Sci-Tech

U.S. President Donald Trump issued a memo Friday that calls for the U.S. military and national security agencies to accelerate their use of artificial intelligence, while acknowledging the need to protect civil liberties and maintain oversight over autonomous weapon systems.

A worsening air leak aboard the International Space Station prompted five astronauts to take shelter and prepare for evacuation for roughly two hours on Friday as Russia attempted to fix a crack on its portion of the orbital laboratory, NASA said.

AI models are rapidly improving – so fast that they may soon be able to develop themselves without human involvement.

After five decades of trying, astronomers have finally discovered the wind emanating from the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy, though it turns out it is more of a gentle breeze than a hurricane.

Canadians may get a glimpse of the northern lights this week as a strong geomagnetic storm heads towards Earth.

After months of delay, the federal government is unveiling its AI strategy that outlines a vision focused on job creation, sovereignty and increased AI adoption.

A study published Thursday in the journal Science suggests that bumblebees possess insight.

A British lawmaker said Thursday she is suing Elon Musk’s company xAI for invasion of privacy, alleging that fake images of her were created using the Grok chatbot.

Need another reason not to give your kid screens? It may permanently alter their brains, according to a new paper that reviewed and reported on current literature.

Scientists across multiple disciplines are sounding the alarm after the White House proposed taking greater control over how scientific research gets funded and allowing political appointees to decide whether to approve scientific grants.

Researchers at McMaster University have discovered a new antibiotic that can kill some of the world’s most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria, a breakthrough they say could pave the way for a new class of treatments.

A University of Winnipeg professor is taking Meta Platforms Inc. and X Corp. to court in a bid to unmask the person or persons behind a series of social media accounts he says were created to defame, harass, and humiliate him.

The group leading the charge in the search for extraterrestrial life has given the all clear: An interstellar comet looks to be completely natural and free of any alien tech.

In 2025, global data centres used 448 trillion watt-hours of electricity, more than all but 10 countries of the world, said the report issued on Wednesday.

For the past century, the Blue-fronted Lorikeet was one of Indonesia’s most elusive birds, known only from a 2014 photographic record and a handful of museum specimens, with a lingering hope that it had not vanished. After days of climbing through sharp limestone, biting insects and difficult mountain terrain, a flash of green feathers high on Buru’s highest peak showed that this dazzlingly colorful parrot was still there.