Waterloo students build frisbee-throwing robot

Move over Canadarm, there's a new mechanical manipulator in town. Meet Shuck — the frisbee-throwing robot designed and built by a group of high school students at Saint David Catholic Secondary School in Waterloo, Ontario. Comments on this story...

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SpaceX wins bid to launch Canadian radar satellites

Privately owned Space Exploration Technologies was selected to launch a trio of Canadian radar satellites aboard a single Falcon 9 rocket, the company announced on Tuesday. The California-based firm, also known as SpaceX, already is flying NASA cargo...

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Federal government reducing science and tech spending

Statistics Canada says the federal government is expected to spend less on science and technology in the coming year. The federal agency says spending for the 2013-14 fiscal year is expected to decrease 3.3 per cent from the previous period, to $10.5...

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Russian meteorite fragments on exhibit in Edmonton

Parts of a massive meteor that crashed into Russia in February will be on display for the first time in Canada this week, at an exhibit in Edmonton. More than 1,100 people were injured on Feb. 15 when the fireball streaked across the sky and exploded...

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Streetcar shooting: Will body-worn cameras help police and the public?

The fatal shooting of teenager Sammy Yatim by police on a streetcar near downtown Toronto's Trinity Bellwoods Park on the weekend has triggered outrage. The incident, captured on amateur video and posted online, has raised the issue of whether police...

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Astronauts study geology at Nunavut crater

Astronauts have been getting a lesson in geology at a crater in Nunavut's High Arctic. The Haughton is a well preserved meteor impact crater on Devon Island. It's about 23 kilometres in diameter, and is about 20 to 40 million years old. University...

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Space station's views of Earth to be streamed by B.C. firm

Want to see what your home looks like from the International Space Station on any given day? A Vancouver-based company will soon be giving the public the opportunity to get that view. 'If there's a million tweets coming out of a particular area, it's...

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Artfully using stained glass to capture solar energy

A collection of eye-catching stained glass installations by a Toronto artist is generating solar power in three provinces, and one of them is in the process of being hooked up to the Saskatchewan grid. "Lux Gloria" by Sarah Hall, at the Cathedral of...

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Is Verizon really the 'bogeyman' Canada's telecom giants claim?

Canada's three big mobile-phone providers have been ramping up their campaign to sway public sentiment against the potential entry of U.S. telecom giant Verizon into the wireless market. "They're trying to use the bogeyman of a U.S. company to scare...

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Watch baby beavers grow up CBC's CastorCam

Triplets have been born to the beaver family that starred in The Nature of Things documentary The Beaver Whisperers, and the entire family has been making daily live appearances on CBC's CastorCam. "Around 10 o' clock, [for] sure you're going to see...

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Tatooine Star Wars set menaced by giant sand dune

Related External Links Ralph Lorenz's report (Note:CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.) The movie set built in the 1990s that represented Anakin Skywalker's fictional home city in Star Wars Episode...

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How Britain's 'digital nun' is turning the internet into a sacred place

For many people, the internet is a combination shopping mall, amusement park and encyclopedia. For others, it's a dark universe of vice and dangers like cyberbullies. For Sister Catherine Wybourne, the internet is a sacred space. Sister Catherine left...

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Watch baby beavers grow up CBC's CastorCam

Triplets have been born to the beaver family that starred in The Nature of Things documentary The Beaver Whisperers, and the entire family has been making daily live appearances on CBC's CastorCam. "Around 10 o' clock, [for] sure you're going to see...

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Tatooine Star Wars set menaced by giant sand dune

Related External Links Ralph Lorenz's report (Note:CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.) The movie set built in the 1990s that represented Anakin Skywalker's fictional home city in Star Wars Episode...

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Drones to fly U.S. skies, FAA approves 1st civilian UAVs

Federal regulators in the the U.S. say they have certified two types of unmanned aircraft for civilian use, a milestone expected to lead to the first approved commercial drone operations in the U.S. later this summer. The Federal Aviation Administration...

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Online dating most popular fraud target in Canada

Police and anti-fraud agencies are warning about the increasing numbers of scammers using online dating sites as their main targets. As dating websites become more popular, more people are starting legitimate relationships that way. A recent survey...

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'Jackpotting' hacker Barnaby Jack dies

Well-known hacker Barnaby Jack has died in San Francisco, a week before he was due to show off techniques for attacking implanted heart devices that he said could kill a man from 30 feet away. The San Francisco Medical Examiner's office said he died...

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Baby beavers star on CBC's CastorCam

Triplets have been born to the beaver family that starred in The Nature of Things documentary The Beaver Whisperers, and the entire family has been making daily live appearances on CBC's CastorCam. "Around 10 o' clock, [for] sure you're going to see...

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Electric vehicles may put 'disruptive load' on grid

Utilities such as Toronto Hydro are scrambling to ensure the aging grid can cope with the extra load from a growing fleet of electric vehicles. Few public charging stations are available in cities like Toronto, so most electric vehicle owners such as...

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Warm is the new normal, say Atlantic oceanographers

The average temperature of the Atlantic Ocean is up 4 degrees compared to last year, according to Dalhousie University oceanographers. The trend is being traced from the Florida coast up to Newfoundland, affecting native flora and fauna and causing...

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Cat allergy research offers hope of possible cure

British scientists say they have discovered how cats trigger allergies in people, raising hopes for a possible cure to the feline-caused affliction. Researchers at the University of Cambridge say they have found a protein in cat dander — or dead skin...

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Divers almost swallowed by whales

Two divers who were nearly swallowed whole by a pair of humpback whales were the victims of a violent feeding frenzy, says a Vancouver whale researcher. Diver Shawn Stamback and his friends were hoping to hear a whale song while snorkelling off the...

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How to protect yourself from costly 'bait apps'

Tuck a youngster quietly into the backseat of a car with a cellphone and a game app and you might end up footing a bill for thousands of dollars worth of "virtual" berries or gems. It's a story that has been making headlines over and over again around...

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B.C. carbon tax cut fuel use, didn't hurt economy

When B.C. Premier Christy Clark sits down with her fellow provincial and territorial leaders Wednesday, she might trumpet her government's carbon tax success at what many critics said was impossible: reducing fossil fuel consumption without damaging...

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Cellphone SIM cards contain 'significant' security flaw

A German cryptographer has uncovered a security bug in mobile phones that could enable hackers to remotely attack at least half a billion phones. A United Nations group that advises nations on cybersecurity plans to send out an alert about significant...

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Dan Misener: Merit badges for online privacy? Mozilla soon might give you one

Growing up, I was never a Scout. I never earned merit badges for canoeing, or pioneering, or fire safety. But soon, I may be able to earn badges for "web mechanics" or "online privacy." Not from Scouts Canada, but through a series of projects by Mozilla,...

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In-app purchasing and $3,000 iTunes bill stun mom

A mother is urging other parents to be wary, after her twin seven-year-olds racked up a $3,000 bill when she let them download and play an app from iTunes that she thought was free. "Our house rule is never download an app without permission," Paula...

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Israeli archeologists say they’ve found King David’s palace ruins

A team of Israeli archaeologists believes it has discovered the ruins of a palace belonging to the biblical King David, but other Israeli experts dispute the claim. Archaeologists from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Israel's Antiquities Authority...

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Humble mouse safe, no Leap forward yet for gesture-controlled computing

There is a reason why the humble mouse has been the default controller of computers for nearly 30 years: it just works. Whether it's scrolling up and down webpages or adding fine details to an image in Photoshop, the mouse has proven to be an easy-to-master...

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