In several parts of the world, strange objects in the sky that appear to look like bright strings of light have been spotted in the night skies, baffling sky watchers. Experts say these bright lights are from the Starlink satellites, launched into the sky by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
China's ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global public opinion: Western social media.
A new study has observed that Mars could still be volcanically active.
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched 44 years ago has detected a 'hum' in interstellar space
On Monday, 44 U.S. attorneys general signed a letter addressed to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, urging him to scrap plans for an Instagram intended for younger users, citing mental health and privacy concerns.
With rubble from an asteroid tucked inside, a NASA spacecraft fired its engines and began the long journey back to Earth on Monday, leaving the ancient space rock in its rearview mirror.
Eager to the turn the page on the Trump years, the Biden White House is launching an effort to unearth past problems with the politicization of science within government and to tighten scientific integrity rules for the future.
A U.K. company is reducing hospital waste by melting and compressing personal protective equipment into plastic that can be recycled and re-engineered into things like school chairs, water bottle caps and coat hangers.
Researchers from Utah have figured out how to use lasers to create sci-fi-style holograms inspired by phasers from ‘Star Trek’ and lightsabers from ‘Star Wars.’
A sailor of the infamous doomed 1845 Franklin Arctic expedition was identified using DNA samples from a living relative in South Africa.
China's government defended its handling of a rocket booster that burned up over the Indian Ocean and said Monday it was unfairly being held to different standards than the U.S. and other space programs.
U.S. regulators said Tuesday they are temporarily suspending clean fuel requirements in three eastern states and the nation's capital to ease a gasoline shortage caused by the hacking shutdown of a major pipeline.
A spell of dry, mild weather is giving the Great Lakes a break after two years of high water that has shattered records and heavily damaged shoreline roads and homes.
Scientists say that less than three per cent of all land on Earth is fully ecologically intact, which means free of localized extinctions.
Calgary has been named one of the country's four bird friendly cities by the group, Nature Canada.
A U.K. company is reducing hospital waste by melting and compressing personal protective equipment into plastic that can be recycled and re-engineered into things like school chairs, water bottle caps and coat hangers.
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Paris and other French cities on Sunday to call for more ambitious measures in the fight against climate change.
Two communities in Ontario have been shortlisted as potential homes for Canada's most radioactive nuclear waste.
The U.S. Interior Department said Friday that it would not pursue a Trump administration proposal that critics feared would have weakened rules for exploratory oil and gas drilling in Arctic waters.
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion dropped 10 per cent in the European Union last year amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to estimates from the EU's statistical office.
Nova Scotia health officials are reporting 118 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, bringing the province's total number of active cases to 1,591.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed Tuesday that there will be enough COVID-19 vaccines coming into the country to offer every eligible and willing Canadian their first shot by this summer, and enough doses for everyone to be fully vaccinated 'by September.'
Some of the most innovative social initiatives during the pandemic, such as Vaccine Hunters Canada or the construction of tiny shelters for the homeless, were led by unpaid volunteers. And experts say that speaks volumes about how government dropped the ball on vaccine equity, housing, and food security.
Ontario health officials are reporting just over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases, which marks the lowest daily case count recorded since late March.
Ontario's science advisors say the province could safely reopen many outdoor recreational facilities even if it extends a stay-at-home order in the coming weeks.
Another school year will be coming to an end in less than two months, but it’s unlikely that children currently attending remotely in Ontario will be back in classrooms before summer, experts say.
A man accused of killing eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, in shootings at three Atlanta-area massage businesses was indicted Tuesday on murder charges, and a prosecutor filed notice that she'll also seek hate crime charges and the death penalty.
Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard on Tuesday rejected the U.S. Navy's claim that fast-approaching Iranian speedboats in the Strait of Hormuz sparked a tense encounter in the already sensitive region.
Top leaders in the Texas county where George Floyd grew up supported a resolution Tuesday calling for him to be posthumously pardoned for a 2004 drug arrest by a former Houston police officer now facing murder charges in a separate case.
China's weak population growth is falling closer to zero as fewer couples have children, government data showed Tuesday, adding to strains on an aging society with a shrinking workforce.
A confrontation between Israel and Hamas sparked by weeks of tensions in contested Jerusalem escalated Tuesday. Israel unleashed new airstrikes on Gaza, killing a number of militants and civilians, while militants barraged southern Israel with hundreds of rockets, killing two Israelis.
Scores of bodies are washing up on the banks of the Ganges as Indians fail to keep pace with the deaths and cremations of around 4,000 people a day from the novel coronavirus.
Tom Cruise has returned his Golden Globe Awards to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a source close to the actor told CNN on Monday.
Comedian John Mulaney and his wife, artist Anna Marie Tendler, are divorcing. Mulaney and Tendler have been married since 2014.
A new album from DMX will be released later this month. DMX's longtime producer and collaborator, Grammy winner Swizz Beatz, announced on Monday that 'EXODUS' will feature new material and drop on May 28.
Alberta Health confirms it will withhold its current supply of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for second doses.
The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it was reviewing coronavirus data from Seychelles after the health ministry said more than a third of people who tested positive for COVID-19 in the past week had been fully vaccinated.
A nutrition expert who pioneered innovative ways of raising fish rich in micronutrients and fatty acids and incorporating them into diets in developing countries was named the recipient of the World Food Prize on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed Tuesday that there will be enough COVID-19 vaccines coming into the country to offer every eligible and willing Canadian their first shot by this summer, and enough doses for everyone to be fully vaccinated 'by September.'
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today defended his foreign affairs minister's recent and upcoming work-related travel overseas as "essential," as he assured Canadians that all quarantine and testing requirements will be followed.
Shutting down the Line 5 pipeline in Michigan would deal a 'massive and potentially permanent' blow to Canada's economy and energy security and risk lasting damage to relations with the United States, the federal government argues in court documents released Tuesday.
In several parts of the world, strange objects in the sky that appear to look like bright strings of light have been spotted in the night skies, baffling sky watchers. Experts say these bright lights are from the Starlink satellites, launched into the sky by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
China's ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global public opinion: Western social media.
A new study has observed that Mars could still be volcanically active.
A prominent market research company says RBC and Tangerine were Canada's highest rated banks this year, even as overall customer satisfaction among financial institutions dropped during the pandemic.
How and where you make money is shifting, and CRA has been paying close attention to what are referred to as 'platform economies,' CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid writes in her column on CTVNews.ca.
U.S. regulators said Tuesday they are temporarily suspending clean fuel requirements in three eastern states and the nation's capital to ease a gasoline shortage caused by the hacking shutdown of a major pipeline.
Home security camera footage shows that the owner of a Tesla got into the driver's seat of the car shortly before a deadly crash in suburban Houston, according to a government report Monday.
A Southern California man has pleaded not guilty to charges he obtained $5 million in federal coronavirus-relief loans for phoney businesses and then used the money for lavish vacations and to buy a Ferrari, Bentley and Lamborghini, prosecutors said Monday.
The U.S. government's auto safety agency is investigating multiple complaints about steering failures that could affect more than 1.1 million Honda Accord sedans.
A video game, which is currently being developed, will let you skirt provincial stay-at-home orders while wandering the streets as a raccoon.
Four-year-old Noah Ruiz ordered 918 SpongeBob SquarePants Popsicles on his mother's Amazon Prime account without her knowledge.
Over the past year, the Royal Canadian Mint has been printing a special medal dedicated to essential workers during the pandemic, and at the same time, raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for a great cause.
Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit was treated with an antifungal ointment containing the steroid betamethasone that caused the horse to fail a postrace drug test, trainer Bob Baffert said Tuesday.
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is heading to the third round of the Italian Open after notching an upset victory on Tuesday.
Raptors power forward Pascal Siakam surprised his mom with a lavish new house on Sunday, capturing the touching moment with a video that went viral on social media.
