Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Ivan Semeniuk
Publication Date: March 12, 2025 - 06:00
Planning to watch Thursday’s total eclipse of the moon? A robotic lander may be looking back
March 12, 2025
Anyone who has ever looked at the full moon has seen Mare Crisium, the Sea of Crises.To the eye it appears as an isolated patch at the upper right-hand side of the lunar disc – roughly the 2 o’clock position. In reality, it is a vast circular plain, several hundred kilometres across, where lava once flooded a giant impact basin approximately 3.9 billion years ago and hardened into smooth, dark rock.
Unpublished Newswire
Two Canadian researchers were among the winners named at this year’s Breakthrough Prize ceremony on Saturday. The annual event, held in Los Angeles, celebrates the world’s largest science awards with a dose of Hollywood glam.Daniel Drucker, a physician and senior investigator at Toronto’s Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, was one of five researchers jointly awarded a US$3-million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for discoveries leading to the development of a class of drugs that are now widely used in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes and obesity.
April 5, 2025 - 19:48 | Ivan Semeniuk | The Globe and Mail
Abbie McDonough remembers knocking on doors with her late grandmother, former NDP leader Alexa McDonough, when she was little. Volunteering in this spring's campaign has been a chance to connect with her grandma's legacy in her former Halifax riding.
April 5, 2025 - 19:41 | | CBC News - Canada
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he will meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday to discuss launching a Team Canada approach to support workers in the forestry sector in response to the latest U.S. decision on softwood lumber duties.The U.S. Department of Commerce said on Friday that it has determined a combined preliminary anti-subsidy and anti-dumping duty rate of 34.45 per cent for Canadian lumber following an administrative review — more double the current 14.54 per cent levy.
April 5, 2025 - 19:04 | | The Globe and Mail
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