Science

Nasa has stated in clear, unequivocal terms that a world-ending asteroid impact will not occur in September. Internet conspiracy theorists have been saying that an asteroid will hit our planet sometime between September 15 and 28, destroying the American continents.

The world’s oldest message in a bottle to ever be found is believed to have been recovered – after 100 years at sea. The bottle, which contained a note from British scientist George Parker Bidder, is likely the oldest message in a bottle in history, The Telegraph reported.

Man is the deadliest predator on Earth. A new study has designated a new category of hunter under which mankind falls, the “super predator.” Research published in the Aug. 21 edition of the journal Science by a team led by Dr. Chris Darimont, the Hakai-Raincoast professor of geography at the University of Victoria, shows how extreme human predatory behavior is …

The loss of forest mostly calls to mind the clearing of precious rainforests, but a less tropical type of forest is also under threat. New research suggests boreal forests will require much stronger protections if they are to survive global warming. Management of boreal forests needs greater attention from international policy, argued forestry experts from IIASA, Natural Resources Canada, and …

Whales are dying off the coast of Alaska and no one knows why. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared the trend an “unusual mortality event” and will launch a scientific investigation to find the cause, the agency announced. The whales have become stranded around islands in the western Gulf of Alaska and the southern shores of the Alaska Peninsula.

An adult male sea otter that was found badly injured is now in the care of the Vancouver Aquarium. The rescue crew caught the sea otter with a net and transported him to Vancouver on Thursday after he was spotted floating, looking very bloated and unable to dive near Vargas Island.

On Friday, a harbour seal escaped a hungry group of orcas by simply outsmarting them — and it’s a rather impressive move. The group was watching orcas circle two of their boats for about 10 minutes before swam took off, according to Josh McInnes, a University of Victoria student researcher who helps run the Transient Killer Whale Research Project.

A Canadian space firm is one step closer to revolutionising space travel with a simple idea – instead of taking a rocket ship, why not take a giant elevator into space? Thoth Technology Inc has been granted both U.S. and U.K. patents for such a structure, which, if constructed, would be more than 20 times the height of the Burj …

The Early Neolithic massacre-related mass grave of Schöneck-Kilianstädten presented here provides new data and insights for the ongoing discussions of prehistoric warfare in Central Europe. A mass grave containing at least 26 skeletons is further evidence of the brutal conflict that appears to have beset central Europe 7,000 years ago.

Nearly 50 orcas belonging to the J and L pods were captured on video travelling through B.C.’s Active Pass near Galiano Island on Sunday.

150 Crocodiles In Home? Several city councillors are fuming and want an investigation after an animal sanctuary rescued 150 crocodiles and alligators from a Toronto property last week. But city officials don’t even know where the crocs were kept.