This is Why … the wind draws lines in the sand

July 24, 2024 jomeara Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science, Physics and Astronomy

It’s summertime in this part of the world, which means lots of people spending time at the beach, playing in the waves, building sandcastles, and admiring the dunes. As you’re strolling along, with the sun setting in the distance, you notice an interesting rippling pattern in the warm sand underfoot. Why does it take this...

Shopping cart returns and a philosophy of collaboration

July 23, 2024 Stephen Heard Biology and Life Sciences, General Science

I used to be extremely diligent about returning shopping carts to cart-return corrals. But recently, at the supermarket where I usually shop, I’ve found myself being sloppier, and I’m having trouble being bothered by that. Why? A few months ago, the supermarket started installing fences and plexiglass barriers everywhere, tightly controlling entry and exit, and...

Montréal’s Urban Agriculture Continues to Grow

July 22, 2024 Science Borealis General Science

By Jesse Correll, guest editor Urban agriculture in Montréal has a rich history of growing from the ground up. From its roots in traditional farming, it has adapted to the limited space and resources in the urban environment, becoming increasingly important to the communities around it. According to architects Vikram Bhatt and Leila Marie Farah,...

News Updates and Summer Traditions

July 16, 2024 L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

So apparently it’s the middle of July already? The backyard menagerie doesn’t seem surprised by this news. The first clutch of robins has fledged, and a pair of goldfinches have set up house in a tree just over the neighbour’s fence, so we get to watch them swoop past our deck on their supply runs....

In which I experiment with a new way of recommending, and finding, books

July 16, 2024 Stephen Heard Biology and Life Sciences, General Science

If you read a lot of books (like I do), and especially if what you read is a bit all over the map (as it is for me), then you’ll likely be interested in my latest experiment in recommending, and finding, books to read. It started with an email that I came thiiiiiis close to...

“Curious Species”: a historian’s take on how animals resisted being made sense of

July 9, 2024 Stephen Heard Biology and Life Sciences, General Science

I’ve been fascinated for a long time by the early days of (European) science – roughly, the time from the 16th to early 19th centuries when we were essentially inventing science as a process. Sure, we’d been trying to figure out the natural world before that (and other world cultures were trying too); but through...

Navigating cultural competence in public health communication: A Communicator’s Pocket Guide

July 8, 2024 Science Borealis General Science

By Aygun Ibrahimova, guest editor Picture yourself on a quest: You must drive to an unfamiliar destination that is hundreds of miles away. If you have a rough idea of where the location is, you could start driving and hope that you find your destination. But it is more likely that you will open Google...

Sheryl McFarlane: Introducing The Blue Canoe

July 5, 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: Sheryl McFarlane. Take it away, Sheryl! Hi, I’m Sheryl McFarlane and I’m so excited to share my new picture book, The Blue Canoe. It’s published by Familius and beautifully illustrated by Laurel Aylesworth. Every cabin day is a paddle-on-the-lake...

3 things you should know about pig to human organ transplants, the shape of the Earth, and fertilizers

July 2, 2024 Ingenium (Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation) General Science

In this July edition, we examine the science behind pig to human organ transplants, the shape of the Earth, and fertilizers.

The life of a book

July 2, 2024 Stephen Heard Biology and Life Sciences, General Science

I’ve just cashed last year’s (meagre) royalty cheque for Charles Darwin’s Barnacle and David Bowie’s Spider, and so now I have four years’ worth of sales data with which to consider what one might expect for the life of a book. How many copies might you expect a book like Charles Darwin’s Barnacle to sell?...

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This is Why … the wind draws lines in the sand

Shopping cart returns and a philosophy of collaboration

Montréal’s Urban Agriculture Continues to Grow

News Updates and Summer Traditions

In which I experiment with a new way of recommending, and finding, books

“Curious Species”: a historian’s take on how animals resisted being made sense of

Navigating cultural competence in public health communication: A Communicator’s Pocket Guide

Sheryl McFarlane: Introducing The Blue Canoe

3 things you should know about pig to human organ transplants, the shape of the Earth, and fertilizers

The life of a book

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