Live Roundups Editor's Desk Insights Executive Ops Weather About 🔍
Home › Science › 'Not afraid to stay': The Canadians taking fighting...
Science

'Not afraid to stay': The Canadians taking fighting wildfires into their own hands

'Not afraid to stay': The Canadians taking fighting wildfires into their own hands
BBC Science Sunday 09 August 2026, 23:02 UTC 1 min read
Key Points

With wildfires now widespread and frequent, some rural residents in Canada are learning how to fight the flames themselves and protect their own homes.

With wildfires now widespread and frequent, some rural residents in Canada are learning how to fight the flames themselves and protect their own homes.
Canadians (ORG) Canada (LOCATION)
Originally published by BBC Science Read original →

Related Stories

How dogs evolved differently across the globe to match human traits

How dogs evolved differently across the globe to match human traits Gaby Clark Scientific Editor Alexander Pol Deputy Editor We call them "man's best friend," and the evidence supports it. Dogs have been found buried alongside humans in graves dating back 14,000 years. They appear in ancient art from every continent, and they feature in the mythology, religion and folklore of virtually every culture.

Phys.org 2h ago

Four more teens charged with Queensland man's murder

Four more teens charged with murder after Redbank Plains man dies from alleged assault Mon 10 Aug 2026 at 8:54am Four more teenagers have been charged with murder after a 21-year-old died days after an alleged assault in Logan, south of Brisbane, late last month. Eight people have now been charged with murdering the Redbank Plains man. He was found unconscious with critical head injuries on Orchard Avenue at Bahrs Scrub by police on July 26 after reports of an out-of-control house party on...

ABC Australia 2h ago

Show HN: Lumabri – What if LLMs worked like Napster?

A while ago I started working on Colibrì to see if it was possible to run huge LLMs on a normal computer. The project grew far beyond what I expected, thanks in large part to the HackerNews community. That led me to a new question:What if we stopped thinking about one computer?This is the idea behind Lumabri.

Hacker News 2h ago

Dr. Maura L. Gillison, Who Linked Throat Cancers to HPV, Dies at 61

She challenged the conventional view that a majority of head and neck cancers resulted from cigarette smoking and excessive alcohol consumption.

NYT Science 3h ago