The spring of 2020 may be remembered as a pivotal season for both Justin Trudeau and the country — a time of reckoning and reconciling, of Wet’suwet’en and Teck Frontier and the future of the planet. These are trying moments for the country and its leader. But it might also be harder these days to find a path through the…

Imagine living in a world where the nighttime temperature drops to –95 C and then barely reaches –10 C during the day. There is a constant threat of dust devils — small whirlwinds, similar to tornadoes. And the ground trembles. For future humans exploring Mars, this could be their reality. The first findings from NASA’s Mars InSight…

NASA says Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who worked on NASA’s early space missions and was portrayed in the film Hidden Figures, about pioneering black female aerospace workers, has died. In a Monday morning tweet, the space agency said it celebrates her 101 years of life and her legacy of excellence and breaking down racial and social…

A California man who said he wanted to fly to the edge of outer space to see for himself if the world is round has died after his home-built rocket blasted off into the desert sky and plunged back to earth. “Mad” Mike Hughes was killed on Saturday afternoon after his rocket crashed on private…

When it comes to choosing a final resting place, some advocates want people to skip the varnished casket — and think outside the box. For Dawn Carson, the less that goes underground with you, the better. “There is a way for us to give back to the earth in our last act rather than to…

More than 170 doctors are calling on the federal government to withhold approval for a huge oilsands project in Alberta, just south of the Northwest Territories border, and requesting that more research be done on its potential impact on human health. Earlier this month, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment wrote a letter to Prime Minister…