The Big Idea: Why We Should Take UFOs Seriously
Whether you call them UFOs, UAPs or flying saucers, Canada should treat the objects that fly in our skies as scientific phenomena, not pop-cultural quackery
The James Webb telescope is allowing astronomers to time-travel into our deep, dark past
A brilliant scientist was mysteriously fired from a Winnipeg virus lab. No one knows why.
She was escorted away by the RCMP more than two years ago, sparking international controversy. What really happened to Xiangguo Qiu?
It’s time to switch to an N95 mask in the battle against Omicron
It’s easier for the virus to move through surgical or cloth masks, experts say, while respirators filter tiny aerosols
A meteorite nearly killed this B.C. woman in her sleep. Scientists say it could be 470 million years old.
The cosmic rock hurtled through space and time and landed in Ruth Hamilton’s bed, just beside her head. It could be worth thousands.
B.C.’s ‘southern resident’ orcas have been wandering far from home. Could this be the end?
The orca family known as J pod have been swimming far away from their Salish Sea digs. Will they return in 2022?
Space exploration is about more than launching billionaires into orbit
The eye-rolling at the obvious PR stunt of sending William Shatner to space hides a growing antipathy towards space exploration—but we’ve forgotten how much humanity benefitted from it
The team of scientists guarding Canada against COVID variants—’the known unknown’
The Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network will serve as Canada’s early warning system for variants that could hurl us back into pandemic misery
The beetle scientist on a mission to name the world’s most beguiling bugs
Pat Bouchard wants to make sure each and every species of Coleoptera is properly identified
The elite Canadian pilot who’ll be flying Virgin Galactic tourists to space
Virgin Galactic’s “future astronauts” will be in the hands of an elite Canadian test pilot
Using traditional Inuit knowledge and Western science to study Arctic marine life
Since leaving Nunavut to study marine biology at the University of Guelph, Ph.D. student Enooyaq Sudlovenick has sought to understand more about the life that roams below the Arctic’s ocean surface
Will this flu season be worse than usual?
Vaxx Populi: In 2020-21, Canada saw just 69 confirmed cases of influenza. Some experts worry we may have lower immunity to the flu, after nearly two years of social distancing.