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Montréal’s Urban Agriculture Continues to Grow

July 22, 2024June 10, 2024 Science Borealis Communication, Education, and Outreach, Environmental and Earth Sciences, Guest contributors, Science in Society

By Jesse Correll, guest editor Urban agriculture in Montréal has a rich history of growing from the ground up. From […]

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Linnaeus, Buffon, and is there structure to nature? (Review of “Every Living Thing”)

September 17, 2024 Stephen Heard Biology and Life Sciences, General Science

Jason Roberts’s Every Living Thing has perhaps the most gorgeous cover I’ve ever seen on a natural history book. That alone would have been enough for me to pick it up and look more closely – but the subtitle, The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life, is darn near irresistible. The flap copy...

Remarkable Opportunity

September 13, 2024 jeremy Communication, Education and Outreach, Multimedia, Physics and Astronomy

That little extra effort matters.

Sacred Sendoffs: An Interview with Sarah A Bowen

September 11, 2024September 11, 2024 Zazie Todd Biology and Life Sciences, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science

Tender Paws: An Interview with Wendy Lyons Sunshine

September 10, 2024September 10, 2024 Zazie Todd Biology and Life Sciences, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science

I can teach scientific writing for your grad program

September 10, 2024 Stephen Heard Biology and Life Sciences, General Science

Over the dozen years or so, it seems like I’ve oriented my career more and more towards teaching and mentoring scientific writing. It’s not that I haven’t continued doing research – if anything my publication rate has picked up a little, and I think that, together with my students and collaborators, I’ve published some really...

Decode your Microbiota with NimaGen’s Full-Length Sequencing Kits

September 9, 2024 Paul Naphtali Biology and Life Sciences

In high school, our teachers showed us that every living organism can be classified into two categories: prokaryotes — small, simple cells without nuclei — and eukaryotes — the bigger, denser cells with nuclei. Life felt much simpler then. Nonetheless, it shouldn’t surprise any of us that these distinctions aren’t sufficient to truly capture the...

Mathematical Gems

September 6, 2024 jeremy Communication, Education and Outreach, Multimedia, Physics and Astronomy

As Ben Orlin says, some people never get to see the beauty of those gems.

A Hundred Years of Needles May Be Coming to an End

September 6, 2024 Research2Reality Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

For as long as type 1 diabetes has been treatable, insulin injections have been part of the regimen. Could that be on the verge of changing? Get the full story A Hundred Years of Needles May Be Coming to an End

Lana Button: Making Memories with My Grammie’s House

September 6, 2024 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Welcome to Cantastic Authorpalooza, featuring posts by and about great Canadian children’s book creators! Today’s guest: Lana Button. Take it away, Lana! My new picture book is best served with Sprite in a fancy glass and my Grammie’s scotch cake cookies. So set your oven to 325F and mix: 1 pound of soft butter 1...

The Book Your Cat Wishes You Would Read: An Interview with Lucy Hoile

September 5, 2024 Zazie Todd Biology and Life Sciences, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science

Lucy Hoile on celebrating cats, seeing them as part of the family, and the role of to-do lists in the writing process.By Zazie Todd PhDThis page contains affiliate links which means I may earn a commission on qualifying purchases at no cost to you.In the book your cat wishes you would read, Lucy Hoile teaches...

Montréal’s Urban Agriculture Continues to Grow

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Montréal’s Urban Agriculture Continues to Grow

Blog Feeds

Linnaeus, Buffon, and is there structure to nature? (Review of “Every Living Thing”)

Remarkable Opportunity

Sacred Sendoffs: An Interview with Sarah A Bowen

Tender Paws: An Interview with Wendy Lyons Sunshine

I can teach scientific writing for your grad program

Decode your Microbiota with NimaGen’s Full-Length Sequencing Kits

Mathematical Gems

A Hundred Years of Needles May Be Coming to an End

Lana Button: Making Memories with My Grammie’s House

The Book Your Cat Wishes You Would Read: An Interview with Lucy Hoile

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