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Why did the female orgasm evolve? Experiment supports theory
In humans, the female orgasm isn’t required for reproduction, so scientists have long been puzzled about why it exists. Now, a new experiment on rabbits involving orgasm-suppressing antidepressants confirms an intriguing theory — that the reflex originally evolved to trigger ovulation.
Emily Chung
Technology & Science ||
Big telecom companies win court battle in ongoing war with CRTC over wholesale internet rates
Business |
Engineered-in-Edmonton Twitter bot combats misogyny on the campaign trail
Canada -Edmonton |
Analysis
The problem isn't the pipeline: MIT's funding scandal shows the extent of sexism in STEM
Ramona Pringle
Technology & Science ||
SpaceX's Elon Musk plans to launch this Mars rocketship within months
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has unveiled the latest iteration of his space company's newly assembled Starship, outlining a speedy development timeline for the centerpiece vehicle of SpaceX's quest to launch humans to the moon and Mars.
Technology & Science ||
Toronto business owner loses $14K to technical glitch at mobile payment company
A glitch in the popular Square payment technology is causing financial headaches for some of the company’s users, CBC News has learned. Square won’t say how widespread the issue is, or how many customers have been affected but the company concedes it's not a "one-off."
John Lancaster
Canada -Toronto ||
'I feel more equal': How technology is making direct communication possible for deaf community
David Burke waited over 60 years to be able to communicate with the world. Technological innovations are helping deaf people like Burke better communicate with the hearing community.
Aviva Jacob
Canada -Manitoba |
Why engineers in Alberta think they've found a way for the oilsands to produce clean fuel
Tony Seskus
Business |
Green party proposes a 'robot tax' when companies replace workers with machines
Politics |
University of Alberta vice-president resigns over 'beefier barley' billboards
Thandiwe Konguavi
Canada -Edmonton ||
GO PUBLIC
Toronto-area man out $2,775 after e-transfer fraudsters impersonate him on email
Erica Johnson
Business ||
THE WEEKLY
'How dare you!': Young activists are harnessing the power of social media to capture the world's attention
Ania Bessonov
Technology & Science |
Big Manitoba fish make a run for the border, biologists find
Bartley Kives
Canada -Manitoba ||
Climate lessons from the classroom spill into the streets
Nicole Mortillaro
Technology & Science ||
MARKETPLACE
We asked 3 companies to recycle Canadian plastic and secretly tracked it. Only 1 company recycled the material
Katie Pedersen, Eric Szeto, David Common and Luke Denne
Technology & Science ||
Invasive piranha pulled from B.C. lake twice this summer
Canada -British Columbia |
How polkadot windows now protect birds at Pinery Provincial Park
Jackie Sharkey
Canada -Kitchener-Waterloo ||
Analysis
Worried about climate change? You've got a tough decision to make
Aaron Wherry
Politics ||
Opinion
Time to move from protest to proactive on climate change
Radio -Quirks & Quarks |
Canadian Indigenous water activist Autumn Peltier addresses UN on clean water
World |
Why activists want to make ecocide a crime against humanity
Radio -Day 6 |
Verafin's quiet, huge success: Canada's largest venture funding deal goes to an N.L. company
Terri Coles
Canada -Nfld. & Labrador ||
Canadians rally across country to call for bolder action on climate change
Canada ||
MARKETPLACE
'We don't want to be the next cancer village': Canada's plastic recycling dumped and burned overseas
Eric Szeto, Katie Pedersen, David Common and Luke Denne
World ||
FACT CHECK
Would the Liberals' climate plan really add 31 cents to pump prices?
Lucas Powers
Politics ||
Venus is a hellscape now, but might once have been blue like Earth
Radio |
How 'organized climate change denial' shapes public opinion on global warming
Kelly Crowe
Technology & Science ||
Dead right whale off N.Y. was last seen entangled in Canadian waters
Paul Withers
Canada -Nova Scotia ||