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NASCAR's Bubba Wallace 'fine' after fainting during interview
NASCAR Cup Series star Bubba Wallace said he is "good" after he fainted during an interview after the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Aggressive hawk sets up nest on Fredericton trail
An aggressive hawk has taken over a trail in the University of New Brunswick woodlot.
BTS fans raise $1M in Black Lives Matter donations
International fans of K-pop giants BTS have raised over $1 million in donations for the Black Lives Matter cause in the United States, matching the amount donated earlier by their idols toward...
Zero rates preferable to negative rates for investors' risk-taking
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have determined that zero interest rates are more efficient than negative interest rates in terms of motivating individual investors to borrow money and...
Falcons' Dan Quinn, Thomas Dimitroff, players attend peaceful protest in Atlanta
Falcons head coach Dan Quinn and general manager Thomas Dimitroff were among thousands of people who participated in a peaceful protest Sunday in Atlanta.
Memory consolidation during REM sleep
Researchers have found that activity in adult-born neurons (ABNs) in the hippocampus, which is a brain region associated with memory, are responsible for memory consolidation during REM sleep. Identifying the...
Wearable brain scanner technology expanded for whole head imaging
A new type of wearable brain scanner is revealing new possibilities for understanding and diagnosing mental illness after the technology has been expanded to scan the whole brain with millimeter...
Early-life education improves memory in old age -- Especially for women
Education appears to protect older adults, especially women, against memory loss, according to a new study.
Some infants can identify differences in musical tones at six months
Neuroscientists suggest the capacity to hear the highs and lows, also known as the major and minor notes in music, may come before you take a single lesson; you may...
Childhood trauma affects the timing of motherhood
Women who have experienced childhood trauma become mothers earlier than those with a more stable childhood environment shows a new study. The trauma children experience form living in war zones,...
Pandemic puts preprints first
As scientists attempt to speed up COVID-19 research, attention by the public and media has changed the way preprint servers and journals handle those papers
Liam Neeson's mom Kitty dies at 94
Film star Liam Neeson's mother Kitty died this weekend at age 94, her parish priest in Northern Ireland announced.
UFC star Conor McGregor retires again
UFC fighter Conor McGregor said Sunday he is retiring -- for the second time in little more than a year -- because he has lost interest in the sport.
Wording of vaccination messages influences behavior
An experiment has revealed that relatively small differences in messages influenced people's attitudes about the human papillomavirus or HPV vaccine, which has been shown to help prevent cancer.
Bill Maher calls coronavirus lockdown a 'reckless experiment' that fomented protests
The 'Real Time With Bill Maher' host termed the stay-home orders 'reckless' and said they contributed to George Floyd protests.
George Floyd: Second weekend of protests grips U.S. cities
Demonstrators poured into the streets of American cities, including Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, for the second consecutive weekend of protests reacting to the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd.
Is it safe to stay in a hotel? Your COVID-19 travel questions answered
We're answering your questions about the pandemic. Send yours to COVID@cbc.ca and we’ll answer as many as we can. We’ll publish a selection of answers every weekday online, and also...
Ontario extends emergency orders to June 19
Ontario is extending its emergency orders for another 10 days, including banning people from dining in bars and restaurants, and gathering in groups larger than five.
L.A. Affairs: It was the world's most unromantic proposal
We had been together for more than eight years and always talked about getting married "someday." Then, coronavirus hit.
Gunna's 'Wunna' tops the U.S. album chart
Rapper Gunna's "Wunna" is the No. 1 album in the United States.
A simple background photo is forcing some Android users to factory reset their smartphones
It looks serene, but your phone hates it. (Twitter /)Changing your phone’s background image is fun. Who doesn’t want to see your cat stuck inside of a Trader Joe’s bag every time...
‘Gathering Historias’ reveals deep-rooted connections to nature
Steven Salido Fisher is doing sacred work simply by listening to people as they share the stories in their hearts. The Harvard Divinity School (HDS) student is building on a mission to...
Orlando Patterson explains why America can’t escape its racist roots
The killing of George Floyd, who died after a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled into his neck for nearly nine minutes during an arrest, has spurred a wave of rage, anguish, and...
Student-athlete rebounds from head injury to earn degree in neuroscience
This is one in a series of profiles showcasing some of Harvard’s stellar graduates. Sope Adeleye went up for a block and everything went black. “I just got hit in the face,”...
Facing the denial of American racism
As ongoing nationwide protests illustrate, a majority of Americans view the recent police killing of George Floyd as a reflection of the virulent and systemic racism in the nation. However, recent polling suggests...
Harvard panel on George Floyd and racial injustice
Heavy. Overwhelming. Daunting. Those were some of the words used at a recent panel to describe the two crises disproportionately affecting the black community right now: the novel coronavirus and the unjust killing...
Roger Goodell: NFL was 'wrong,' should have listened to players about racism
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell issued a statement Friday and condemned racism, admitting the league was "wrong" for not listening to its players earlier about racial injustice.
COVID-19 antigen tests have landed in the US, but not everyone is rushing out to get them
The tests are less reliable than other diagnostics, and some large labs say they won't offer them right away