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Get ready for 'meteor Christmas' with an added bonus: a partial solar eclipse
Every August we are treated to one of the best meteor showers of the year: the Perseids. But this year, during the day of the peak, much of Canada will also get a partial solar eclipse.
News Science August 7
Bezos-backed $200M species project faces greenwashing scrutiny
Bridget Stringer-Holden
News Science August 7
Charles Darwin finally proven right about bug-eating plant after 150 years
Sheena Goodyear
Radio As It Happens August 7
72-year-old hiker attacked by grizzly bear in B.C.
Alanna Kelly
News Canada British Columbia August 7
Here's the mark a SpaceX rocket crash left on the moon
Emily Chung
News Science August 6
The next Toronto? Reports of urban raccoons on the rise in Calgary
Amir Said
News Canada Calgary August 6
Brake for snakes: Strathcona County hopes to prevent garter snake deaths on rural road
Kelsie Johnston
News Canada Edmonton August 6

Coyote pup curls up in woman's bed as presence increases across Toronto

News Canada Toronto August 6

Done the Wordle yet? Even brief moments of leisure offer benefits, new study says

Frances Willick

News Canada Nova Scotia August 6

Climate change made Canadian wildfires in N.W.T. and Ontario roughly twice as likely, analysis finds

Nicole Mortillaro

News Science August 6

Britain's 'exceptionally serious' drought tests a country famous for its rain

Verity Stevenson

News World August 6

More belugas from Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., head to new home in U.S.

News Canada Hamilton August 5

This kitten was too tiny for a wheelchair. So his foster mom made one with Hot Wheels and duct tape

Sheena Goodyear

Radio As It Happens August 5

It looks like a SpaceX rocket did slam into the moon (as predicted)

News Science August 5

Australia confirms first mass death of seabirds from H5N1 bird flu

News Health August 4

A SpaceX rocket will slam into the moon on Wednesday, and astronomers will be watching closely

Nicole Mortillaro

News Science August 4

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This researcher is unleashing a new predator to combat Japanese beetles on P.E.I.

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Why are so many bears getting hit on Quebec highways?

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These P.E.I. farmers are growing food — for bees

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Marmot hitchhikes to the suburbs from the mountains | The Moment

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Researchers puzzled by death of great white shark in N.S.

Relying on GPS for directions makes your brain lazy. Here's how to give it a workout

Radio The Sunday Magazine August 4