Drones starting to tackle everyday tasks, from industry to farming

Drones have been used as military weapons and hobbyist toys for years, but now unmanned aerial vehicles designed to do a range of everyday jobs are going mainstream and Canada is among the best-placed countries in the world to profit from the commercial...

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Scientists help design giant spaceship as humanity's 'lifeboat'

A group of scientists, designers and architects is developing over the next 100 years a spacecraft that will allow humans to live permanently in space, even though they'll never live to see it. "It's a worldship, which means that basically is a fully...

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Arctic sea ice polluted with microplastics

Arctic sea ice has sopped up and stored large quantities of microplastic pollution from populated areas in the south, a new study has found. Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic from microscopic to fingernail-sized that have been found polluting...

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New spacecraft can take 7 astronauts into orbit, land like a helicopter

SpaceX unveiled its Dragon V2 spacecraft Thursday night, promising it will be able to carry seven astronauts to the International Space Station and back to Earth again, landing with the precision of a helicopter. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the new...

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How practical is Google's driverless car?

Google has been teasing consumers with tidbits about its driverless cars for several years now, but it wasn't until this week that it revealed what this futuristic technology would actually look like. The prototype is a subcompact car that looks like...

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Google starts taking requests to erase search results

Google opened a web page late Thursday to accept requests from Europeans to remove certain pages containing personal information from search results. (Rene Tillmann/Associated Press) Google is starting to accept requests from Europeans who want to...

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Energy firms warned over communication about climate change

Environmental groups are taking inspiration from the legal fight against tobacco to fire warning shots at major energy companies over their alleged role in funding climate change denial and blocking climate-friendly legislation. Greenpeace and the World...

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Sexting, pornography findings in youth survey a new warning

One in five high school students surveyed say they received a sext of someone that was forwarded to them by someone else,  with the practice more common in  higher grades. That is one of the results from a survey of young Canadians released...

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Bacon: What makes it smell so good

What makes bacon smell so irresistible? The American Chemical Society has put out a two-minute video revealing the answer. The video, released this week, uses animation to illustrate the chemistry that happens in your frying pan when you add heat and...

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Don Pittis: The iHome expected to be Apple's answer to HAL 9000

"This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it," says the talking computer in the movie 2001 to the only human he hasn't bumped off yet. Anyone who has watched that 1968 science fiction flick might not be too pleased with the...

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Dads who do housework have more ambitious daughters

Maybe you've told your daughter she can grow up to be an engineer or CEO if she wants to, but she may not really believe it if her dad doesn't cook or clean, a new study suggests. A group of psychologists at the University of British Columbia found...

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Microsoft demos universal real-time translator for Skype

Microsoft has unveiled a new feature for Skype that's almost straight out of Star Trek's science fiction world — an app that translates conversations between speakers of different languages in real time. "It's going to make sure you can communicate...

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Could a stricter YouTube have stopped California shooting rampage?

One of the most chilling aspects of Elliot Rodger's killing spree in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Friday was that he foretold his actions in a YouTube video posted earlier that day. Despite the ease with which people can post and view online video, cyber-law...

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Watch Dogs gives gamers a hacker’s-eye view

With the swipe of his finger across a smartphone, a man collects the name, occupation and salary of someone standing next to him at a bus stop. He hacks into the victim's bank account and steals hundreds of dollars. He listens in on a private conversation...

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Gay dads' brains act like both mom and dad

Having a baby alters new mothers' brain activity, researchers have found, and a new study adds the first evidence of such changes in the brains of gay men raising children they adopted through surrogacy. The men's pattern of brain activity resembles...

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Ontario surgeons ready to perform Canada's 1st hand transplant

Surgeons at Toronto Western Hospital say they are ready to perform Canada's first hand transplant, as soon as a suitable candidate for the intensive procedure can be found.​ Dr. Steven McCabe, director of the University of Toronto hand and...

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Meteors and night skies: Photography tips and tricks

Night photography, or astrophotography, is easier than you may think. It really boils down to a little planning and knowing a thing or two about how a camera works.  Here is a simple guide to capturing shots of the night sky, and some simple...

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Review: How latest activity-tracking fitness watches compare

They're sleek, connected and promise a smarter way to work out. Fitness watches are part of a hot 'wearable tech' trend that even Apple is said to be getting into, but with different features and software, not to mention the different commitments...

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New meteor shower, the Camelopardalids, expected tonight

A meteor shower that has never been seen before is expected to hit tonight and into the morning, and it could be spectacular. A Perseid meteor flashes across the constellation Andromeda during the 1997 incarnation of annual August spectacle. The one-off...

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Meteors and night skies: Photography tips and tricks

Night photography, or astrophotography, is easier than you may think. It really boils down to a little planning and knowing a thing or two about how a camera works.  Here is a simple guide to capturing shots of the night sky, and some simple...

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