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Scientists spot biggest supernova ever detected
Technology & Science ||
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Canadians value science, medical advice over economic factors in COVID-19 response: York U study
Nick Boisvert
Canada -Toronto ||
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SNOLAB team helping to develop ventilators that can be built anywhere in the world with off-the-shelf parts
Canada -Sudbury ||
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Federal government open to new law to fight pandemic misinformation
The federal government is considering introducing legislation to make it an offence to knowingly spread misinformation that could harm people, says Privy Council President Dominic LeBlanc. He told CBC News he is interested in British MP Damian Collins's call for laws to punish those responsible for spreading dangerous misinformation online about the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Elizabeth Thompson
Politics ||
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Entangled humpback whale found dead on remote B.C. island
Officials with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans are looking into the death of a humpback whale that washed ashore on a remote island just off Vancouver Island’s northwest coast.
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Kieran Oudshoorn
Canada -British Columbia |
Fires near Chornobyl nuclear plant have been put out, Ukraine officials say
Ukrainian emergency officials said Tuesday they have extinguished forest fires in the radiation-contaminated area near the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, but acknowledged that grass was still smouldering in some areas.
Technology & Science ||
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Scientists can record teeny-tiny earthquakes, thanks to lockdown quiet
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Mia Rabson
Technology & Science ||
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Germ-zapping robots: Your COVID-19 questions answered
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Ania Bessonov
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Scientists warned not to handle bats to prevent passing COVID-19 to millions of North American flying mammals
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Bartley Kives
Canada -Manitoba ||
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Bored at home? Rube Goldberg's granddaughter wants you to build an elaborate soap machine
Radio -As It Happens |
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Sick vampire bats isolate from friends but continue to care for family
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Wallis Snowdon
Canada -Edmonton |
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Teksavvy asks CRTC to push for lower internet rates amid COVID-19 crunch
Business |
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McMaster University racing to create home-based COVID-19 test
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Bobby Hristova
Canada -Hamilton |
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COVID-19 delays research into connection between climate change, redfish boom
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Paul Withers
Canada -Nova Scotia |
Biodiversity loss and wildlife trade are making pandemics like COVID-19 more likely, experts say
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Nicole Mortillaro
Technology & Science ||
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Hundreds of dead seals washing ashore in Nova Scotia
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Aly Thomson
Canada -Nova Scotia |
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Grey whale research halted due to COVID-19 concerns
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Roshini Nair
Canada -British Columbia ||
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Apollo 13 was a near-disaster that became a triumph — now you can experience it in real time
Radio -Quirks & Quarks |
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What on Earth?
Are physical distancing measures giving bikes a new lease on life?
Technology & Science ||
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B.C.'s tiger kings are long gone, but concerns about animal welfare linger
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Bethany Lindsay
Canada -British Columbia |
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How the Spanish flu compares to COVID-19: Lessons learned, answers still being pursued
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Darren Bernhardt
Canada -Manitoba ||
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Travel to far-off places and far back in time through VR
Radio -Quirks & Quarks |
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Architects and engineers are turning old shipping containers into mobile intensive care units
Radio -Day 6 |
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Apple, Google to harness phones for COVID-19 infection tracking
Business ||
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Analysis
Poor planning for COVID-19 rings economic warning bell for climate: Don Pittis
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Don Pittis
Business |
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Why speaking 'moistly' could be partly to blame for the rapid spread of COVID-19
Radio -Quirks & Quarks |
Atomic bomb tests help reveal age of world's biggest fish
Technology & Science ||