Innovation

A green idea cool enough for Canada

A U.S. company has developed an environmentally friendly method for cooling buildings during peak summer hours using chunks of ice

Compared to meat eaters, vegetarians’ risk of stomach cancer was reduced by 64 per cent, according to the study.

Leslie Beck's Food for Thought

Vegetarian diet protects against some cancers

Study reports that vegetarians have a 64% lower risk than meat-eaters of stomach cancer, 53% lower for multiple myeloma

A warning sign is seen outside the reactor at the Atomic Energy Canada Limited nuclear facility at Chalk River, Ont., on Dec. 19, 2007.

Isotope reactor to stay idle for months

Physicians forced to use more invasive diagnostic tools

Activists wearing masks of G8 leaders from left; French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, US President Barack Obama, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and dressed as chefs

Target found in G8's climate fight

Wealthy countries have agreed to limit the world's temperature to a two-degree increase, requiring aggressive cuts to emissions Canada's oil industry calls 'incredible'

El Nino is back, U.S. scientists say

Periodic warming of water in the tropical Pacific, which can affect weather around the world, has returned, forecasters warn

Payette, Thirsk to make history in space

Endeavour mission marks first time Canada will have two astronauts in space at the same time

Canadian hospital pioneers mental-health treatment

Toronto psychiatric hospital to combine genetic testing with brain imaging

Asian gangs pushing rhinos to extinction, report warns

Illegal poaching for traditional medicines has hit a 15-year high, environmentalists warn experts in Geneva

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