Science

It might have been a bit late for Canada Day celebrations, but a moose decided to take a dip in Wascana Lake Monday morning. According to Twitter users, the large animal was spotted near the artificial lake’s Willow Island around 10 a.m. CST. Apparently, it swam around in the water, with great ease, for the better part of an hour …

Parents, youngsters and wanna-be anglers everywhere are invited to experience Canada’s amazing outdoors! National Fishing Week is a week-long celebration of recreational fishing in Canada that will be held July 2 to July 10. With more than 1 million lakes, rivers and streams plus three oceans, Canada is one of the most diverse natural environments on the planet.

NASA has a special way to celebrate the 240th Birthday of America. Today, Fourth of July, NASA’s solar-powered Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter after an almost five-year trip through space. Juno launched back in August of 2011, setting out on a 1.8 billion mile trip to the solar system’s largest planet.

The earth is nearly 94.5 million miles away from the sun today. That’s the farthest we get in our annual, slightly elliptical, trip around the sun. Perihelion, when the earth is closest to the sun, occurs in early January. Given that it is a lot warmer today than in early January, it is fair to say that distance from the …

NASA has successfully tested its booster for the most powerful rocket in the world. The booster test was conducted for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the rocket that will take us to Mars in the future. The booster was fired up for its last qualification ground test at the Orbital ATK’s test facility in Promontory, Utah on Tuesday, June 28th. …

Recent study shows that pea plants are the only vegetables that are able to take any chances by means of adapted responses to their surrounding environment. In the study, published in the journal Current Biology, pea plants were grown with their roots split between two pots, thus facing the decision of which pot to prioritise. In a preliminary experiment, the …

There’s a mystery brewing in the southeast neighbourhood of Copperfield. What used to be a wetland – teaming with wildlife – is suddenly disappearing. Residents suggest the cause isn’t just lack of rain, but an uptick in nearby construction. Marili Bourne tells Global News she’s wondering if nearby construction has played a part in draining the wetland.

About 99 million years ago, a hummingbird-size bird likely fought for its life after getting stuck in a glob of tree resin, but it couldn’t tear itself away and eventually died, leaving its feathers to mummify in what became a lump of amber, a new study finds. Published in the journal Nature Communications, an analysis in the new report revealed …

The search for a blue whale tangled in commercial crabbing gear off California’s coast stretched into a second day on Wednesday as whale watchers, leisure boaters and fishermen hoped for a glimpse of the ensnared animal and a second chance to rescue it. Dave Anderson of Capt. Dave’s Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari said Thursday that boaters and even volunteers …

An research led by a Canadian scientists says fruit flies adjust to a sudden drop in temperature by drastically changing their genes and metabolism so they can keep on buzzing around a fruit bowl. The finding is important because understanding how insects tolerate changes in temperature is a crucial step in protecting and controlling insects worldwide, says Heath MacMillan, who …

Researchers have discovered pieces of opal in a meteorite in Antarctica. The findings are extremely important for related studies on water and its life-forming abilities. Tiny fragments of opal were spotted in a meteorite EET 83309, which was picked up off the ice in east Antarctica – the second time a meteorite has been found containing the gemstone. (The first …