These long and narrow features, known as recurring slope lineae (RSL), darken some slopes near the Martian equator for weeks at a time during the warmest parts of the year. They were discovered in 2011, by scientists studying images captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). Some researchers posit that RSL are caused by transient flows of briny water, and …

Thousands of residents of B.C. will join people around the world in turning off their lights and powering down electronics for Earth Hour 2017. The 11th-annual Earth Hour will take place on Saturday, March 25th, between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. While the hour-long event is organized to unite people against climate change the goal is to create a lasting …

Scientists with UBC and the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, at the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, measured the physical activity and bone strength of 309 teenagers over a specific four-year period that is crucial for lifelong, healthy skeletal development. “We found that teens who are less active had weaker bones, and bone strength is critical for preventing fractures,” …

Nearly two-thirds of cancer mutations are attributable to random DNA copying errors that occur naturally as healthy cells divide, according to a new study out Thursday from researchers who years ago controversially proposed that “bad luck” plays a larger role in cancer than environmental factors and inherited genes. Johns Hopkins University cancer researchers Cristian Tomasetti and Bert Vogelstein, sought to …

Daphné Boudreault, 18, was found by police Wednesday around 12:30 p.m. at a residence in Mont-Saint-Hilaire with serious injuries that led to her death after being transported to hospital. The woman’s ex-boyfriend, 22-year-old Anthony Pratte-Lops, was arrested shortly after police made the gruesome discovery. Neighbour Lauren Gagnon said around 12 p.m. Wednesday, she saw a female police officer walking around …

New fossil evidence discovered by researchers at the University of Cambridge could alter the dinosaur family tree, recent findings published in the journal Nature report. According to BBC News, lead author Matthew Baron of Cambridge and his colleagues looked at fossil evidence and determined that the dinosaurs may have actually originated in the Northern Hemisphere – possibly in a region …

Researchers from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) are testing a novel way to generate hydrogen, a potential green energy source, by using a massive array of lights normally found in movie theaters. This experiment involving the world’s “largest artificial sun” is taking place in Jülich, a town located 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of Cologne, and it was designed by …

Scientists from Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed an inexpensive and discrete way of screening for male infertility by creating an app that could be used with a few phone accessories. “When men go through the process it’s always an awkward experience,” Hadi Shafiee, one of the researchers and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, …

The call above saw as many as 18 people taken to hospital with suspected carbon monoxide poisoning on Wednesday. Emergency crews were called to the Mandarin Restaurant, a popular buffet at Eglinton Avenue East and Birchmount Road, around 3 p.m., after reports of someone having difficulty breathing. Toronto fire says there were high readings of the deadly odourless gas toward …

Eight arrests have been made in raids carried out by police overnight following the terror attack in Westminster which left four people dead. Four people were killed in the incident yesterday afternoon which saw dozens of people knocked down by an assailant in a car before he got out and stabbed police man Keith Palmer to death inside the grounds …

Researchers from the University of Glasgow, take a big step up the ladder towards the development of prosthetic limbs and robots with a sense of touch. They have found a way to power an experimental kind of electronic skin using solar energy. Scientists made electronic skin and allowed it to harness sunlight. It was employed in artificial hands that were …