ST Reporter

The Sciences Times editorial team reports on science, technology, health and the environment from a Canadian perspective. Every article is sourced from peer-reviewed research, official agencies and named experts, following the site editorial standards.

Artificial Intelligence: The Complete Guide to How AI Works, Its Applications, and What the Future Holds

What is artificial intelligence and how does it work? Explore machine learning, neural networks, real-world AI applications, and what the future holds for this technology.

Climate Change Explained: The Complete Science Behind Global Warming and Its Impact on Our Planet

Climate change is the defining challenge of our era. Explore the science behind global warming, its impacts on ecosystems and society, and solutions being developed.

The Mathematics of Climate Modeling: How Equations Predict Our Planet’s Future

Climate scientists don’t just observe weather and make educated guesses about the future. Instead, they employ sophisticated mathematical frameworks...

Wildfire Science in Canada: Climate Change, Fire Behavior, and Ecosystem Impact

Canada experienced an unprecedented wildfire season in 2023, with nearly 18.5 million hectares burned—surpassing previous records by a significant margin....

Higher Dimensions in Physics: Exploring Beyond Our Three-Dimensional World

Understanding higher dimensions challenges human intuition constrained by three-dimensional experience. The Flatland analogy, developed by mathematician...

Microplastics in Water Supply: Health Effects and Contamination Challenges

Microplastics—tiny plastic particles less than 5 millimeters in diameter—have become ubiquitous contaminants in global water supplies, including drinking...

AI Ethics and Regulation in Canada: Governing Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence’s transformative capabilities create unprecedented ethical challenges and governance questions. AI systems making...

Nanorobots for Drug Delivery: Microscopic Machines Targeting Disease at the Cellular Level

Imagine a robot smaller than a human cell, capable of swimming through blood vessels, recognizing cancer cells, and delivering medication with surgical...

Satellite Megaconstellations Over Canada: Who Wins and Who Loses as the Northern Sky Fills Up

Telesat Lightspeed promises fast internet for rural and northern Canada, but UBC and Regina astronomers warn the same megaconstellations will hit skies at 50 degrees latitude hardest. What Canada...

Carbon Capture Technology: Removing CO₂ from Atmosphere and Emissions

Carbon capture technology addresses climate change through two complementary approaches: point-source carbon capture (capturing CO₂ from industrial...