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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. Many top scientists in the U.S. are now out of a job. Health Secretary Robert …
Read More »Top scientists pen letter calling for end to ‘assault on U.S. science’
As It Happens7:17Top scientists pen letter calling for end to ‘assault on U.S. science’ Nearly 2,000 doctors, researchers, and scientists have signed an open letter calling for an end to what they describe as the Trump administration’s “wholesale assault on U.S. science” The letter, written by 13 scientists from disciplines …
Read More »Scientists thought this Antarctic sea floor would be barren. But it’s teeming with life
As It Happens5:29Scientists thought this Antarctic sea floor would be barren. But it’s teeming with life When the crew aboard an ocean science expedition learned that an iceberg the size of Chicago had broken off from an Antarctic ice shelf, they knew they had to stop what they were doing …
Read More »In Antarctica, Canadian scientists have a ‘momentous’ chance to learn more about climate change
In the middle of an active volcano at the bottom of the world, dozens of fur seals bask in blowing wet snow. They are mostly unfussed by their two-legged guests. Around them lie cockeyed iron tanks and wooden boats from an early 20th-century whaling settlement, so weathered they’re nearly absorbed …
Read More »Scientists at U.S. weather forecasting agency ordered to get clearance before talking to Canadian counterparts
Travelling for international meetings or even joining a call with Canadian counterparts has become impossible for some U.S. government scientists, under new directives since U.S. President Donald Trump took office. Canadian ecologist Aaron Fisk says he recently tried to set up a virtual call to discuss plans with American colleagues, …
Read More »There’s a 1.9% chance a big asteroid could hit Earth in 2032. Scientists say don’t worry about it
Look at it this way — there’s almost a 99 per cent chance an asteroid up to the size of a football field won’t hit the Earth in eight years. Still, there’s up to a two per cent chance it will, according to NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). …
Read More »Order of Canada goes to advocates, athletes, scientists and Deadpool
More than 40 years after being told she was a threat to Canada because of her sexuality, Diane Pitre is being given one of the country’s top honours. The advocate for 2SLGBTQ+ members of the Canadian Armed Forces, who was kicked out of the service in 1980 as part of …
Read More »Why has Earth been so unusually hot for the past 2 years? Climate scientists are trying to figure that out
Yes, we’re going to talk about another year of warming. You might be tired of the same old tale: another year, another position on the top 10 warmest years, a podium on which we definitely don’t want to stand. But the past two years have been different — and climate …
Read More »Mystery of blobs washing up on Newfoundland’s beaches solved, as scientists pinpoint chemical
MUN chemistry professor Chris Kozak says he’s run the mystery blobs through a battery of tests to determine it’s a man-made latex. (Jeremy Eaton/CBC) The mystery behind white blobs washing ashore on eastern Newfoundland’s beaches that gripped public attention this fall — and commanded international media interest along the way …
Read More »Scientists on quest for drought-resistant wheat, agriculture’s ‘Holy Grail’ – Calgary
Plant biologist Marcus Samuel has been working for more than a decade to improve the climate resilience of crops. At his research greenhouse at the University of Calgary, he uses cutting-edge gene editing techniques to produce hardier varieties of plants able to withstand temperature fluctuations, floods and frosts. But while …
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