Sun05202012

App scans faces of pub patrons to guess age, gender
Source:  CBC | Technology and Science News

A new app is being launched this weekend that will scan the faces of patrons in 25 bars across San Francisco to determine their ages and genders.

SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-second
Source:  CBC | Technology and Science News

A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remains stuck on the ground after rocket engine trouble led to a last-second abort of the hist...

Is private industry ready for space?
Source:  CBC | Technology and Science News

SpaceX is set to make history with its launch in May, as a number of private companies in the U.S are trying to reach above Earth's atmosphere

Chris Hadfield prepares for 'pinnacle' in space
Source:  CBC | Technology and Science News

Astronaut Chris Hadfield has spent the past four years preparing to pliot a Russian rocket to the ISS, where he will be the first Canadian to command the mu...

Disease-resistant elms aim of Canadian research
Source:  CBC | Technology and Science News

Scientists at the University of Guelph are cloning elm trees they believe are resistant to Dutch elm disease, a fungus that has devastated the North America...

Ultra-Orthodox Jews mull internet's risks at huge forum
Source:  CBC | Technology and Science News

Ultra-Orthodox Jews who believe that the internet threatens their way of life have rented a baseball stadium for a massive gathering on how they might embra...

Vulva images in France are among oldest cave art
Source:  CBC | Technology and Science News

Rock engravings and traces of painting discovered in southwest France are believed to be from at least 37,000 years ago, making them among the world's oldes...

Meal times determine weight gain in mice
Source:  CBC | Technology and Science News

Mice that could only eat for eight out of every 24 hours stayed healthy, while those allowed to snack all day long on the same foods gained weight and lost ...

Perfect lamb chop is Aussie scientists' goal
Source:  CBC | Technology and Science News

Researchers in Western Australia are using medical technology to work out which rams and ewes will breed the best lambs for eating.

Facebook shares seesaw around $41
Source:  CBC | Technology and Science News

Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg took the company public on Friday but the stock price briefly flirted with crossing below its IPO price before movi...

Guzoo wolves allegedly poisoned at private Alberta zoo
Source:  CBC | Technology and Science News

The owners of Guzoo, a private zoo in central Alberta, are waiting for a necropsy to find out how two wolves died but suspect they were poisoned.

Partial solar eclipse in Canada on Sunday
Source:  CBC | Technology and Science News

Canadians will be able to view a partial solar eclipse on Sunday, though the viewing gets better the further west in the country you are.

800-year-old cedar taken from B.C. park
Source:  CBC | Technology and Science News

A giant 800-year-old red cedar tree has been poached from a provincial park on southern Vancouver Island, but the culprits who repeatedly returned to the si...

Budget cuts claim famed freshwater research facility
Source:  CBC | Technology and Science News

A famous research facility in Ontario that pioneered investigations into acid rain is the latest victim of federal budget cuts.

Paralyzed woman controls robotic arm with her mind
Source:  CBC | Technology and Science News

Using only her thoughts, a Massachusetts woman paralyzed for 15 years directed a robotic arm to pick up a bottle of coffee and bring it to her lips, researc...