The science behind the new Apple Watch Ultra, created for explorers 

Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Fålun Strøm share details of their “Hearts in the Ice” project and why they want to inject hope into the conversation about climate change 

Across Canada, teachers are getting creative with their methods and approaches in the classroom to overcome challenges imposed by COVID-19

Glaciologist Joseph Cook on the vibrant life in the Arctic ice sheet

Pilot program will recycle single-use plastics such as candy wrappers, foam containers, plastic straws and stir sticks

Canadian scientist Sheri Bastien discusses her involvement in eXXpedition, an all-female expedition to study ocean plastic

A new kind of concrete could help regrow depleted kelp forests off Nova Scotia’s coast

How Wildlife Conservation Society Canada researchers are working to identify possible collision areas between ships and whales using satellite data

Inuit see the value of Western science when it is done in collaboration with communities. How can we shift current practices to a more respectful model?

From a lunar flyby to an ice-seeking “microrover,” Canada is set to play a leading role in the next phase of lunar exploration

Whether you’re monitoring monarchs or searching for snakes, these mobile apps will allow you to become a scientist right from your backyard

Visitors can “swim” under the Salish Sea with holographic orca and learn about the noise pollution threatening the health of these endangered cetaceans

An exclusive excerpt from a new book, Mining Country, which promises to document in detail for the first time an industry critical to Canada’s past, present and future

Public health measures aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 have also reduced transmission of flu — but this is not the year to blow off your annual flu shot

Future missions to the moon will focus heavily on geology. Fortunately, Canada offers astronauts the perfect place to hone their skills.

Part 4 of Canada’s Ocean Supercluster: a six-part series

How so-called rare earth elements are powering our modern tech — and where to find them

After 50-plus years of fieldwork and education, Drs. Stewart and Jarmila Peck will support the next generation of biodiversity researchers

The unmanned vehicle will collect imagery and data of the surface the moon

Le programme Adopter un navire a transporté les élèves sur une tournée virtuelle en arrière-scène avec des équipages et du personnel de la Garde côtière. 

The Adopt a Ship program took kids on a virtual behind-the-scenes tour with Coast Guard crews and staff

From economy to ecology, J.B. MacKinnon's creative work of non-fiction explores what the world would look like if we could just stop shopping  

Halifax-based CarbonCure Technologies were one of two winners of the prestigious Carbon XPRIZE

The mining industry is actively looking towards new frontiers in mining

A new report has identified crewman of the previously unknown remains found on Nunavut's King William Island in 1993

Canada is taking to space in the fight against illegal fishing

 These less-than-conventional methods might be the future front lines of fighting climate change

As geotracking technology on our smartphones becomes ever more sophisticated, we’re just beginning to grasps its capabilities (and possible pitfalls)

From electric vehicles to geothermal energy, our focus is on reducing emissions by 2050

What is LiDAR technology? And how does it work?

From finding missing people to delivering medical supplies, here’s what’s happening in the skies

Artificial intelligence combines with social-media analysis to inform first responders and scientists

  What becomes of the stuff we send up into space? And where does it go when it comes back down again?

Environmental entrepreneur Miranda Wang turns to science to seek profitable solutions to the problem of what to do with our mountains of plastic waste

A group of four students won a national contest created by the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA) to build a Canadian electric car by 2022 

Adventurers Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Fålun Strøm, founders of Hearts in the Ice, return to Svalbard, Norway, for a second overwintering to build on their citizen science work

More than 430,000 kilometres of transmission lines crisscross North America

Environmental benefits and food sources from this low-cost form of farming might be the future

From permafrost slumping to biodiversity inventories, here’s some of the most exciting research that PCSP supported in 2019

How can we accelerate the development of vaccines? How do we feed three billion people when 12 million died of hunger in 2019? Does synthetic biology hold the answer?

 Undersea drones are the newest whale protection tool

Our understanding of the effects of impact events is continually evolving

With Canada’s North effectively closed, how are researchers changing their plans?

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 

What dinosaurs lived in close proximity to each other — and why? New research uses dinosaur teeth to find the answers

Kimberlite samples retrieved from Baffin Island show the North Atlantic craton was 10 per larger than originally thought

An 18-year-old environmentalist from Hamilton, Ont. is gaining recognition for her experiments using pulverized seashells to lower the acidity of ocean and lake water

With Canada set to ban single-use plastics by 2022, products made of cellulose — a major component of plants — could be the ideal alternative

Chris Herd is the only Canadian on the Mars rover sample return team

For the first time, Canadian researchers working with the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) telescope have discovered a fast radio burst (FRB) that is repeating in regular 16-day intervals

Thanatotheristes — meaning “reaper of death” — is the first tyrannosaur species identified in Canada in 50 years

Me & My Microbes: The Zoo Inside You, a new exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, examines the connections between our microbiome and our health

From coal mining to scientific research, the remote archipelago of Svalbard has a rich and complex heritage

A warmer, wetter, and wilder climate is unbalancing the Arctic ecosystem

New research shows that plastic teabags leach huge amounts of microplastic particles during the brewing process

Data on Dorian highlights how advancements in satellite imaging are changing our understanding of severe weather events 

In the Bay of Fundy, technicians are putting a groundbreaking new tidal technology through its paces

The Canadian High Arctic Research Station is set to open in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, later this year. How will it affect our understanding and appreciation of the North and the rapid change occurring there? 

The last megathrust earthquake to strike Canada was in 1700, and the clock is ticking. How we’re preparing for the impact.

25-year-old entrepreneur Miranda Wang recognized for her work on developing a system to recycle previously unrecyclable plastic

And it was inspired by a lizard

Les relevés atmosphériques dans l’Extrême-Arctique canadien aident les scientifiques à comprendre comment les feux de forêt au sud influent sur la qualité de l’air et le climat

Atmospheric readings in Canada’s High Arctic are helping scientists understand how southern wildfires are affecting air quality and climate

Quels sont les éléments nécessaires pour exploiter les installations scientifiques de pointe, entre autres les chambres d’étude et d’autopsie, la génomique et les laboratoires d’imagerie, dans l’Arctique canadien? 

What does it take to operate high-tech scientific facilities — including live-study growing chambers and necropsy, genomics and imaging labs — in Canada’s Arctic?

There is only one total lunar eclipse to be seen in 2019, and it’s set to colour the moon red tonight

Dans le contexte du changement climatique, le Programme de formation scientifique dans le Nord du gouvernement, établi depuis longtemps, n’a jamais été aussi essentiel

In the face of climate change, the government’s long-running Northern Scientific Training Program has never been more crucial

A conversation with Drew Feustel, the most recent commander of the International Space Station and a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen, who returned to Earth in October after more than six months in orbit