The Alberta government is considering using AI technology to write a law for the first time, eyeing a forthcoming piece of whisky legislation as its test case.

Two researchers at Western University in London, Ont., are studying how to improve the way artificial intelligence understands toddlers' speaking patterns. They're recruiting preschool-age children to examine how they speak and use that data to train an AI model.

Space is a harsh environment: it's a vacuum with freezing temperatures, super high ultraviolet radiation and, of course, almost no oxygen. But Japanese researchers have found a type of moss that doesn’t really care about much of that.

Canada's Invasive Species Centre held a workshop at Windsor's Ojibway Nature Centre to raise local awareness of the spotted lanternfly — and its egg masses. The Asian plant-eating insect is expected to have a major impact on Canada's wine and fruit-farming industries.

Every winter, tens of thousands of bald eagles descend on the lower Fraser Valley — a migration biologists say forms the world’s largest congregation of eagles.

A first-of-its-kind Canadian network launched in London, Ont., this week aims to help Canadians better understand the health benefits of fermented foods, and even make them part of daily diets, hospital meals and national nutrition guidelines.

A new study being led by Lawrence Spriet, a professor emeritus of human health sciences at the University of Guelph, will look at the salt content in the sweat of players in the Professional Women's Hockey League. The aim of the study is to understand how much salt their sweat contains so they can fine-tune how they hydrate during games and practices.

As golden hour settles over Avtar Dhillon’s farm in Abbotsford, B.C., rows of delicate purple flowers are in full bloom. Inside lies an ancient spice some Canadian farmers are beginning to get excited about.

Within a day of the cameras being set up in the Heiltsuk First Nation last year, researchers  captured footage of a sea wolf emerging from the water with a buoy hanging from its mouth. The footage then showed the wolf dropping the buoy on the beach, picking up the exposed line, and pulling it until the crab trap emerged from the water.

Serban Sarbu, a cave scientist, thought he’d seen everything — until he entered a pitch-black cave along the Albania–Greece border. Inside, he found the world’s largest known spider web, and he explains how the enormous colony came to be.

The neon colouring is because of a dye put into the system to test water system infrastructure, according to Enwin.

The Canadian author discussed his book, Final Orbit, on Bookends with Mattea Roach.

Bears No. 122 and 136, known as The Boss and Split Lip respectively, are arguably two of the most famous grizzlies in Canada. The Boss is currently considered Banff National Park's dominant grizzly bear, while the younger Split Lip has been challenging him for the top spot.

Double-crested cormorants and their acidic poop are destroying habitats and driving people away from Toronto islands. But getting rid of them, or getting them to move, isn’t so easy. Plus, as its defenders point out, the problem bird is native to the area. So some people are thinking outside the box to get them to move.

An exploration dive team seeking the century-old wreck of the Rapid City has instead found a much rarer prize: a virtually undisturbed vessel, potentially dating back to the first half of the 19th century.

Smith Siromaskul tells The National about the moment a seal hopped onto his boat to escape a pod of killer whales.

Bob’s Blog: NASA’s latest mission, designed to study the effects of the solar wind on the atmosphere of Mars, was ironically delayed on the launch pad due to a solar storm affecting conditions here on Earth.

Shayla Chalifoux Indigenizes plant spaces by including native plants when consulting for landscape architects, municipalities, and organizations.

The giant New Glenn rocket from Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin launched from Florida on its debut mission for paying customers on Thursday, sending two NASA satellites toward Mars while also nailing the landing of its reusable booster for the first time.

Solar storms brought colourful northern lights — a.k.a. aurora borealis — across much of Canada, the United States and parts of Europe for a second straight night on Wednesday.