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Science The capsule rocketed toward orbit to fetch the test pilots whose Boeing spacecraft returned to Earth empty earlier this month because of safety concerns. The switch in rides left it to NASA’s Nick Hague and Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov to retrieve Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Butch Wilmore, Suni WilliamsContinue Reading
In July, torrential rains flooded basements across Ontario, causing $940 million in insured damages, and weeks later, caused nearly $2.5 billion in insured damages in Quebec, the Insurance Bureau of Canada says. As climate change boosts the risk of extreme rainfall and flooding in many parts of Canada, including southern OntarioContinue Reading
Science There’s a new comet in the sky that has gained a lot of attention lately over its potential to become visible to the naked eye. Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) has the potential to put on a stellar show Nicole Mortillaro · CBC News · Posted: Sep 23, 2024 4:00Continue Reading
Science Canadians are buying EVs and installing heat pumps and solar panels in their homes as part of the push to slow climate change and transition to cleaner forms of energy. But some are running into an unexpected hurdle: home insurance companies. Insurance companies may be hesitant to cover solarContinue Reading
Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. Keep up with the latest news on our Climate and Environment page. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox every Thursday. This week: Can an image of frozen penguin chicks spark climate action? The Big Picture: Think it was a quiet year forContinue Reading
Science An asteroid will pass so close to Earth on Sept. 29 that it will temporarily be captured by gravity and be our planetary companion for nearly two months. Asteroid 2024 PT5 was discovered on Aug. 7 Nicole Mortillaro · CBC News · Posted: Sep 19, 2024 2:06 PM EDTContinue Reading
It’s not every day we get to see the tiny world that exists beyond our vision, but that’s what the Nikon Small World in Motion competition is all about. This is the 14th year of the competition, where past winners revealed extraordinary insights into things like the stomach contents of a termite, humanContinue Reading
Science A billionaire stepped out for the first private spacewalk Thursday, teaming up with SpaceX on the daring endeavour hundreds of miles above Earth. Spacewalking test led by billionaire Jared Isaacman lasted just under two hoursThe Associated Press · Posted: Sep 12, 2024 6:52 AM EDT | Last Updated: SeptemberContinue Reading
Science The crew of the Polaris Dawn mission is conducting one of the riskiest tests in their five-day mission: the first commercial spacewalk using SpaceX’s newly designed spacesuits. Lessons learned from spacewalks taken over the last few decades Nicole Mortillaro · CBC News · Posted: Sep 11, 2024 12:02 PMContinue Reading
Science After a lull, hurricane season is set to come roaring backThis year’s hurricane season began ominously enough — with warnings from Canadian and U.S. forecasters that it was going to be rougher-than-normal season, and Hurricane Beryl plowing through the Caribbean as the earliest Category 5 storm in history. TheContinue Reading
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