Space station's Canadian cameras not working after spacewalk

A marathon spacewalk met with disappointment after a failed effort by two Russian cosmonauts to install a pair of Canadian-made, high-fidelity cameras outside the International Space Station.  The medium- and high-resolution cameras did not respond...

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Canadians keep their smartphones close

Almost half of those surveyed keep phones within reach almost 24/7 The Canadian Press Posted: Dec 27, 2013 1:10 PM ET Last Updated: Dec 27, 2013 1:13 PM ET If you can't bear to let your smartphone out of your sight for even...

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Chris Hadfield urges space co-operation with China

Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is calling for more co-operation with China in space and he wants it to be part of any international effort to return to the moon. And he's not alone in his thinking. Space experts agree the Chinese can no longer...

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Space station's Canadian cameras not working after spacewalk

A marathon spacewalk met with disappointment after a failed effort by two Russian cosmonauts to install a pair of Canadian-made, high-fidelity cameras outside the International Space Station.  The medium- and high-resolution cameras did not respond...

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Canadians keep their smartphones close

Almost half of those surveyed keep phones within reach almost 24/7 The Canadian Press Posted: Dec 27, 2013 1:10 PM ET Last Updated: Dec 27, 2013 1:13 PM ET If you can't bear to let your smartphone out of your sight for even...

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$4,000 for a new TV — if you find it on sale

There probably aren't huge numbers of Boxing Day shoppers scouring flyers for a deal on a 4K Ultra HD TV, the next standard of high definition video. Dec. 26 is a day for seeking out bargains and history has shown crowds of consumers will...

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Cosmonauts spacewalk outside ISS

Live Installation of new cameras part of Canadian commercial TV project CBC News Posted: Dec 27, 2013 9:32 AM ET Last Updated: Dec 27, 2013 9:34 AM ET Russian cosmonauts are performing a spacewalk outside the International Space...

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A real Rudolph the reindeer captured on video?

On mobile? Click here to see the video Can Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer be real and not just a holiday tale? Video footage of real reindeer with glowing noses has been captured by a Swedish research team using a thermographic camera. The noses...

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10 most-read science stories of 2013

Stories about a dinosaur dug up by a pipeline crew and a body heat-powered flashlight are among those that caught the eyes of CBCNews.ca readers most often this year. Here's a roundup of some of the most-read science stories of 2013. ...

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Model trains go high tech

For some families, setting a model train up around the Christmas tree is a tradition. But times are changing, and so are those trains.  They are going high tech — and the younger generation is catching on.  "This is engineer to...

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Model trains go high tech

For some families, setting a model train up around the Christmas tree is a tradition. But times are changing, and so are those trains.  They are going high tech — and the younger generation is catching on.  "This is engineer to...

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Where Arctic camels once roamed, coal mining can wait

A coal exploration project proposing to tread the same ground as the ancient fossil forests on Nunavut's Ellesmere Island has been temporarily put on the shelf. Canada Coal has delayed its exploration program on Ellesmere Island for at least a...

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A real Rudolph the reindeer captured on video?

On mobile? Click here to see the video Can Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer be real and not just a holiday tale? Video footage of real reindeer with glowing noses has been captured by a Swedish research team using a thermographic camera. The noses...

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Astronauts make rare Christmas Eve spacewalk

Two space station astronauts ventured out on a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk Tuesday, hoping to wrap up urgent repairs to a cooling system. It was the second spacewalk in four days for U.S. astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Michael Hopkins, and...

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Neanderthal's incest, interspecies sex revealed by genome

Neanderthals liked to keep it in the family with DNA sequencing of an ancient toe revealing long-term inbreeding amongst a Siberian-based population. The sequencing results, published today in the journal Nature, also reveal Neanderthals, early modern...

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Where Arctic camels once roamed, coal mining can wait

A coal exploration project proposing to tread the same ground as the ancient fossil forests on Nunavut's Ellesmere Island has been temporarily put on the shelf. Canada Coal has delayed its exploration program on Ellesmere Island for at least a...

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Apple signs iPhone deal with China Mobile

Apple and China Mobile announced a long-anticipated agreement Monday to bring the iPhone to the world's biggest phone company. The deal might help to boost iPhone sales in a market where Apple Inc. faces intense competition. The iPhone already is available...

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NASA astronauts finish spacewalk after repairs

Astronauts removed an old space station pump Saturday, sailing through the first of a series of urgent repair spacewalks to revive a crippled cooling line. The two Americans on the crew, Rick Mastracchio and Michael Hopkins, successfully pulled out...

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Indiegogo stops B.C. woman's 'Operation Iran' campaign

A Vancouver woman trying to raise money online to fund a trip to Iran to reunite with her estranged mother says her fundraising account was frozen because of U.S. sanctions against that country. Alaleh Sahabi, 29, says she is worried she will lose...

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3D print your next meal

3D printing is poised to revolutionize not only the manufacturing world but the food industry as well, says CBC science columnist Torah Kachur. She thinks the Foodini 3D printer may just be the thing to get the nerdy chef on your list this year. Boasting...

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NASA astronauts finish spacewalk after repairs

Astronauts removed an old space station pump Saturday, sailing through the first of a series of urgent repair spacewalks to revive a crippled cooling line. The two Americans on the crew, Rick Mastracchio and Michael Hopkins, successfully pulled out...

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U.S. begins killing barred owls to help spotted owl

An experiment to see if killing invasive barred owls will help the threatened northern spotted owl reverse its decline toward extinction is underway in the forests of Northern California. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday that specially...

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Most potent greenhouse gas found in atmosphere

A long-lived greenhouse gas more potent than any other — at least by one measure — has been detected in the atmosphere by Canadian researchers. Perfluorotributylamine (PFTBA) has a radiative efficiency of 0.86 — the highest of any chemical...

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3D print your next meal

3D printing is poised to revolutionize not only the manufacturing world but the food industry as well, says CBC science columnist Torah Kachur. She thinks the Foodini 3D printer may just be the thing to get the nerdy chef on your list this year. Boasting...

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NASA astronauts begin urgent spacewalking repairs

Two NASA astronauts, their spacesuits newly modified with snorkels in case of another water leak, floated outside the International Space Station on Saturday to begin a marathon three-day task to fix the outpost's cooling system. The spacewalk, which...

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Elk rescued after Christmas lights, candy canes get stuck in antlers

An elk that got tangled up in some Christmas lights and decorations put on an unusual holiday display this week for Banff residents.  The bull elk was spotted wandering near the Alberta mountain town with lights and candy cane ornaments strung...

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Most potent greenhouse gas found in atmosphere

A long-lived greenhouse gas more potent than any other — at least by one measure — has been detected in the atmosphere by Canadian researchers. Perfluorotributylamine (PFTBA) has a radiative efficiency of 0.86 — the highest of any chemical...

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Robot shares thoughts on weightlessness during space chat

On mobile? Click here to view the video. The first humanoid robot in space made small talk with a Japanese astronaut and said it had no problem with zero gravity on the International Space Station. Footage released by the robot's developers...

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Apple's Mac Pro desktop computer goes on sale

New Device on sale in Canada starting at $3,099 The Associated Press Posted: Dec 19, 2013 9:22 AM ET Last Updated: Dec 19, 2013 9:43 AM ET External Links (Note: CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external...

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