350-year-old trees, glaciers, cleantech, and scientific expertise: EcoWest News, September 29, 2026

Teach elementary school students the scientific method with this lesson plan using paper rockets.

For more than 60 years, a skeleton sat in a London museum as part of a collection that was only partly studied. One scientist thought he knew what it was back in 1994, yet it took him nearly 30 years ...

Who pays for the system required to make dual practice possible, and who bears the risks when it fails?

The calls of the bare-throated bellbird and red-legged seriema can exceed 120 decibels.

Researchers have discovered the spiny water flea may have existed in North America far longer than previously thought.

Watch Rattlesnake highway tunnels Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

University of Alberta research is shedding light on how to give native grasses a better foothold around solar panels.

The Sahara is the largest hot desert on Earth, but for decades scientists have suspected it wasn't always this dry. Now, deep inside an ancient cave, evidence has finally surfaced that could settle th...

Tracking the biological age of grafted organs suggests that donor pools could be expanded to boost organ availability.

You could jump much higher on the moon than you can on Earth – but you’d be in no danger of shooting off into space.

In today’s newsletter: The People’s Emergency Briefing delivers a stark warning about ​o​ur future in a warming world. ​B​ut sharing difficult truths collectively​ shows us that there is still hope to...

On Oct. 1 Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutyrk will blast off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., and he’s bringing some innovative Canadian tech with him.

A new report in the New England Journal of Medicine by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital and Seattle Children’s...

A NASA-supported technology created for Mars exploration is now helping breweries and industries capture and reuse carbon dioxide.

In a partnership with the Comox Valley and Nanaimo Area land trusts, BC Parks Foundation is fundraising to protect 50 hectares of pristine shoreline in Deep Bay and make it accessible to the public.

The flying mammals likely arose 65 million years ago in Europe, before spreading to Africa and then the rest of the world, according to the new research

Researchers from Calgary and Lethbridge are zeroing in on how a zombie parasite found in southern Alberta manages to invade the livers of cattle, elk and deer by first hijacking the brains of ants.

The team printed a honeycomb and a Canadian maple leaf, both roughly the size of a single grain of sand.

A well-preserved feather discovered inside fossilised dinosaur faeces could help explain why ancestors of modern birds survived the mass extinction.

Scientists examined hundreds of spider species in search of nature’s fastest movers, but one unexpected discovery from Australia changed the results.

Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

A new company has spun out of a University of Alberta research lab to make robotic prosthetics work better for people with limb difference.

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Upcoming changes to health coverage co-ordination may result in private maximums being reached sooner. An email sent to Alberta Blue Cross members detailed upcoming changes ...

Biggest study of its kind provides insights into bats’ evolution – a potential gamechanger for research into human virus and cancer treatment

The predicted number, which includes deaths since June, likely represents an underestimate of total deaths. The heat could linger beyond February, and the climate swing could bring about other life-th...

Nature examines whether the technology might spell the end for humans, and why AI companies are calling for a slowdown.

As provinces grapple with how to decrease wait times for surgeries, Alberta is introducing a system in which doctors can simultaneously work in public hospitals and do private care on the side — a mod...

Scientists say they've settled the debate about where bats came from and uncovered what the earliest bats were like. They also believe their new huge study of bat genomes and fossils could help reveal...

Shining a light on the numerous STEAM connections within “We are the Keystones: Animals That Hold Habitats Together” by Katy S. Duffield + Hannah Salyer + BOOK GIVEAWAY

Biologist discusses mitochondrial transfer for disease & longevity including how much is real vs. illusion given the hype?

We present a bumblebee colony monitoring system, BumbleBEEP. The system is fitted with thermometers and a custom weight sensor. These record data up to every 15 min, recording bumblebee brood nest temperature, environmental ambient temperature, and colony growth. These data can be used to assess bumblebee colony fitness responses to environmental stressors. For example, bumblebee colony thermoregulatory ability can be an indicator of colony health, and we demonstrate that colony growth has a lagged response to ambient temperature.