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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The ear thermometer. Portable ultrasounds that plug into an iPhone. A virtual doctor’s appointment. All of …
Read More »Researchers are giving salmon cocaine. Don’t worry, it’s for science
LISTEN | Full interview with Erin McCallum: Quirks and Quarks9:21Scientists are exposing fish to cocaine — what happened next won’t surprise you Atlantic salmon in Sweden are getting high off cocaine. And they are getting the drug from an unlikely source: scientists. “It does sound a little bit absurd to …
Read More »Life-threatening complications overlooked in weeks after childbirth, researchers say
Paige Eaton wanted to stay open-minded about the birth plan for her first baby, so when she ended up needing an emergency C-section, the Kitchener, Ont., resident felt somewhat prepared. Still, she never imagined the terrifying rollercoaster to come. A few days after her son Archie’s birth in June 2023, …
Read More »Apollo moon rock researchers say they’ve settled the debate over moon’s magnetic field
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Lunar rocks collected by Apollo astronauts more than half a century ago are providing a fresh …
Read More »Researchers turn to AI for help fighting superbugs
This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Vulnerable patients with superbugs need antibiotics to work better, say doctors and scientists who are …
Read More »With a drop in international students, campuses are seeing class waitlists, course cuts and fewer researchers
This school year has been a rough start for University of Regina student Daniella Iyaomolere. The digital marketing student is kicking off her second semester of undergraduate studies, juggling a tuition hike for international students as well as the scrapping of a plan that allowed them to pay incrementally. There’s also been a …
Read More »About 1/3 of Canadians are obese, and researchers saw a steeper increase during the pandemic
About one-third of Canadians have become obese — with more weight gain happening during the pandemic, according to a new study. The research, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) Monday, found that 32.7 per cent of Canadians (10.6 million people) were obese in 2023 — an increase of …
Read More »‘The missing link’: New early tyrannosaur species discovered by Calgary researchers
Scientists from the University of Calgary have discovered a new dinosaur specimen that they say appears to be the “missing link” in the evolution of tyrannosaurs. The specimen was originally discovered in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert over 50 years ago in the 1970s, but its significance wasn’t recognized until Darla Zelenitsky, …
Read More »Why doctors and researchers say Canada needs to change course on women’s health studies
This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Despite a rule that requires sex and gender to be considered when funding medical research …
Read More »Trump’s musings on ‘very large faucet’ in Canada part of looming water crisis, say researchers
Water sharing between Canada and the United States has long been a contentious issue. In 2005, former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed warned against sharing Canada’s water supply with the United States, suggesting Alberta’s most important resource was water, not oil and gas. “We should communicate to the United States very …
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