How AI and Robotics Can Make Maritime Shipping More Sustainable

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Websites deceive users by deliberately hiding the extent of data collection and sharing

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Is AI enabling our next Renaissance?

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The federal government’s proposed AI legislation misses the mark on protecting Canadians

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Quebec can become a leader in responsible artificial intelligence

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A $4-billion idea gone wrong: the Canada Digital Adoption Program

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Eclipses were once associated with the death of kings — attempting to predict this played a key role in the birth of astronomy

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The total solar eclipse is a cosmic spectacle well worth the hype

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When you can’t trust your eyes anymore

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Why Ontario school boards are suing social media platforms for causing an attention crisis

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Generative AI is changing the legal profession – future lawyers need to know how to use it

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Stellar murder: when stars destroy and eat their own planets

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AI’s excessive water consumption threatens to drown out its environmental contributions

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The Online Harms Act doesn’t go far enough to protect democracy in Canada

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Floating crystals slow stellar aging — for some stars, this can delay death by billions of years

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How Startup Cellcolabs Could Revolutionize Stem Cell Production

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Total solar eclipses provide an opportunity to engage with science, culture and history

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How Automated Robots Are Transforming Manufacturing Processes

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Global warming may be behind an increase in the frequency and intensity of cold spells

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Regulating AI in schools could be a top class innovation

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Governments’ Role in Regulating and Using AI for the SDGs

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AI and the Gig Economy Deliver an Opportunity

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How Robotics and AI Are Reshaping Construction

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Health-care AI: The potential and pitfalls of diagnosis by app

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Canada’s Genetic Non-Discrimination Act has only had a limited impact on the use of genetic information by life insurers

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Extreme environments are coded into the genomes of the organisms that live there

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OpenAI’s new generative tool Sora could revolutionize marketing and content creation

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Food Tech: Are 3D-Printed Food and Meatless Meat the Future?

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ArriveCAN should drive deeper reforms, not just contracting oversight

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B.C.’s lack of snow foretells summer drought woes

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Town prepping for once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse this spring

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‘Here we are talking about drought in February’

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Artificial intelligence needs to be trained on culturally diverse datasets to avoid bias

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The use of technology in policing should be regulated to protect people from wrongful convictions

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The video game industry is booming. Why are there so many layoffs?

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Genetic diseases: How scientists are working to make DNA repair (almost) a piece of cake

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How Commercial Flights Could Go Electric

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Canada’s got AI talent. Let’s keep it here

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Why now is the time to address humanity’s impact on the moon

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The first Neuralink brain implant signals a new phase for human-computer interaction

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Plastic fibres are a dangerous junk food for tiny ocean creatures

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Disaster communications can be more effective when using different messaging strategies

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Clean Energy Tech: 6 Trends in 2024

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Animal Health: How AI and Drones Make a Big Difference

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Canada’s tech policies and priorities aren’t doing enough to make citizens safer online

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Fowl language: AI is learning to analyze chicken communications to help us understand what all the clucking’s about

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Canada should not fall behind on implementing safety measures for children online

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CES 2024: Top 5 Green Tech Products

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Larger and more frequent solar storms will make for potential disruptions and spectacular auroras on Earth

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How much life has ever existed on Earth?

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Top 3 AI Productivity Tools of 2023

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A clearer right-to-repair picture emerges in Canada, but uncertainties remain

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After seeing the struggle of Palestinians in Gaza, TikTok users are learning about Islam

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Climate change solutions require collaboration between politicians, scientists and entrepreneurs

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Meta charging European users to remove ads is a privacy red herring

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Tesla recalls over two million vehicles, but it needs to address confusing marketing

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Dreaming may have evolved as a strategy for co-operative survival

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Gene Editing Has Arrived

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Canadian scientists are still being muzzled, and that risks undermining climate policy

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How ChatGPT can help you do archival research — but never replace archivists

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Want to know if your data are managed responsibly? Here are 15 questions to help you find out

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Microsoft’s ban on third-party controllers on the Xbox excludes some disabled gamers from using the device

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Canada’s Fall Economic Statement signals the ‘right to repair’ your tech devices

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Why Canada’s Smart Cities Challenge is missing the mark

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Allegations of threats and lying perturb the federal public service

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The federal government needs a digital transformation

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Is Buying Solar Powered Speakers Worth It?

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Tech startups with diverse founding teams are more likely to seek IPO or acquisition

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Google’s $100 million to Canada’s news industry is a small price to pay to avoid regulation

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Chief information officer Catherine Luelo resigns from job revamping federal tech

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Carbon Removal: Startup Eoin’s ‘Enhanced Rock Weathering’ technique

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The 15-minute city is a popular planning approach, but relies on ableist assumptions

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ChatGPT or Meta: Which AI Chatbot Is More Sustainable?

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Long hours and low wages: the human labour powering AI’s development

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NASA’s first successful recovery of asteroid samples may reveal information about the origins of the universe

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Pinpointing Carbon Emissions Like Never Before: World’s First CO2 Monitoring Satellite Is Now in Orbit

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Birds’ nests express their unique style and past experiences

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The experiences of older drivers can help design cleaner and safer cars

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The Sky’s Not the Limit for One Health on Earth

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Over the past six years, governments proposed launching over one million satellites, but where will they all go?

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Cobalt nanoparticles could become a significant player in the pursuit of clean energy

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How Canadian companies can use tech to identify forced labour in their supply chains

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How One Startup Is Driving the Rail Industry to a Greener Future

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The 23andMe data breach reveals the vulnerabilities of our interconnected data

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Collectively, we spend only 45 minutes daily on the activities that produce the most pollution

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How AI Could Help Plan and Execute a Biological Attack

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Is Beanless Coffee the Future?

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Fast Tech ‘Seriously Rivalling Fast Fashion’: How Bad Is the E-Waste Crisis?

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Governments must act more urgently to attract needed digital talent

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The next gold rush is far, far away — and closer than you think

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How startups are leading the way to integrate ESG principles into society

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The risk of waiting to regulate AI is greater than the risk of acting too quickly

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The time for a law on artificial intelligence has come

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How to legislate on artificial intelligence in Canada?

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Who has jurisdiction over artificial intelligence: Ottawa or the provinces?

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The ethics of artificial intelligence await the law

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Microplastics Found in Clouds: What Now?

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Canada needs to accelerate its transition to renewable energy

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Scale-up renewable energy co-operatives to energize the nation

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Sustainable Battle of the Brands: Toyota vs. Tesla

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Why Einstein must be wrong: In search of the theory of gravity

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Family vlogs can entertain, empower and exploit

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Poland Approves Its First Nuclear Power Plant

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NASA’s Capsule With Asteroid Bennu Sample to Return to Earth

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT: Now Seeing, Hearing, and Speaking in a Major Update

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How TikTok Violated EU’s Privacy Laws

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What is intelligence? For millennia, western literature has suggested it may be a liability

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Canada’s participation in the world’s largest radio telescope means new opportunities in research and innovation

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First-Ever 3D-Printed Salmon: A Taste of the Future!

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Musk’s Neuralink to Start Testing Brain Implants in Humans

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Discovering the universe from our own backyards

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What COVID-19 taught us about antibiotics misuse

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How the Indo-Pacific can beat the SDG cash crunch

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If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them: Teachers Are Going All In on Generative AI

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What Canadians need to know about West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne infection that can be life-threatening

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Life Beyond Earth? NASA Finds Potential Signs

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Planetary Intelligence: A Way Out of the Climate Crisis?

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How AI is joining the fight against superbugs

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Can ❤️s change minds? How social media influences public opinion and news circulation

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Your iPhone will soon be able to track your mental health with iOS 17, but what are the implications for your well-being?

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Can Waste Heat Safeguard Sustainable Electricity Production?

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Environmental Implications of Private Space Exploration

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Scientists Create the World’s First Soap Made From Plastic

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US Invests $1.2 Billion in Carbon Removal Innovation

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‘The World’s Most Capable Humanoid Robot’ Has Arrived

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Northern map turtles survive cold winter conditions by staying active under ice

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What Can AI Decode From Human Brain Activity?

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AI is reshaping the workplace – but what does it mean for the health and well-being of workers?

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How old is the universe exactly? A new theory suggests that it’s been around for twice as long as believed

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More marine heatwaves could spell disaster for ocean life

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Learning from failures: Support for scientific research needs to include when things don’t work out

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Crowd-sourced science sheds light on how new species form across space and time

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What are marine heatwaves and are they happening more often?

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How dangerous is extreme heat to humans

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Could Waste Bugs Be Used to Make Biodegradable Plastics?

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Boiling point? Canada’s warming oceans enter uncharted territory

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Artificial intelligence can be used to design engaging and interactive public art

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The Canadian government’s poor track record on public consultations undermines its ability to regulate new technologies

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Sunlight to Power: Evolution and Key Facts About Solar Energy

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Zoom’s scrapped proposal to mine user data causes concern about our virtual and private Indigenous Knowledge

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This solar cycle, the sun’s activity is more powerful and surprising than predicted

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Hydrogen vs. Electric Cars: What is the Right Choice for Sustainable Transport?

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Applying AI to Mitigate Global Warming from Contrails

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Is lab-grown meat better for the environment?

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Solar Power From Space: How Would It Work?

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The reaction to ‘X,’ Elon Musk’s rebrand of Twitter, reflects how we feel about brands

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The illusion and implications of ‘just following the science’ COVID-19 messaging

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Unleashing the Wings of Innovation and Recreation

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What Is the ‘Dark Universe’ Made up Of?

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Bitcoin Mining: Experts Claim It Can Clean up the Atmosphere

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First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don’t learn from history

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Meta’s Threads platform might not be revolutionary, but it poses a challenge to Twitter

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3 Lawsuits in 10 Days: Who Is Suing OpenAI, and Why?

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The bacteria and microbes in your gut can affect your body and mental health – engineering them promises new forms of treatment. Podcast

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Are you an observer, promoter, connector or influencer? 4 ways to harness social media for innovation

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‘Responsibility washing’ is as bad for health innovation as greenwashing is for sustainability. Here’s how to stop it.

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Revolutionizing Transportation: The Rise of Self Driving Cars

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The deinfluencing trend reflects a growing desire for authenticity online

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Introducing Threads: Instagram’s ‘Twitter Killer’

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Struggling to cancel an online service? You’re not alone

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The social app dividing the world

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Bill C-18: Google and Meta spark crucial test for Canadian journalism

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Beyond the hype: How AI could change the game for social science research

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Ancient Egyptians measured the first hour, and changed how we related to time

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TikTok’s battle between politics and popularity

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The risks of a digital cold war

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Language Learning and AI: How Useful Are the New Chatbots?

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Batteries in electric vehicles have more mileage in city driving rather than highway driving

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US-China Tech War: America Considers New Export Restrictions on AI Chips

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Chatbots can be used to create manipulative content — understanding how this works can help address it

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Artificial intelligence can support architects but lacks empathy and ethics

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Chatbot revolution risks becoming a race of the reckless

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Canada is failing to regulate AI amid fear and hype

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Apple’s new Vision Pro mixed-reality headset could bring the metaverse back to life

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All The Way From Space To Earth: Caltech’s Project Leads the Race in Space-Based Solar Energy

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Algorithms can be useful in detecting fake news, stopping its spread and countering misinformation

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AI clones made from user data pose uncanny risks

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How to mandate clean heat in our buildings

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Amazon to Pay $30 Million in Settlements Over Claims of Children’s Privacy Violations and Illegal Surveillance

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AI’s Threat to Humanity Rivals Pandemics and Nuclear War, Industry Leaders Warn

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Finding pathways out of Ontario’s hydro and climate mess

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ChatGPT and Me: On the Benefits and Dangers of Artificial Intelligence

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Who Is Liable if AI Violates Your Human Rights?

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A guide to modernizing payments in the financial sector

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Why You Should Attend Unlocking Solar Capital Africa

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End of the ISS Era: What’s in Store for Low-Earth Orbit?

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How Glacial Melting Threatens Alpine Ecosystems

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We’re just starting to learn more about aphantasia, the inability to picture things with the mind’s eye

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Scientists Find Microbes That Can Break Down Plastic in the Cold

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Artificial Intelligence: How Worried Should We Be?

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We need to prepare for the public safety hazards posed by artificial intelligence

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Four things to fix in Canada’s Copyright Act

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Toxic chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products remain in our bodies and environments for a very, very long time

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Can Artificial Intelligence Help Us Speak to Animals?

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How to move without legs or wings: Helping trees migrate to new regions

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The empty success of recent amendments to Canada’s right-to-repair bill

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How Climate Change Threatens Cybersecurity

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From Waste to Plate: Can We Make Food From Plastic?

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A rise in self-service technologies may cause a decline in our sense of community

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Canadian science pioneers’ role in the Human Genome Project shows why it’s crucial to fund research

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