolte-face du Service correctionnel sur l'isolement des prisonniers?
Medical marijuana easily 'dispensed' in VancouverFracking called likely cause of earthquakes in northern AlbertaCivil action dropped against B.C. pipeline protestersCasey Kasem's children say elder abuse investigation into widow stalledPM takes aim at terror, and opposition gets dinged'Broadband' as defined by U.S. now 5 times faster than in CanadaB.C. doctor refused to treat city councillors over politicsJail guards to get OT so Ontario inmates can watch Super BowlAnti-terrorism powers: What's in today's legislation?Tony Merchant's law firm overbilled, falsified documents, Ottawa alleges
Loading ...