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• How service dogs reduce PTSD symptoms: factors and mechanisms

  27-07-2022 20:13
  A new analysis dives into the use of service dogs by U.S. veterans who have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), illuminating factors and mechanisms that may underlie the mental health effects of these relationships.
  
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• Plant communities in the Arctic are changing along with the climate, study finds

  09-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  A recent study has found that climate change is altering Arctic plant composition, with some species declining in response to warmer temperatures, while others flourish. Researchers studied over 2,000 plant communities across the Canadian Arctic, Alaska, and Scandinavia over four decades.
  
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• Ontario set to begin construction of Canada's first mini nuclear power plant

  08-05-2025 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Doug Ford's government has given Ontario Power Generation the green light to start construction on Canada’s first small modular reactor, a new nuclear technology to be built next door to the Darlington power plant. 
  
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• Ontario set to begin construction of Canada's 1st mini nuclear power plant

  08-05-2025 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Doug Ford's government has given Ontario Power Generation the green light to start construction on Canada’s first small modular reactor, a new nuclear technology to be built next door to the Darlington power plant. 
  
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• Ontario greenlights construction of Canada's first small modular reactor

  08-05-2025 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Doug Ford's government has given Ontario Power Generation the green light to start construction on Canada’s first small modular reactor, a new nuclear technology to be built next door to the Darlington power plant. 
  
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• Scientists suspect lethal virus behind countless fish washing up dead in Lake Huron

  08-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Scientists who study fish suspect an outbreak of deadly hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), could be behind the unusually large number of dead fish in Lake Huron this spring.
  
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• Soviet-era spacecraft likely to crash back to Earth

  08-05-2025 01:02 via bbc.com
  
  The spacecraft was meant to go to Venus but has been stuck in orbit for more than 50 years.
  
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• Blow to clean energy drive as major windfarm ditched

  07-05-2025 14:27 via bbc.com
  In a blow to the government's clean energy ambitions, a company cancels a huge windfarm off Yorkshire.
  
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• Emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, remain high worldwide despite available solutions

  07-05-2025 07:00 via cbc.ca
  Methane emissions, a key driver of climate change, remain stubbornly high around the world according to an annual update from the International Energy Agency.
  
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• Attenborough at 99 delivers 'greatest message he's ever told'

  06-05-2025 22:13 via bbc.com
  Sir David says his new film Ocean is one of the most important of his career.
  
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• Insights into the intramembrane protease SPPL2b and its substrates: Functions and disease implications | Science Signaling

  06-05-2025 15:01 via science.org
  
  The protease SPPL2b may play major roles in the function of the brain and the immune system.
  
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• An atlas of bacterial serine-threonine kinases reveals functional diversity and key distinctions from eukaryotic kinases | Science Signaling

  06-05-2025 15:01 via science.org
  
  The bacterial serine-threonine kinome is a resource for functional studies and drug development.
  
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• Millions of migrating birds pass through southwestern Ontario. Here's how researchers are tracking avian flu

  06-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Researchers at the University of Windsor are testing water samples from areas where millions of migratory birds pass through in order to track a deadly virus.
  
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• Heads up! Soviet-era probe to re-enter atmosphere this week, could make it to the surface

  06-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Fifty years ago, the former Soviet Union launched a probe to Venus. However, the rocket engines shut off too early, and the probe became stuck in Earth orbit. Now, it’s making its way back home, and there's the possibility it could make it to Earth's surface.
  
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• Scientists discover 18th-century Austrian mummy was embalmed through the rectum

  06-05-2025 00:36 via cbc.ca
  
  Scientists have figured out how the body of an 18th-century Austrian vicar has remained so well-preserved for nearly 300 years — and it’s unlike anything they’ve seen before.
  
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• Inuit push back after photographers made anti-polar bear hunting video while in Nunavut

  05-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A video posted by two tourists who visited Arctic Bay, Nunavut this week where they made negative comments about polar bear hunting has sparked outrage among some Inuit in the territory. 
  
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• A pilot project is bringing self-driving robots to Toronto — sparking concerns from one city councillor

  04-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Toronto's crowded streets will soon see another type of vehicle: self-driving delivery robots — a decision the city had no approval over and a major concern for one councillor whose downtown ward will be affected. 
  
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• Black bears declined in parts of Ont., new research shows. How that could impact hunting is a bigger question

  03-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  The black bear population in Ontario has seen significant declines in a few areas of the province, according to a population survey conducted by government researchers, raising concerns about the health of the bears and the impact of hunting them.
  
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• 'Unparalleled' snake antivenom made from man bitten 200 times

  03-05-2025 08:29 via bbc.com
  Scientists hope to make a universal antivenom from the extraordinary blood of a man exposed to snake venom for decades.
  
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• Science meets shape-throwing in 'Dance your PhD' contest

  03-05-2025 03:22 via bbc.com
  Could you explain "insights into oral chemesthetic perception" using dance moves?
  
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• Sandeel fishing ban to remain in place

  02-05-2025 18:47 via bbc.com
  Sandeels are a vital source of food for seabirds that live along the UK coastline.
  
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• How the political consensus on climate change has shattered

  02-05-2025 16:16 via bbc.com
  In 2019, the UK committed in law to reducing its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. Now the political climate has changed.
  
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• Can this lynx born in a zoo learn to live in the wild?

  02-05-2025 12:02 via bbc.com
  It has been moved to Germany's Black Forest in preparation for its release
  
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• P.E.I. watershed group hopes fish like this are ready for a close-up, in the name of science

  02-05-2025 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Central Queens Branch of the P.E.I. Wildlife Federation is launching a new project to use a video camera to count how many adult fish are in the West River. This kind of data is crucial to conservation efforts, but right now the information the non-profit group has been using dates back to the 1990s. CBC's Sheehan Desjardins reports.
  
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• Onboard a dangerous mission to disentangle a 60-tonne right whale

  02-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Dedicated volunteers, combined with strict fishing policies, may be softening the right whale’s decline.
  
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• How Democrats and Republicans use science differently to shape policy

  02-05-2025 05:16 via cbc.ca
  
  New research shows U.S. policymakers are relying on science more than ever — but that’s where the common ground ends. Johanna Wagstaffe breaks down the data that shows how Republicans and Democrats use science differently to shape their policies.
  
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• Watch these bobcat sisters being released into the wild in B.C., 10 months after they were found orphaned

  01-05-2025 15:00 via cbc.ca
  Two orphaned bobcat sisters were released into the wild near Powell River, B.C., on Friday, 10 months after they were found malnourished near a logging road.
  
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• Bobcat sisters released into wild near Powell River, B.C., 10 months after being found

  01-05-2025 15:00 via cbc.ca
  Two orphaned bobcat sisters were released into the wild near Powell River, B.C., on Friday, 10 months after they were found malnourished near a logging road.
  
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• Mosquitoes in Scotland as far north as Shetland

  01-05-2025 07:06 via bbc.com
  The extent of Scotland's mosquito population is being understood thanks to a successful citizen science project.
  
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• Endangered axolotl release raises hopes for rare amphibian

  30-04-2025 20:00 via bbc.com
  Study provides hope for future of the axolotl amphibian, pushed to the brink of extinction in Mexico.
  
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