science

Coffee’s place in a healthy diet has always been a divisive topic. If you’re one of its fans, you’re in luck: recent studies have shown that drinking coffee not only reduces DNA damage, but...

E-cigarettes have exploded in popularity in a very short time. What started as a possible alternative to smoking and a tool to help people break the habit has now become an aesthetic accessory in...

The ubiquitous Cavendish banana is on its last leg due to the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum. The fungus causes a condition called Panama disease and threatens to wipe out commercial banana plantations across the...

Organ transplant is a topic that has not only been a source of inspiration for plots in movies and books, but is also the fuel for a reality that is stranger than fiction. In Canada,...

Looney Tunes fans are probably familiar with Tasmanian devils. The rare and particularly feisty marsupial found exclusively on Tasmania, a small island-state located just south of the mainland of Australia, is on the verge of...

A decade ago, it would have been hard to believe that two eccentric billionaires would be making passive-aggressive remarks via social media on each other’s rocket capabilities. However, near the end of 2015, both Elon...

The world’s first ocean-cleaning system to collect plastic pollution is expected to launch in 2016. The system was conceptualized by 21-year-old Boyan Slat, Dutch inventor and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit organization devoted...