New U.S. space rockets include crew-escape systems

Heeding a lesson from history, designers of a new generation of U.S. rockets will include escape systems to give crew members a fighting chance of surviving launch accidents such as the one that felled an unmanned Orbital Sciences Antares rocket on Tuesday....

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Moto360 smartwatch is capable, but not always cool

Dick Tracy. Michael Knight from Knight Rider. Penny from Inspector Gadget. The original Power Rangers. All classic characters over many generations, all popularizing the idea of a wristwatch doing more than telling time. That idea — wearable...

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New leopard frog species found in New York City

A brand-new species of frog has been discovered in the middle of America's largest metropolis, New York City. Not only had the green, black-spotted Atlantic Coast leopard frog gone unnoticed by the eight million residents of New York City, but it appears...

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Antares rocket explosion: Will it set back the commercialization of space?

The explosion of an unmanned commercial supply rocket bound for the International Space Station has raised some questions as to whether the incident will pose a significant setback of the commercialization of the space industry. "The...

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Kilauea volcano lava 30 metres from Hawaiian village home

Rain fell on a red-hot river of lava as it threatened to consume its first home on its slow advance into a rural Hawaii town. A breakout of the lava flow was about 30 metres from a Pahoa residence — about the length of a basketball court, said Hawaii...

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Apple's Tim Cook reveals he's gay and proud of it

Apple chief executive Tim Cook has come out of the closet. The public declaration, in an essay written for Bloomberg Businessweek magazine, makes public what had been widely known in some corporate circles. And more importantly, it likely makes...

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Researchers uncover real name of Egyptian mummy 'Justine'

Researchers have uncovered the real name of a mysterious Egyptian mummy nicknamed Justine. Justine, who is temporarily on display at THEMUSEUM in Kitchener, Ont., was actually known as Nefret-Mut when she worked as the "chantress" or singer-musician...

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Antares rocket explosion: Orbital Sciences Corp. looks for cause of blast

The company behind the dramatic launch explosion of a space station supply mission promises to find the cause of the failure and is warning residents to avoid any potentially hazardous wreckage. Orbital Sciences Corp.'s unmanned Antares rocket blew...

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Apple Pay not expected in Canada any time soon

While Apple is heralding Apple Pay, its new mobile payment system, as a roaring success, Canadians shouldn't expect to use their newest iPhone to pay for goods any time soon, as It's unlikely the company will be rolling out the service in...

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BP spill left big oily 'bathtub ring' on seafloor

The BP oil spill left an oily "bathub ring" on the sea floor that's about the size of U.S. State of Rhode Island or a little larger than Canada's Manitoulin Island, new research shows. The study by David Valentine, the chief scientist on the federal...

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Greenhouse gas emissions drop brings Europe near 2020 target

The European Union's environment agency says the bloc's greenhouse gas emissions dropped by nearly 2 per cent last year, putting the EU very close to reaching its emissions target for 2020. That goal is to reduce emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse...

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Invasive green crab impact being surveyed by conservation group

The Nature Conservancy of Canada will be using a drone, as well as "boots on the ground," to try and get a clearer picture of the impact of the invasive green crab on eel grass beds. European green crab have been eating their way up the coast, feeding...

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Canadian telecom bundling deals should be easier to understand, watchdog says

The deal seemed so good, it was impossible to pass up. At least that's what Patrisha D'Croix thought when she received a promotional offer from Bell last December. D'Croix says she signed up for a 12-month deal which included a cable, internet and...

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High fidelity 2.0: How your favourite music could sound even better

If you look at your average television, it's obvious that picture quality has become significantly better over the years. We've gone from VHS to DVD to Blu-ray in relatively short order. With every leap, the promise and delivery of higher quality video...

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Bats nearly wiped out in Eastern Canada by deadly fungus

Don't be afraid of bats this Halloween. Be afraid for them, warn biologists tracking a disease that has nearly wiped out the airborne mammals in Eastern Canada. The little brown bat, northern myotis and tri-coloured bat have been "functionally extirpated"...

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High fidelity 2.0: How your favourite music could sound even better

If you look at your average television, it's obvious that picture quality has become significantly better over the years. We've gone from VHS to DVD to Blu-ray in relatively short order. With every leap, the promise and delivery of higher quality video...

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Unmanned SpaceX cargo craft splashes down in Pacific Ocean

The unmanned SpaceX Dragon capsule returned to Earth Saturday afternoon carrying nearly 1,500 kilograms of cargo and science samples from the International Space Station. The craft splashed down approximately 480 kilometres from the coast of Baja,...

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Franklin discovery: Searchers consider 'winter dive' to explore Erebus further

Searchers who found one of the lost vessels of the ill-fated Franklin expedition are so eager to get back to their discovery they are thinking about diving through the Arctic ice next spring to get a closer look at the well-preserved wreck of HMS Erebus....

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High-tech cars becoming more vulnerable to hackers

As high-tech features like adaptive cruise control, automatic braking and automatic parallel parking systems make cars smarter, it's also making them more vulnerable to hackers — a risk that an automotive security researcher says carmakers appear...

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Rogers LTE-Advanced rolls out to boost video streaming

Rogers is boosting the speed of its wireless network by combining different bands of wireless frequencies, a technology called LTE-Advanced. "It's like putting the highways in a major city together to make a superhighway, allowing more traffic...

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Sun turns biggest sunspot in 24 years toward Earth

The sunspot, which is 129,000 kilometres across, is known as active region (AR) 12192. It rotated into view on Oct. 18, NASA says. (NASA/SDO) The sun is staring us down with a dark spot 10 times as wide as the Earth – the biggest sunspot in more than...

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Ice age settlement found in the Andes at record high altitude

Archeologists have found an ice age settlement so high in the Peruvian Andes that they were surprised ancient humans could survive the low oxygen there. The 12,400-year-old settlement was found in a cave called the Cuncaicha rock shelter, located nearly...

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