Why do people and animals need to breathe? A biologist explains why you need a constant source of oxygen
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question…
What is America’s sport? Far more say football than baseball
Fans watch the San Francisco 49ers play the Kansas City Chiefs during a Super Bowl…
What do your blood test results mean? A toxicologist explains the basics of how to interpret them
Your blood serves numerous roles to maintain your health. To carry out these functions, blood…
Studying lake deposits in Idaho could give scientists insight into ancient traces of life on Mars
Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? If so, how do scientists search for and…
Lunar science is entering a new active phase, with commercial launches of landers that will study solar wind and peer into the universe’s dark ages
For the first time since 1972, NASA is putting science experiments on the Moon in…
NASA is looking for commercial Mars missions. Do people still want to go to Mars?
Mars has been a source of myth, lore and inspiration since antiquity. It is also…
Our ancient primate ancestors had an appetite for soft fruits – and their diet shaped human evolution
The diet of early anthropoids – the ancestors of apes and monkeys – has long…
How better and cheaper software could save millions of dollars while improving Canada’s health-care system
Billions of Canadian tax dollars have been funnelled to private companies to develop proprietary medical…
Why now is the time to address humanity’s impact on the moon
Humans have always looked at the sky, using the stars as navigation guides or for…
Animals keep eating precious plants – we used ‘smell misinformation’ to keep them away
In places where we need to protect valuable plants – whether for ecological or economic…