Surgeons in Cleveland say they have performed America’s first uterus transplant. The aim is to give women who lack wombs a chance at pregnancy. A 26-year-old woman underwent the nine-hour operation on Wednesday, setting the stage for a future pregnancy — and what might possibly become a routine procedure in US hospitals. The unidentified woman, who received the transplanted uterus …

An international team of scientists led by Prof. Nicolau, the Chair of the Department of Bioengineering at McGill, have designed and built a model biological supercomputer powered by adenosine triphosphate, or ATP — a biochemical sometimes called a “molecular unit of currency” because it enables the transfer of energy inside cells. “We’ve managed to create a very complex network in …

A polar bear cub born at Toronto Zoo on Remembrance Day last year has been given a name that’s in keeping with her date of birth. The three month old female cub has now officially been called Juno. It was also announced that Juno will be given honourary induction into the armed forces and used as a mascot of sorts.

Pamela Anderson has turned down the opportunity to return to the beach for the “Baywatch” movie. The actress, who became the break-out star of the TV series in the late 1980s, has revealed she was offered a role in the revamp, which features Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Zac Efron, but didn’t like the storyline.

Colin Low, a pioneering filmmaker whose groundbreaking career with the National Film Board of Canada spanned over six decades, died in Montreal on February 24 at the age of 89. In 1945 Low was hired by Norman McLaren, the legendary animator at the National Film Board. Low moved to Montreal, started as a graphic artist and worked his way up …

A large meteor from space crashed into the Atlantic earlier this month – but it was barely noticed. The meteor entered Earth’s atmosphere on Feb. 6. The blast was the largest to hit Earth since Chelyabinsk in 2013, with force the equivalent of detonating 13,000 tons of TNT, according to Slate. To put that in perspective, the Hiroshima bomb had …

For the first time a team of scientists has tracked down the location of a fast radio burst (FRB) in an elliptical galaxy — a huge football-shaped mass of stars., confirming that these short but spectacular flashes of radio waves originated in the distant universe. The breakthrough, published in the journal Nature, was made using CSIRO radio telescopes in eastern …

Stefanie Trudeau, aka Officer 728, has been found guilty of assault in connection with a rough arrest in October of 2012 in the Plateau Mont-Royal district. Stéfanie Trudeau was caught on cellphone video arresting Serge Lavoie in a stairwell on Papineau Avenue in Montreal.

A case of Zika Virus has been confirmed in Saskatchewan. The Public Health Agency of Canada has confirmed the province’s first case of Zika virus on Thursday afternoon. The Public Health Agency of Canada reported three new cases of Zika virus confirmed by labs in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Ontario.

He is provocative. He preaches. He often cherry-picks data to justify his conclusions. But there is a reason Michael Moore is the most successful documentary-maker on the planet: he can drive home a palatable message in hugely entertaining and accessible fashion. Where to Invade Next is an expansive, rib-tickling, and subversive comedy in which Moore, playing the role of “invader,” …

A team of archaeologists has discovered a collection of textiles of diverse dye colors and designs about 3,000 years old in an Edomite tin mine in Israel. Textiles this old are rare because they are made of organic materials and usually disintegrate long before modern times. A Timna excavation team from Tel Aviv University led by Dr. Erez Ben-Yosef has …