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Monkeys With Brain Implants Steer Wheelchairs Using Thought Alone. Duke University researchers have given a pair of monkeys the ability to drive a wheelchair with their thoughts alone. The work is described in a paper recently published in the journal Scientific Reports and adds to a growing body of work in brain-machine interfaces aiming to return some freedom to the …

Yellowstone grizzly bears are emerging from their winter hibernation to news that wildlife officials no longer consider them threatened. The Us federal agency announced the move in a conference call with reporters. About 700 to 10,000 of the bears now live in the Yellowstone region of Montana, Wyoming and Idaho.

A Halifax researcher has made a breakthrough when it comes to gene editing that could lead to significant progress in cancer treatment. CRISPR, named 2015’s breakthrough discovery of the year, stands for “Clustered Regularly-Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats.” It can accurately target and edit DNA, offering the potential to cure genetic diseases and find new treatments for cancer.

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are mysterious and rarely detected bursts of energy from space. They have durations of milliseconds and exhibit the characteristic dispersion sweep of radio pulsars. They suspect the bursts come from an extremely powerful object that occasionally produces multiple bursts in under a minute. All fast radio bursts (FRBs) detected before this one appear to have been …

The universe is an unfathomably vast place, but so far it feels very empty. researchers have been looking for evidence of extraterrestrial life for a few decades, and nothing has presented itself. The sheer mathematical probability would seem to make extraterrestrial life a certainty, although how can we know when E.T. comes calling? Scientists from McMaster University in Ontario have …

Researchers have found a whole host of genes associated with human hair growth — including, for the very first time, a gene they believe contributes to hair going gray. Published today in Nature Communications, the study analysed a population of over 6,000 people with varied ancestry across Latin America to identify new genes associated with hair colour, greying, density and …

The total solar eclipse is supposed to occur between Tuesday, March 8 and Wednesday March 9. 2014 was a great eclipse year for Canada. From coast to coast, we were able to enjoy a partial solar eclipse and a total of four lunar eclipses. This year, unfortunately, we won’t be in such a great position. However, that doesn’t mean you’ll …

Researchers are awaiting a few baby dragons as they are about to hatch from their egg shells in a Slovenian cave. The olm – also known as the proteus – is a bizarre-looking amphibian that has dwelled in the cave rivers of the Balkans for millions of years. They’re thought to live for more than 100 years but reproduce just …

A meteor shower has been caught on camera streaking through the sky over Scotland. The spectacle on Monday evening was witnessed across the country and prompted many to report a violent bang and a “fireball” in the sky to police.

Google’s robot dog ‘Spot’ has received his first experience in canine rivalry, after the mechanized pet got ‘trash-barked’ by an agitated terrier unwilling to surrender his turf to the suspicious intruder. Our canine friends’ decision to fight alongside us is shown in the video above, filmed by venture capitalist and Tesla Motors board member Steve Jurvetson. It shows a small …

Scott Kelly is back on Earth following an unprecedented yearlong mission in space for NASA. Scott Kelly now holds the NASA record for 340 consecutive days in space. Counting his last three trips to space, he will have spent a total of 520 days in orbit. Scott Kelly landed in a Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan Tuesday at 11:26 p.m., along …