Monthly Archives: January 2026

The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, put on a show in parts of Canada, the U.S. and Europe overnight Monday into Tuesday, with the vivid display seen much farther south than usual amid intense geomagnetic and solar … Continue reading →

A heavy dust storm swept across Libya on Tuesday, reducing visibility, forcing the temporary suspension of flights at two airports and shrouding cities there with a thick orange haze.

Veronika the brown cow’s dexterous and graceful tool use upends long-held assumptions about the intelligence of cows, say scientists.

Martin Froger Silva, a videographer for the Center for Oldest Ice Exploration, tells The National about the moment he filmed the inside of a glacier in Antarctica that’s millions of years old.

Whether you call it radiation fog, ground fog, valley fog or a temperature inversion, it all comes down to the same physics: the atmosphere flipping upside down. CBC’s Johanna Wagstaffe breaks down how a high-pressure system can turn our valleys … Continue reading →

While dense fog continues blanketed parts of the Lower Mainland to start the week, sea and air transportation pressed on. As Troy Charles finds out, a combination of old and new technology is helping crews navigate the low visibility.

The testing centre will be located next to the University of Regina at Innovation Saskatchewan’s research and technology park. It will house two “test loops” that simulate a part of a small modular reactor.

A solar storm brought colourful northern lights — a.k.a. aurora borealis — across Canada, the United States and parts of Europe Monday night.

Penguins in Antarctica are changing their breeding habits at record speed to survive rising temperatures from climate change, a decade-long study has found.

Stocks are falling on Wall Street after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to hit eight NATO members with new tariffs as tensions escalate over his attempts to assert American control over Greenland.