Robot snakes in space? But first, NASA is testing them on an Alberta glacier
NASA’s Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor, EELS for short, is a futuristic-looking, modular ‘snake,’ designed to explore deep space. But before the device is deployed to one of Saturn’s moons, the science team behind it needed to test it out somewhere…
Sam Altman and the OpenAI power struggle, explained
Sam Altman is back in charge as CEO of OpenAI after being ousted by the company’s board. Andrew Chang explains why the man famous for bringing ChatGPT to the world was fired, then rehired — and what it could mean…
Educator connects Indigenous youth with STEM and arts programming
Edmonton educator Logan Arcilla works with IndigeSTEAM, a non-profit that connects Indigenous youth with science, technology, engineering and mathematics programming, as well as the arts. Arcilla, who is from Alexis Nakota Sioux First Nation, spoke with CBC’s Edmonton AM —…