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Facebook has found 'connections' between Canadian ad firm AggregateIQ and Cambridge Analytica

Any link between Cambridge Analytica, AggregateIQ, and Facebook is significant in the wake of revel…

Shona Ghosh   


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Canadian police reportedly got hold of BlackBerry's encryption key

The Canadian firm - famed for its security but now facing serious difficulties and vanishing market…

Rob Price   


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The one thing a renowned climate scientist does to reduce her own impact on the environment

But she has cut back. When she was recently a "visiting" scholar at Canadian Mennonite Un…

Hilary Brueck   


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Scientists found a billion-year-old fungus, and it could change our understanding of how life migrated to land

In a new study published in the journal Nature, researchers describe a fungus they discovered in a …

Aylin Woodward   


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Scientists have discovered a cave that may be the largest in Canada, and it's never been seen by humans before

"You don't get lines of sight of 600 feet in Canadian caves - it just doesn't happen," he told Cana…

Peter Kotecki,Peter Kotecki   


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A year before Greta Thunberg was born, a Nat Geo photographer could not convince scientists to even say the word climate change

In 2002, a year before environmental activist Greta Thunberg was born, Paul Nicklen, a nature photo…

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Scientists are archiving government data to protect it from the Trump administration

Some of the information EDGI is seeking in FOIA requests is as basic as records of budgets, salarie…

Dana Varinsky   


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Scientists just made marijuana compounds in a lab for the first time, and it could open to the door to new treatments for devastating diseases

In a move that's expected to transform the marijuana and pharmaceutical industries, scientists at t…

Erin Brodwin   


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Maple Leaf On Canadian $20 Bill Doesn't Look Canadian - It Looks Norwegian

“We created an image for the bank note that represents a stylized Canadian maple leaf, if you will,…

Sam Ro   


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Scientists still have questions about the mysterious 'Eye of the Sahara'

A little after 100 million years ago, the Eye erupted violently. That collapsed the bubble partway,…

Meghan Bartels   


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How a 60-year-old Canadian sportswear manufacturer convinced regular people to wear $900 arctic parkas

A majority stock purchase by Bain Capital for $250 million is 2013 has fueled the company's rapid g…

Dennis Green   


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Scientists think Canada's boreal forest could be resilient in a warming climate

Northern boreal forests make up nearly 30 percent of the planet's forested area, and store about 20…

Simone M. Scully   


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9 scientists who are changing the way we view space

These nine scientists are seriously altering the way we view and think about outer space. From firs…

Emmie Martin,Jessica Orwig,Ta…   


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Here's The Canadian Government's Plan For The Massively Bloated Dead Blue Whale

One of the dead whales gained international media attention after the 80-foot-long creature became …

Dina Spector   


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A homeopathy enthusiast gave rabid dog saliva to a 4-year-old to treat bad behaviour - and scientists aren't happy

Not only is there no scientific evidence to support this, the remedies are often so diluted there i…

Lindsay Dodgson   


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How a 55-year-old Canadian sportswear manufacturer convinced regular people to wear $800 arctic parkas

A majority stock purchase by Bain Capital for $250 million is 2013 has fueled the company's rapid g…

Dennis Green   


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Researchers Are Chopping Up The Massive Blue Whale The Washed Up In A Canadian Town

"[The whale] is heavily deflated and the seagulls have begun to pick at the decaying bits underneat…

Dina Spector   


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Scientists may have just uncovered an ancient Viking site in North America using satellites

The new site is about 300 miles south of the only other known Viking site, called L'Anse aux Meadow…

Lydia Ramsey   


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10 things scientists are doing right now so humans can inhabit Mars

Humans are not used to such confined environments, where they would seldom leave (and when they did…

Jessica Orwig   


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Scientists Spent Weeks In The Desert Pretending They Were On Mars

For example, what are the most useful pieces of field equipment? An enclosed SUV that offers protec…

Dina Spector