Science News Archive

2009

Exploring Moon, discovering Earth – July 17

Safest ways to ride horses – July 16

Toxins & ancient forests – July 14

Community genome & biofuels – July 6

Increased levels of nitrates – July 6

Water cycle on Mars – July 2

Heart stem cells – July 2

Space station room with a view – June 26

Tracking killers of the sea – June 22

Human eye & computer vision – June 22

Carbon credits help orangutans – June 19

Missing sunspots mystery – June 17

Warp speed raindrops – June 12

Gray Hair and DNA – June 11

Ticklish apes – June 5

Canadian private space explorer – June 4

Cellphone elbow   – June 3

Birds in cities 'singing louder' – June 3

Sustainable fishing – June 1

'Five Dimensional' discs – May 21

Health risks of reusable bags  – May 20

Monkeys learn from their mistakes – May 15

Two new Canadian astronauts – May 13

Daydreaming and brain's function  – May 11

Earth's oldest animal – May 11

Vitamins 'undo exercise efforts' – May 11

Women's mental illness concerns – May 8

Chocolate-fueled race car unveiled – May 5

Caffeine withdrawal headache – May 1

New toxin in forest fire smoke – April 30

Universe's oldest object – April 28

Electronic Mosquito – April 24

Conficker on the move – April 24

Origins of Mexican Maya Blue – April 23

How a neuron gets its shape – April 13

Oil spill and fish below – April 10

How birds make a turn – April 10

Robot Gardener Plants – April 8

How scratching stops an itch – April 6

Thinner Arctic sea ice – April 6

First biodegradable chewing gum – April 3

Chicks are smart – April 1

Augmented reality under water – Mar 24

Music improves stroke patient sight – Mar 23

St. Patrick's Day Science – Mar 17

Smallest dinosaur found – Mar 17

Early human in glacier period – Mar 11

Artificial muscles to bring back wink – Mar 11

Middle age 'key for exercising' – Mar 6

Overfishing starves dolphins – Mar 2

Global Warming: On Hold? – Mar 2

Calcium may lower cancer risk – Feb 23

Meteorite didn't start global wildfires – Feb 23

New antibodies target range of flus – Feb 22

Nanotechnology defence for toxins – Feb 18

Speedy songbirds – Feb 13

Happy Birthday Darwin – Feb 12

Satellites collide – Feb 12

Antarctic worm makes antifreeze – Feb 9

Largest fossil snake – Feb 4

BSE live test close – Jan 29

Cybermentor Launch – Jan 23

'Flying Car' Goes to Market – Jan 22

Wasp and surgical robot – Jan 21

Brain-imaging techniques – Jan 21

Salmonella in snacks – Jan 20

Dark energy and our cosmos – Jan 17

Moon’s Shadowed Craters– Jan 16

Mars Rovers' 5th anniversary – Jan 13

Wind tunnel tests spacecraft – Jan 5

Mammal mini-hibernation - Jan 5

Art and science intersect - Jan 5

Gamma knife treats tumours – Jan 2

International Year of Astronomy – Jan 1

2008

Hiding in plain sight - Dec 23

Understanding dark energy - Dec 16

World's fastest mandibles - Dec 12

Elephant lifespans in zoos - Dec 11

Forecasting hurricanes - Dec 11

Plant extinction risk - Dec 10

Women green, men red - Dec 10

Switching off brain cancers - Dec 5

Rare artefacts unearthed - Dec 5

Molecular fireworks - Dec 1

Fuel cell powered devices - Dec 1

Buzzard Coulee meteorite - Nov 28

How does your dog smell? - Nov 27

Acid rain impact on lakes - Nov 27

Free lunch made our universe - Nov 25

Controversial ivory sale opens - Oct 28

Purple tomato - Oct 27

Humans made fire 790,000 years ago - Oct 26

Hubble telescope waking up - Oct 24

Warm coffee melts hearts - Oct 23

Heart damage prevention hope - Sept 12

Hackers attack Hadron Collider - Sept 12

Dinosaurs were just lucky - Sept 11

Theoretical physicist attack - Sept 11

Old-growth forests absorb CO2 - Sept 11

Flying Dutchman solves global warming - Sept 8

Number sense boosts math skills - Sept 8