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Cdn army turns to CSI methods to attack bomb-making networks in Afghanistan
Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press 
OTTAWA - Call them super-CSI, but in a flak vest and helmet.
Arctic archaeologists find ship lost in search for Franklin expedition
Bob Weber, The Canadian Press 
Arctic archaeologists have found the ship that forged the final link in the...
Plankton, crucial to the planet for food and oxygen, in deep trouble; global warming blamed
Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press 
WASHINGTON - Despite their tiny size, plant plankton found in the world's...
International panel of 300 scientists report global warming is still under way
Randolph E. Schmid, The Associated Press 
WASHINGTON - Scientists from around the world are providing even more evidence...
Science Matters: Climate change and water are inextricably linked
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola, David Suzuki Foundation 
No one can live without water. We like to think we’re blessed with an abundance...
US and Canada work together with icebreakers to study disputed Arctic waters
Bob Weber, The Canadian Press 
Canada and the United States are sending research icebreakers into disputed...
Monarch migration mystery solved by Canadian researchers
Dominique Jarry-Shore, The Canadian Press 
TORONTO - A new Canadian study has apparently solved a mystery involving the...
US researchers reanalyzing lifespan study after defect found in lab equipment
The Associated Press 
WASHINGTON - The journal Science is reporting that U.S. researchers who said...
University of Western Ontario astronomer finds largest molecules known in space
The Canadian Press 
PASADENA, Calif. - A team led by an astronomer from the University of Western...
Feds spend $400K on space-food project, scrub project,send up beef jerky instead
Peter Rakobowchuk, The Canadian Press 
MONTREAL - It's the secret federal space-food project that never saw liftoff.
McMaster researcher gets grant to look for genetic susceptibility to dengue
Helen Branswell, Medical Reporter, The Canadian Press 
TORONTO - Why do some people develop life-threatening illness when infected...
After many years under Siberian frost, Ice Age baby mammoth goes on display in French museum
Rafael Mesquita, The Associated Press 
PARIS - After tens of thousands of years under the Siberian frost, a baby...
Climate scientists say June warmest recorded, year-to-date also warmest ever for same period
Natasha T. Metzler, The Associated Press 
WASHINGTON - June was a record-setting month in the temperature department,...
Genetically altered mosquito could one day end malaria's deadly bite
Sheryl Ubelacker, Health Reporter, The Canadian Press 
TORONTO - With at least one million people dying each year from malaria — most...
Science Matters: Science delivers repeated blows to deluded deniers
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola, David Suzuki Foundation 
It must be difficult, if not downright embarrassing, to be a climate change...
N.S., Maine to co-operate on renewable ocean electricity generation research
The Canadian Press 
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia and Maine have agreed to co-operate on research involving...
Researchers warn sweltering Americans that climate change could lead to more heat waves
Randolph E. Schmid, The Associated Press 
WASHINGTON - Folks sweating out the heat wave battering parts of the United...
Climate forecasters say La Nina developing; could mean more hurricanes
Randolph E. Schmid, The Associated Press 
WASHINGTON - The climate phenomenon known as La Nina appears to be developing,...
Feds may yet put entire AECL on auction block: minister
The Canadian Press 
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Christian Paradis acknowledges the federal...
Scientists: In colonizing Europe, humans braved northern climes earlier than first thought
Raphael G. Satter, The Associated Press 
LONDON - Ancient man ventured into northern Europe far earlier than previously...