Geckos in Namibia evolved to lose sticky feet in desert

Move it or lose it. In the case of geckos studied in Namibia, it's an adage that seems to have stuck. In a study of the evolution of gecko locomotion, University of Calgary biology professor Anthony Russell and his colleagues observed that as geckos...

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Fracking linked to 4.4 magnitude quake in Fox Creek

Alberta's provincial energy regulator says a significant earthquake in northern Alberta was likely caused by hydraulic fracturing. If fracturing is confirmed as the cause, scientists say, it will have been the largest earthquake ever to result...

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FCC's new broadband internet target leaves Canada behind

Internet speed now has to be a lot faster in order to qualify as advanced broadband in the U.S. — five times faster than high-speed broadband in Canada. The U.S. telecommunications regulator announced this week that in order to meet its new "broadband...

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Just 4 credit card purchases can reveal who you are

Credit card data isn't quite as anonymous as promised, a new study says. Scientists showed they can identify you with more than 90 per cent accuracy by looking at just four purchases, three if the price is included — and this is after companies "anonymized"...

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Climate change will make storms nastier but less frequent

Large storms like the blizzard that battered New England this week may become more severe but less frequent as the Earth's climate changes, scientists said on Thursday. The Canadian-led study noted that warmer air can hold more moisture, meaning...

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Google agrees to data protection revamp after U.K. probe

Search engine Google has agreed to better inform users about how it handles their personal information after an investigation by Britain's data protection regulator found its privacy policy was too vague. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)...

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'Dragon' dinosaur with ultra-long neck found by Alberta researchers

A new species of dinosaur with a neck half the length of its body has been discovered by University of Alberta paleontologists in China. And the researchers wonder if the ancient Chinese may have viewed a similar skeleton, leading to the enduring myths...

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Asteroid flyby reveals space rock's origin and a tiny moon

The huge asteroid that made a close pass by Earth on Monday has a small moon in tow, radar images released by NASA show. Asteroid 2004 BL86 flew about 1.2 million km (745,000 miles) from Earth, about three times farther than the moon, with closest...

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5 signs you're using tech like a millennial

It's not surprising that young Canadians are seen to be more plugged into digital trends than older consumers. But a new report from the Media Technology Monitor suggests the gaps between how the young and old(er) are using technology are, in some cases,...

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Canadian spies track millions of downloads daily: Snowden files

Canada's electronic spy agency sifts through millions of videos and documents downloaded online every day by people around the world, as part of a sweeping bid to find extremist plots and suspects, CBC News has learned. Details of the Communications...

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Apple sells record 74.5 million iPhones in 1st quarter

Apple had another blowout quarter thanks to its new plus-sized iPhones, which helped the company smash sales records for the holiday season. Apple said Tuesday that it sold 74.5 million iPhones during the three months that ended Dec. 31, beating analysts'...

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Astronomers find oldest ever 'solar system' with rocky planets

A newly discovered solar system — with five small rocky planets — makes ours look like a baby. An international team of astronomers announced Tuesday that this extrasolar system is 11.2 billion years old. With the age of the universe pegged at 13.8...

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Solar sail spacecraft test plans to harness photon power

A tiny spacecraft designed to be pushed through space by ultra-thin "solar sails" will be launched in May by a U.S.-based non-profit group, 10 years after its first failed attempt. The Planetary Society announced Monday that its LightSail...

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Facebook says hackers can't take credit for huge outage

Access to Facebook, the world's largest social network, and its Instagram photo-sharing site, was blocked around the world for up to an hour on Tuesday, which the company said later was due to an internal fault and not an outside attack. The outage...

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Private space taxis expected to save NASA millions

NASA expects to save millions of dollars sending astronauts to the International Space Station, once its commercial crew program starts flying in a couple of years. SpaceX and Boeing said Monday that they are on track to carry out their first manned...

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IBM plans massive layoffs of up to 110,000 workers: report

IBM is planning a massive reorganization that could see layoffs of as many as 110,000 workers beginning next week, according to a report in Forbes. Silicon Valley journalist Robert X. Cringely, author of The Decline and Fall of IBM, says the notices...

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See a huge asteroid fly past the Earth today

An asteroid bigger than the world's most massive cruise ships will fly past the Earth today, and will be visible from Canada with strong binoculars or a small telescope – or you can watch it streamed online starting at 11 a.m. Based on its brightness,...

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Made-in-Canada video games to watch for in 2015

Link, Batman, Nathan Drake and Lara Croft are all scheduled to reprise their roles in 2015's high-profile games. With few exceptions, the most anticipated video games slated for release this year reveal few surprises. But the games coming out of...

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What is quantum computing and why should you care?

Elected officials gathered at the University of Waterloo Thursday to celebrate the federal government's $15 million investment in the university's Institute for Quantum Computing. Although the money has been allocated since the release of federal budget...

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Doomsday is closer, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists says

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says Earth is now closer to human-caused doomsday than it has been in more than 30 years because of global warming and nuclear weaponry. But other experts say that's way too gloomy. The advocacy group founded by...

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Magnificent 'Sea Sparkle' lights up Hong Kong shores

Eerie fluorescent blue patches of water glimmering off Hong Kong's seashore are magnificent, disturbing and potentially harmful to marine life, biologists say. The glow indicates a bloom of a species of single-celled organism called Noctiluca...

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Court orders sought forcing Twitter, Facebook to unmask parody account creator

What started as a joke on social media has become no laughing matter in court, as a prominent Newfoundland fitness trainer is suing a man he believes is behind social media parody accounts. Rob King of Heavyweights Training Centre claims the online...

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Canada's hitchhiking robot will bum rides on the autobahn

The twin of hitchBOT, a chatty internet-connected robot that hitchhiked across Canada last summer will soon find out if Germans are as kind as Canadians. The child-sized robot is scheduled to try its hand — or at least its thumb —at hitchhiking...

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Boy, 13, launches tech firm based on Lego prototype for Braille printer

In Silicon Valley, it's never too early to become an entrepreneur. Just ask 13-year-old Shubham Banerjee. The California eighth-grader has launched a company to develop low-cost machines to print Braille, the tactile writing system for the visually...

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Vancouver Island will rip open like a zipper when overdue earthquake strikes

The low tide, bright sunshine and constant roar of endlessly approaching waves display the full power of the wide-open Vancouver Island shoreline at the remote beach handed down to Stella Peters and her family as a wedding dowry. For generations, Peters...

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How a P.E.I. boy found and sold the fossil of a lifetime

Michael Arsenault, now 28, found the fossil when he was nine. When he sold it to the Royal Ontario Museum, he negotiated to get a replica made for himself. (Courtesy Michael Arsenault) In 1995, a nine-year-old boy found an extraordinary fossil on...

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