Canada oil and gas firms to drill 8% more wells next year

Nov 24, 2023 | News

Amid forecasts that Canada is not on target to reach its emissions reductions goals, on Friday the Canadian Association of Energy Contractors (CAOEC) predicted nearly 500 more wells next year, to 6,229 projects.

Satellite images reveal hundreds of unknown Roman forts

Oct 26, 2023 | History, News

Declassified cold-war spy satellite images have thrown new light on the workings of the Roman empire by revealing hundreds of previously undiscovered forts, with dramatic implications for our understanding, experts have said.

‘Missing law of nature’ explains evolution of everything in the universe

Oct 19, 2023 | News

A multi-disciplinary team of scientists and philosophers have unveiled what they term “a missing law of nature.” This concept broadens the scope of evolution, traditionally understood in the context of biological life, to all complex systems in the universe.

Distant exoplanet could have water ocean and hint of life

Sep 11, 2023 | News

Scientists at NASA have announced the existence of a possible rare water ocean on a giant exoplanet scores of light years away and also a chemical hint of a sign of potential life.

Vegan diet massively cuts environmental damage, study shows

Jul 20, 2023 | News

Detailed analysis finds plant diets lead to 75% less climate-heating emissions, water pollution, and land use than meat-rich ones.

Saturn’s moon Enceladus has all the ingredients for life in its ocean

Jun 14, 2023 | News

For the first time, phosphorus — the rarest of six elements upon which life as we know it depends — has been found in a tiny ocean-bearing moon in our solar system.