Neanderthals, prehistoric cousins of humans, ate grains and vegetables as well as meat, cooking them over fire in the same way homo sapiens did, a new study reveals.
An extraordinary underground observatory for subatomic particles has been completed in a huge cube of ice one kilometre on each side deep under the South Pole, researchers said.
A single tooth and a finger bone found in a Siberian cave have led to a startling discovery about a previously unknown branch of the human family, according to a landmark study published Wednesday by an international team of researchers, including a Canadian scientist.
A group of British children aged between eight and 10 had their school project on bees published by the prestigious Royal Society in a world scientific first, the society said Wednesday.
This summer's discovery of the 19th-century wreck of the HMS Investigator, announced in July by a team of Parks Canada researchers scanning Arctic waters off Banks Island, has been named one of the 10 most important archeological finds of 2010 by the world's leading publication in the field.
Canadian scientists probing woolly mammoth teeth unearthed in northern Yukon have solved a mystery about the ancient species' mothering habits, producing possible new clues about the creature's extinction 10,000 years ago.
Japanese scientists said Tuesday they had produced a mouse that tweets like a bird in a genetically engineered "evolution" which they hope will shed light on the origins of human language.
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Nicole Hegge and her husband, Peter Robichaud, must be wondering why they're paying school taxes.
There are few things better than watching Canada take the ice to play in an international hockey tournament in front of a roaring home crowd dressed in red and waving the Maple Leaf, cheering the country's best players while they strive for gold.
There was no doubt the shot-up four-engine Halifax bomber was about to fall and when the tail gunner scrambled out of his ball turret, the first thing he saw was the mid-upper gunner standing in the waist, his opened parachute spilled around his feet, and the hopeless expression on his face said he knew he was about to die.
A long day for the Pittsburgh Penguins, was followed by a longer night.