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U.K. conservationists striving to restore local oyster population
Wild Oysters Project is creating underwater nurseries around the U.K. coast hoping to bring back the native European oysters from the brink of extinction. www.cbc.ca 2021-04-13 20:34:00
Can Medical Alexas Make Us Healthier?
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Are voice recognition technologies like Alexa helpful in medicine or are they hogwash? For now, the short answer is a little of both.Microsoft on…
Liberals propose enshrining the right to a healthy environment in legislation
The Liberal government is proposing long-awaited changes to an environmental protection law that includes a recognition that everyone living in Canada has a right to a healthy environment. Officials with the Department of Environment…
Can Medical Alexas Make Us Healthier?
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Are voice recognition technologies like Alexa helpful in medicine or are they hogwash? For now, the short answer is a little of both.Microsoft on…
Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions increased slightly in first year of carbon tax: rep…
Greenhouse gas emissions in Canada ticked up slightly in 2019 — the first year that the national carbon pricing mechanism was in place — according to a new report published today by Environment and Climate Change Canada. Canada produced…
Ant Group Announces Overhaul as China Tightens Its Grip
China’s fast-moving campaign to curb the power of internet giants has hit its latest mark: Ant Group, the fintech sister company of the e-commerce behemoth Alibaba.Ant announced on Monday that it would undertake a sweeping,…
Scientists unearth skunk that walked among dinosaurs
The fossil of a skunk-like mammal that lived during the age of dinosaurs has been discovered in Chilean Patagonia, adding further proof to recent evidence that mammals roamed that part of South America a lot earlier than previously…
Ant Group Announces Overhaul as China Tightens Its Grip
Ant Group, the online finance affiliate of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, announced a sweeping overhaul of its business on Monday in response to demands from China’s government, which is moving swiftly to curb the power of the…
Suggestions of a new force echo the ancient quest for fundamental elements
Results from a particle physics experiment at Fermilab outside Chicago suggest the possible existence of a new force in nature, which if true, could shake the foundations of physics. This quest to understand the basic structure of the…
Alibaba Faces $2.8 Billion Fine From Chinese Regulators
By hitting the e-commerce titan Alibaba with a record $2.8 billion antitrust fine on Saturday, Chinese officials sent a message to the country’s high-flying internet industry: We’ve got our eyes on you.The penalty imposed on Alibaba, one…