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Wearable tech could help cowboys spot sick animals sooner. Wearable fitness monitors are all the rage among humans right now, but they are also spreading among…

Scientists have very little idea what the environmental effects of an oil sands “dilbit” spill would be. The oil that flows in pipes away from Canada’s…

Canada needs to step up its game when responding to international disease outbreaks, says New Brunswick’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, who spent more than six…

Eating a bag of THC-laced gummy bears may seem like a safer way of taking your medical marijuana than smoking a joint, but how do you…

Proteins from salmon blood can stop bleeding and alleviate pain. In pens and hatcheries along the coasts of New Brunswick, Canada, and Maine, USA, young salmon…

Scientists are still not really sure if, or how, magnetic shark repellents work. Sharks get a bad rap, though sometimes for good reason. At times they can…