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How to train your astronaut
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How the ABoVE project is helping NASA gather data on our warming Arctic
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Excerpt from Canadarm and Collaboration: How Canada’s Astronauts and Space Robots Explore New Worlds
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Canada is partnering with NASA to send humans to the moon
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Watch NASA’s Curiosity Rover sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to itself on Mars
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From the prairies to the North Pole to NASA: Remembering Dean Hadley
Dean Hadley was the youngest member of the crew that first navigated the Northwest Passage west to east in 1940. He passed away last Friday at the age of 98.
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Now you can virtually explore “Mars on Earth” in Google Street View
A new Google project zeroes in on Canada’s Devon Island, the most Mars-like environment on Earth
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Study shows Antarctic Peninsula is greening at an unprecedented rate
Microbes and mosses have demonstrated rapid growth in the last 50 years
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New research offers insight into the skin care routine of bowhead whales
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found evidence that bowhead whales exfoliate their skin by rubbing against large rocks
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Antarctic research could help NASA limit risks to astronaut health
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Canadian students win NASA space settlement competition
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La recherche sur les environnements arctiques aide la NASA à atténuer les risques pour la santé des astronautes
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NASA launches asteroid probe — with Canadian tech on board
The OSIRIS-REx probe carries a Canadian instrument that will help it map the surface of a near-earth asteroid
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Sneak preview: Defying Limits, by astronaut Dave Williams
A new memoir that unpacks the life of one of Canada’s most accomplished astronauts, who’s also an aquanaut, doctor, CEO and cancer survivor
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Preparing for launch
A conversation with Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques, who is getting ready to travel to the International Space Station
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Checking in with David Saint-Jacques in orbit
The Canadian astronaut shares insights into life in zero-gravity as he orbits the planet aboard the International Space Station
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Timeline of the Canadian Space Agency
The significant CSA events since Alouette’s launch
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Watch: The Canadian island named after a satellite
A video by NASA’s Earth Observatory blog reveals the little-known history of tiny Landsat Island — and the Canadian woman who helped discover it
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Canadian businessperson Mark Pathy blasts into space on private mission
March 30 is the launch date! The Montreal-born investor and philanthropist will complete a 10-day mission that combines bucket-list trip with research and environmental agenda
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Astronaut Chris Hadfield on “The Apollo Murders,” his thrilling novel of the Space Race
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Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield discusses how his own experiences in space informed his first novel, a classic Cold War-era spy thriller
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Eye in the sky: How the newly-launched James Webb Space Telescope will help us see the universe
To see galaxies far, far away, the most advanced telescope ever built will use Canadian instruments
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Super-salty lakes under Arctic ice cap could help in the search for extraterrestrial life
Conditions in isolated saline lakes beneath the Devon Ice Cap could be similar to those on Jupiter's icy moon Europa, thought to be capable of supporting life
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The Canadarm comes home
Highlights from the illustrious career of the original Canadarm
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Operation Husky: Reflections on a forgotten story
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Throwback Thursday: Glacier retreat in the Canadian Cordillera
Canada's glaciers have been consistently retreating since 1887, and if current climate trends are any indication, they're not going to stop retreating any time soon.
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15 things that have happened in Canada since the last ‘Christmas Moon’
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Throwback Thursday: Canada’s first satellite
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From air pollution to wildlife sightings: How COVID-19 is changing our world
The pandemic has already had a dramatic impact on the economy and environment, and may even offer clues as to how to more effectively address climate change
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Six new ways to map the world
In his new book, social geographer Alastair Bonnett promises 50 maps unlike any you've ever seen. Here's a look at six of our favourites.
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Why satellite imagery makes maps worse
Chris Brackley explores four map backgrounds and makes the cartographic case for why satellite imagery isn’t as useful in mapmaking as you may think it is.
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Mapping the future of sustainable agriculture
This online map platform displays hundreds of stories on ecological farming issues from around the world
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The truth about polar bears
Depending on whom you ask, the North’s sentinel species is either on the edge of extinction or an environmental success story. An in-depth look at the complicated, contradictory and controversial science behind the sound bites
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RCGS Fellow Wayne Pollard wins prestigious award
Research scientist Wayne Pollard shares insights on his work that earned him the 2019 Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research
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Queen’s Brian May receives RCGS medal in Toronto
The rock legend, space scientist and author honoured for outstanding contributions to cultural and physical geography
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Astronauts attending the RCGS Fellows Dinner
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Canadian scientist joins NASA’s first mission to bring samples from Mars back to Earth
Chris Herd is the only Canadian on the Mars rover sample return team
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How dark is the night?
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Auroras from space
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Why a Labrador crater is the perfect training ground for future moon explorers
Future missions to the moon will focus heavily on geology. Fortunately, Canada offers astronauts the perfect place to hone their skills.
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Federal government announces new measures to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales
Following a deadly summer for the endangered whales, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is tightening regulations for crab fishers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
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Caribou are vanishing at an alarming rate. Is it too late to save them?
After more than a million years on Earth, the caribou is under threat of global extinction. The precipitous decline of the once mighty herds is a tragedy that is hard to watch — and even harder to reverse.
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How citizen scientists solved a migration mystery
No one knew golden eagles in the Yukon and Alaska migrated along the Rockies’ front ranges, until an avid birder noticed something strange
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Fires are burning in the Amazon rainforest. Here’s what you need to know
Fire activity in the Brazilian Amazon surged this week; here are some key things to know about the situation
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“Whale superhighway” map marks World Whale Day
Plus: Marathon hare migrations, increasingly efficient wolves, wandering basking sharks and homemaking bees
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The erosion of Ontario’s Endangered Species Act threatens iconic Algonquin wolf
Algonquin wolves face an uncertain future primarily because they can be legally shot and trapped in many parts of Ontario
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Giants of the Broughtons
Whales are beginning to return to B.C. waters — but will they find a safe haven?
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Managing the white-tailed deer population
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Shark tag finds its way home
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Bison to return to Banff National Park
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Traditional trapping in the North
Once a traditional way of life across Canada, trapping survives and even thrives in communities throughout the North, including Colville Lake, N.W.T.
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Following Greenland Sharks in Canada’s Arctic
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This is what 50 Sussex looks like from orbit
Canadian NASA astronaut tweets Canada Day greetings with a photo of Ottawa
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Inside your smartphone: analyzing the rare-earth elements
How so-called rare earth elements are powering our modern tech — and where to find them
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Hearts in the Ice: Weather and Climate
From sea ice to ocean currents, Svalbard has a unique yet fragile environment that may look very different as climate change shifts weather patterns
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Découvrez comment le projet ABoVE aide la NASA à recueillir des données sur le réchauffement en Arctique
Afin de mieux comprendre comment le Nord se transforme, l’expérience « The Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment » combine la technologie de télédétection aux compétences des chasseurs autochtones et des scientifiques sur le sol
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The North Pole is shifting east
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Q&A: Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield
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Where is the solar max?
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Meet the Canadian astronauts who have lived aboard the ISS
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‘Marsquakes’ could point the way to life on the red planet
Researchers say the presence of stored hydrogen in ancient fractured rocks on Earth has implications for possible Martian microbes
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Perseid meteor shower lights up the sky
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Space mining is not science fiction, and Canada could figure prominently
The mining industry is actively looking towards new frontiers in mining
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How and where to see today’s solar eclipse
Here's how Canadians can watch the so-called "Great American Eclipse"
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Canadian Space Agency announces final 17 astronaut candidates
The final stage of a recruitment process that began almost a year ago with 3,700+ applicants has begun
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Watch Live: Spacewalk at the International Space Station
Live feed shows two astronauts working to upgade the station's power system
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How artificial intelligence can help crisis managers respond during extreme weather events
Artificial intelligence combines with social-media analysis to inform first responders and scientists
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Weather watchers encouraged to report tornadoes in Canada this summer
Physical distancing requirements to slow the spread of COVID-19 will make it difficult for researchers to visit suspected tornado sites this year, so the team behind the Northern Tornadoes Project is calling on the public to help
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Testing, testing: Inuit hunters and scientists work together to ensure walrus meat safe to eat
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The Arctic voyages of the intrepid ringed seal
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Tracking the Greenland shark’s Arctic movements
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Le Nord du Canada détient possiblement des indices sur la présence d’eau (et de vie!) sur Mars
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Five ways drones are being used for good
Unmanned aerial vehicles are controversial; we explore their pros and cons
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Canada’s North may hold clues to water (and life!) on Mars
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The spell of the Yukon
An insider’s account of the modern-day gold rush
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Gear Review: Multi-bottle and sleeping bag
Thomas Hall review the Seattle Sports Firewater Multi-Bottle and Mountain Hardwear Lamina Z Spark sleeping bag
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Met Con Blue, Sir!
Bring it … and leave it all on the mountain
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Training Lunar Explorers in Labrador
Episode 42
As NASA and the world’s space agencies prepare to return to the moon, geologist Dr. Gordon “Oz” Osinsky helps train potential lunar explorers in remote northern Labrador on what they could find there
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What’s all the fuss about water on the Moon?
Western University professor takes a look at recent discoveries and their importance
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How much warmer than normal was your city in 2015?
Now there's a way to visualize exactly what a record warm year globally meant in your city
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Eco-friendly paper
Five eco-friendly products used around the world to create paper
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Huge landslide nearly goes unnoticed in Yukon
A cataclysmic landslide occurred in Canada last month – and hardly anybody noticed.
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Map: Nearly half the world’s population lives in one per cent of its surface area
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Hearts in the Ice: Citizen Science
From phytoplankton to drones, citizen science in the remote Svalbard wilderness is contributing to research around the world
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Canadians share their love for museums with selfies
#MuseumSelfie trended on Twitter January 20th as people the world over shared their snaps.
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Trans Canada Trail and AccessNow unite: New partnership creates greater accessibility
Canadian Paralympians and Para athletes join the mission to increase trail accessibility across Canada
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Photographing Toronto’s diversity
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World view
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Canada’s greatest modern women explorers
Whether diving in Antarctic waters, making scientific breakthroughs or summiting Everest, these remarkable women are making their mark on Canada and the world.
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