Zipper anniversary: 10 bits of trivia to impress the pants off you

From the bathroom to the bedroom, the zipper — celebrating the 100th anniversary of one of the earliest working designs — has become one of the most commonly used inventions on Earth. Billions of people rely on the zipper every day, and you'll find...

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Apple's iTunes celebrates 10th anniversary

The music world hasn't been the same since Apple's launch a decade ago of iTunes, its online music store for iPods and Mac computers. As music moved into the digital age, the industry came to a difficult crossroads with the emergence of file-sharing...

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Bumper crop of blue-green algae predicted for Lake Erie

Scientists warn conditions are perfect for a bumper crop of algae to grow on Lake Erie. They say heavy April showers are washing fertilizer off farm fields into the water. The chemicals feed algal blooms that starve the lake of oxygen. Algae feed on...

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Bacteria engineered to pump out diesel from sugar

Diesel fuel has been produced from sugar instead of petroleum by specially engineered bacteria. "We put in glucose and out of the other end came a range of alkanes … that mimic exactly the retail diesel that you buy at the pump," said John Love, a biosciences...

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Hear the voice of Alexander Graham Bell

The voice of Alexander Graham Bell, best known as the inventor of the telephone, can be heard now for the first time in nearly a century. Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1847 and died in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in 1922. (Smithsonian...

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2nd largest pipeline spill in Alberta history leads to charges

The company that owns a pipeline that leaked 28,000 barrels of crude oil near a First Nations community in northwest Alberta — the largest spill in the province in 35 years — is now facing environmental charges. Plains Midstream Canada ULC is facing...

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The hacked tweet that sank Wall Street

It took less than 140 characters to wipe out almost $140 billion from the stock market this week, as a fake report from The Associated Press of a bombing of the White House had investors running for the exits. A little after 1:07 in the afternoon on...

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Picking your nose and eating it may be good for you

Despite everything you may have heard from your mom, picking your nose and eating what you find may have some health benefits, according to a biochemistry professor at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. "By consuming those pathogens caught...

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Monkeys succumb to peer pressure, study suggests

Related External Links Summary of article (Note:CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.) You don't have to be a teenager to want to fit in at the school lunchroom. Some wild animals seem to follow similar...

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Joe Oliver slams scientist's oilsands claims as 'nonsense'

Joe Oliver speaks at Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC. Natural Resources/ Candian Press A leading climate change activist and former NASA scientist is "crying wolf" with his "exaggerated" comments about the effects of...

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Feds must 'step up' to help experimental lakes program

Ontario's pledge to help save the Experimental Lakes Area in northwestern Ontario is welcome news to scientists. But the founder of the Coalition to Save the ELA, Diane Orihel, says it's only the first step as the province enters talks with the federal...

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Huge 6-legged robot unveiled by creator

Related External Links Mantis Hexapod (Note:CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.) A two-tonne, six-legged robot that you can pilot using two joysticks is finally operational after four years of...

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1-way Mars trip starts accepting astronaut applications

Want to spend the rest of your life on Mars? You can apply to do so now. Mars One, a non-profit organization that plans to send humans on a one-way trip to establish a permanent settlement on Mars in 2023, began accepting online applications Monday....

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Video game treatment for lazy eye restores 3D vision

A Canadian-led study has found that playing video games with both eyes can dramatically improve vision in adults with lazy eye — a condition thought to be all but untreatable in adults. Lazy eye, known to doctors as amblyopia, is a problem in which...

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BlackBerry's keyboard Q10 to roll out May 1

BlackBerry has announced that its new Q10 smartphone — the one with a physical keypad — will make its global debut in Canada on May 1. In a blog posting on the company's website, BlackBerry said all three of Canada's big wireless carriers — Bell Mobility,...

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Oilsands monitoring portal launched by Ottawa, Alberta

Environmental monitoring data from Alberta's oilsands region is now accessible online at a web portal launched Monday by the federal and Alberta governments. "Today, as the world celebrates Earth Day and showcases commitments to protecting the environment,...

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Samsung Galaxy S4: Where the smartphone excels, what needs work

Making a hit phone isn't too different from making a hit movie or video game — as long as you don't mess up the basics and do add in a few new improvements each time out, you should continue to find success. And so it goes for the Galaxy S4, the fourth...

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Patrick Brown: China's gathering environmental storm

About The Author Former CBC correspondent Patrick Brown has reported from world capitals and dusty backwaters for over 30 years, with a particular emphasis on Asia, having been based at different times in Bangkok, Delhi and, most recently, Beijing....

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Oilsands environmental data to be released for Earth Day

The federal Conservatives will be launching a long-awaited information portal which will give the public access to oilsands environmental data. (Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press) The federal Conservatives have decided to mark Earth Day this year, launching...

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China ramps up earthquake disaster response efforts

The tent village that sprang up in two days in mountain-flanked Lushan to house survivors of the devastating earthquake in China on the weekend is no ordinary refugee camp, as the country's full range of disaster response is on display: Trucks with x-ray...

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E-health records saved medical system $1.3B in 6 years

A study done for Canada Health Infoway, the federally funded organization set up to monitor and improve the use of information technology across Canada's health care system, has found that increased use of electronic medical health records has saved...

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Stressed moms give babies a boost, squirrel study suggests

Having a stressed-out mom may give baby squirrels a competitive edge, a new study suggests. Red squirrels who were stressed out during pregnancy had babies that out-competed their peers by growing significantly faster without any extra food, reported...

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Amateur online sleuthing: Does it do more harm than good?

After the FBI circulated photos of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings on Thursday afternoon, a thread on the social media site Reddit suggested that one of the wanted men could be a missing student from Brown University in Rhode Island. Online...

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