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Ancient forest uncovered by melting ice in the Rocky Mountains
A nearly 6,000-year-old forest is once again seeing daylight after millennia hidden under ice in the Rocky Mountains. A team of scientists from Montana State University uncovered the ancient forest while on an archaeological survey on the Beartooth plateau in Wyoming.
Rural areas are harder hit by climate change. These communities are rising to the challenge
According to a report by the federal government released in 2023, rural Canadians are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change. But that also puts rural communities in a unique position to tackle some of these pressing issues.
Is your car spying on you? Here's how vehicles gather your data
When a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, authorities were quickly able to gather information, crediting Tesla. But that has some people concerned that the information was so readily available to the carmaker.
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Colette Shade says the 2000s were full of optimism. 25 years later, she feels let down
When Colette Shade imagined the future, she was full of optimism. She was growing up in the 2000s. She had made it into the new century. But then came disaster followed by disaster and she says that beautiful utopia she imagined began to fade away.
Rogue waves are little known and can kill. Here's why they're so dangerous
Noah Mintz nearly lost his life when he was hit by a rogue wave, a wave over twice the size of those around it, while wading in knee-deep water in Mexico. He was eventually able to regain mobility, but that's not always the case for those on the receiving end of the ocean's power.
Lego sets bring a multigenerational flavour to Christmas village displays
Many Canadians, young and old, have taken a modern twist on the winter village display by building it out of Lego bricks.
He diagnosed his rare disease using Google. Now he hopes AI can do the same for others
Ian Stedman champions using artificial intelligence to diagnose more people with rare diseases after it took him 32 years and extraordinary effort to pinpoint his own rare disease. Now eastern Ontario's children's hospital is doing just that.
With Canada Post on strike, these mail-strike hustlers are picking up deliveries
With Canada Post employees are on strike, some Canadians have started side hustles making deliveries to supplement income.
What if Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy kissed? How fan fiction is picking up steam
Audiences love a fan fiction, from a romance between the Hermoine Granger and Draco Malfoy — a pairing that never happened in the Harry Potter books or films — to expanding on Bella and Edward's relationship from Twilight. And publishers, along with Hollywood, have taken notice.
This company wants to cool the planet one balloon at a time. Some scientists aren't buying it
Luke Iseman and Andrew Song have a plan to cool the planet, inspired by a science fiction novel, using balloons full of heat-reflecting sulfur dioxide launched into the Earth's stratosphere. But some scientists aren't buying it.