The discovery of semi-fossilized bones in Canada’s far north has geneticists and indeed much of the scientific world excited. Permafrost dating from the Late Pleistocene (ca. 30,000 years old), Klondike area, Yukon. These sediments include well-preserved DNA from prehistoric plants… »
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Mosquitoes? There’s an app for that
Smartphone users can now input information about how bad the mosquitoes are where they live thanks to a new app developed by students at the University of Manitoba in western Canada. The students are heavily motivated, being based in the… »
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Canada’s Superhero arrives today!
The new superhero Captain Canuck is coming! And, he’s coming on Canada Day! Richarc Comely along with Ron Leishman, are the original creators of the Canadian superhero © CBC If you asked people to name some fictional superheroes, they’d likely answer… »
Arts & Entertainment, International
Cirque du Soleil acrobat plummets to her death
A 31-year old performer slipped out of her safety harness and plunged to her death Saturday night during a Las Vegas show by the Canadian company Cirque du Soleil. Paras-born Sarah Guyillot-Guyard was being hoisted up a vertical stage along… »
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Welcome to the summer, in spite of some wacky weather, even disastrous in some parts of the country, it is summer in Canada. © NCC-CCN This weekend will also see huge celebrations across the country as the nation celebrates its 146th… »
Politics Today – June 30, 2013
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda focused on Canada’s upper chamber, the Senate, and how and why it decided to stop the immediate passage of a union financial disclosure bill. He also talked about the G8 summit… »
Doctor in Canada helps treat Syrians via online consultations
A doctor in the western Canadian city of Edmonton is helping save lives in Syria, from thousands of kilometres away. “If they need my help, I’m available,” says Dr. Maher Saqqur, a critical care neurologist with Alberta Health Services. CBC… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
Bell’s takeover of Astral furthers concentration of media in Canada, says OpenMedia
“Canada already has one of the most concentrated media markets in the industrialized world, and the most concentrated market in the G8,” says Lindsey Pinto of OpenMedia, a network of people and organisations promoting an open Internet. “This is seen… »
Internet, Science & Technology
University of New Brunswick gun tests armour for planes and spacecraft
At the Planetary and Space Science Centre at the University of New Brunswick, in eastern Canada, some big impacts are taking place. The ballistics facility in Fredericton has special guns, including light gas guns, that can shoot projectiles at up… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Hormone may help handle social stress
Reaching out to others after distressing social interaction is an effective way for people to feel better and a new study suggests the hormone oxytocin could help people do that. Oxytocin is a hormone usually studied for its role in… »
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