Science

An independent scientific adviser has resigned from a Health Canada committee on pesticide management, citing a lack of transparency and scientific oversight. A giant Canadian flag hangs on the side of a government office building in downtown Ottawa, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

‘False sense of security’: B.C. scientist quits as national pesticide watchdog

Pesticide regulation ‘obsolete,’ protects industry, scientific adviser says in resignation

An independent scientific adviser has resigned from a Health Canada committee on pesticide management, citing a lack of transparency and scientific oversight. A giant Canadian flag hangs on the side of a government office building in downtown Ottawa, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Dr. Keith Yeates, a neuropsychologist at the University of Calgary, poses in this undated handout photo. Yeates has a study published in the online medical journal Pediatrics that says kids who suffer concussions don’t suffer a drop in IQ. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - University of Calgary, Riley Brandt

Canadian study says concussions don’t affect kids’ intelligence

University of Calgary-led research finds there doesn’t appear to be an alteration in a kid’s IQ

Dr. Keith Yeates, a neuropsychologist at the University of Calgary, poses in this undated handout photo. Yeates has a study published in the online medical journal Pediatrics that says kids who suffer concussions don’t suffer a drop in IQ. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - University of Calgary, Riley Brandt
A customer walks down a grocery store’s drinks aisle in Newcastle, Ont. on Thursday July 13, 2023. The Canadian Cancer Society and Health Canada are reviewing the World Health Organization’s classification of aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives

Stay within aspartame limits, cancer society says in wake of WHO findings

Canadian advice offered after World Health Organization reports sweetener ‘possibly carcinogenic’

A customer walks down a grocery store’s drinks aisle in Newcastle, Ont. on Thursday July 13, 2023. The Canadian Cancer Society and Health Canada are reviewing the World Health Organization’s classification of aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
FILE- Indians cheer as they watch the on screen the lift off of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)'s Geosynchronous Satellite launch Vehicle (GSLV) MkIII carrying Chandrayaan-2 in Mumbai, India, Monday, July 22, 2019. Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3, the word for “moon craft” in Sanskrit, will blaze its way to the far side of the moon on Friday, July 14, 2023, a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four years ago to achieve a soft landing and roving on the lunar surface. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
FILE- Indians cheer as they watch the on screen the lift off of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)'s Geosynchronous Satellite launch Vehicle (GSLV) MkIII carrying Chandrayaan-2 in Mumbai, India, Monday, July 22, 2019. Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3, the word for “moon craft” in Sanskrit, will blaze its way to the far side of the moon on Friday, July 14, 2023, a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four years ago to achieve a soft landing and roving on the lunar surface. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
The waters of Crawford Lake in Milton, Ont., on Friday, July 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Canadian lake picked as the cradle of the Golden Spike, dawn of a new epoch

Geologists say Ontario’s Crawford Lake best illustrates case to declare a new age geological epoch

The waters of Crawford Lake in Milton, Ont., on Friday, July 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Richard Gordon tests out the virtual reality environment on Qikiqtaruk, Y.T., in an undated handout photo. The VR project Qikiqtaruk: Arctic at Risk is transporting people to Yukon’s northernmost point without them ever having to leave home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Isla Myers-Smith

‘Seeing is believing’: VR project immerses viewers in Yukon climate change

‘Qikiqtaruk: Arctic at Risk’ transports people to the frontlines of far north environmental change

Richard Gordon tests out the virtual reality environment on Qikiqtaruk, Y.T., in an undated handout photo. The VR project Qikiqtaruk: Arctic at Risk is transporting people to Yukon’s northernmost point without them ever having to leave home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Isla Myers-Smith
Luna the dog stands in front of signs as animal lovers and their pets deliver petitions demanding a ban on animal tested cosmetic products in Canada on Parliament Hill on Monday, May 28, 2018. Canada has banned testing cosmetic products on animals. It’s a largely symbolic move that brings Canada’s policy in line with dozens of other countries.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Canada bans testing of cosmetics on animals

Move puts country in line with dozens of other nations

Luna the dog stands in front of signs as animal lovers and their pets deliver petitions demanding a ban on animal tested cosmetic products in Canada on Parliament Hill on Monday, May 28, 2018. Canada has banned testing cosmetic products on animals. It’s a largely symbolic move that brings Canada’s policy in line with dozens of other countries.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Chicken salad dishes made from Good Meat’s cultivated chicken is shown at the Eat Just office in Alameda, Calif., Wednesday, June 14, 2023. For the first time, U.S. regulators on Wednesday, June 21, approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells, allowing two California companies to offer “lab-grown” meat to the nation’s restaurant tables and eventually, supermarket shelves.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

US approves chicken made from cultivated cells, nation’s first ‘lab-grown’ meat

‘Cultured’ meat set to emerge from the laboratory and arrive on American dinner plates

Chicken salad dishes made from Good Meat’s cultivated chicken is shown at the Eat Just office in Alameda, Calif., Wednesday, June 14, 2023. For the first time, U.S. regulators on Wednesday, June 21, approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells, allowing two California companies to offer “lab-grown” meat to the nation’s restaurant tables and eventually, supermarket shelves.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak takes part in a science experiment as he visits the Friendship Technology Preparatory High School during his trip to Washington, DC, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)

Confidence in science fell in 2022 while political divides persisted, US poll shows

Less than 40% of U.S. adults surveyed said they had ‘a great deal of confidence’ in science

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak takes part in a science experiment as he visits the Friendship Technology Preparatory High School during his trip to Washington, DC, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)
FILE - Workers on scaffolding repaint the NASA logo near the top of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., May 20, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

NASA talks UFOs with public ahead of final report on unidentified flying objects

NASA held its first public meeting on UFOs on Wednesday a year…

FILE - Workers on scaffolding repaint the NASA logo near the top of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., May 20, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
FILE - An embryologist works on a petri dish at the Create Health fertility clinic in south London, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2013. Britain's fertility regulator said the first babies created using an experimental technique combining DNA from three people have been born, in an effort to prevent the children from inheriting rare genetic diseases. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)

1st babies born in Britain using DNA from 3 people

Britain’s fertility regulator on Wednesday confirmed the births of the U.K.’s first…

FILE - An embryologist works on a petri dish at the Create Health fertility clinic in south London, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2013. Britain's fertility regulator said the first babies created using an experimental technique combining DNA from three people have been born, in an effort to prevent the children from inheriting rare genetic diseases. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)
Researchers are looking to discarded fruit for a source of electrical energy. (Black press files)

UBCO researchers try to generate electricity from discarded fruit

Team at school of engineering feeds scraps to microbes

Researchers are looking to discarded fruit for a source of electrical energy. (Black press files)
Dover Bay Secondary School robotics students Hiroki Nariyoshi, left, Scott Wiebe, Marina Pelletier, Xiaorui Liu, Mark Ratzlaff and Rhys Arden, not pictured, will represent B.C. in the Skills Canada national competition May 25-26 in Winnipeg. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

High school students from Nanaimo will represent B.C. in national robotics competition

Dover Bay Secondary School team to compete at Skills Canada event in Winnipeg

Dover Bay Secondary School robotics students Hiroki Nariyoshi, left, Scott Wiebe, Marina Pelletier, Xiaorui Liu, Mark Ratzlaff and Rhys Arden, not pictured, will represent B.C. in the Skills Canada national competition May 25-26 in Winnipeg. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Juvenile Rockfish in Barkley Sound. (Photo courtesy of Emily Adamczyk)

Former UVic scientist eavesdropping on fish to fathom their underwater secrets

Researchers have devised a relatively low-cost portable audio-visual system for tracking fish sounds

Juvenile Rockfish in Barkley Sound. (Photo courtesy of Emily Adamczyk)
UBCO masters student Leah D'Aloisio. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

UBC Okanagan researching ‘major differences’ between Indian and Euro-Canadian guts

The gut microbiology research is looking at why Indians develop irritable bowel disease in Canada

UBCO masters student Leah D'Aloisio. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
Diana Ied, Silas Boom and Nathan Singleton demonstrate their kinetic sand table, a prototype for a coffee table that uses a magnetically driven ball bearing to draw artistic patterns in sand. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

VIU puts on its first information technology student project fair

First- and second-year information technology and applied systems students show recent projects

Diana Ied, Silas Boom and Nathan Singleton demonstrate their kinetic sand table, a prototype for a coffee table that uses a magnetically driven ball bearing to draw artistic patterns in sand. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Dire wolf skulls found in La Brea Tar Pits are on display at the George C. Page Museum on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, in Los Angeles. The museum celebrates a century of excavation at the La Brea Tar Pits, considered the richest and most diverse collection of Ice Age fossils. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Scientists confirm first Canadian fossil of Ice Age predator the dire wolf

Specimen found near Medicine Hat confirmed years after being found

Dire wolf skulls found in La Brea Tar Pits are on display at the George C. Page Museum on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, in Los Angeles. The museum celebrates a century of excavation at the La Brea Tar Pits, considered the richest and most diverse collection of Ice Age fossils. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Spencer Russell, right, is researching better tools to detect and manage bacterial infections in salmon. (Photo courtesy Vancouver Island University)

VIU researcher developing tools to better manage infection in salmon

Spencer Russell studies tenacibaculum, an infectious bacteria that affects multiple fish species

Spencer Russell, right, is researching better tools to detect and manage bacterial infections in salmon. (Photo courtesy Vancouver Island University)
A person holds a mummified Arctic ground squirrel uncovered near Dawson City, Yukon, in an undated handout photo. The 30,000-year-old animal is set to go on display this May at Whitehorse’s Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Yukon Territorial Government

‘Amazing story of survival’: 30,000-year-old mummified ground squirrel found in Yukon

Remains, believed to be an animal that died while hibernating, found by miners

A person holds a mummified Arctic ground squirrel uncovered near Dawson City, Yukon, in an undated handout photo. The 30,000-year-old animal is set to go on display this May at Whitehorse’s Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Yukon Territorial Government
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TikTok fined $15.9M by UK watchdog over misuse of kids’ data

Britain’s privacy watchdog hit TikTok with a multimillion-dollar penalty Tuesday for misusing…

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