A Little Late Cretaceous Monster from the Banks of the Wapiti

Huge dinosaurs like Pachyrhinosaurus and Edmontosaurus roamed the Grande Prairie area about 70 million years ago, but such heavyweights never had the Cretaceous world to themselves. There were plenty of smaller dinosaurs around, like the little carnivore Boreonykus, and dinosaurs were only one component of a diverse ecosystem that also included fish, turtles, mammals and many other vertebrates, alongside plants...

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A Record-Breaking Year on the Prairies: 2023 Weather Overview

With several longstanding climate records shattered in 2023, Saskatchewan’s weather was right at home in a year full of impactful events. This year, SRC's Climate Reference Station (CRS) located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, logged record amounts of bright sunshine, record daily high temperatures and below average precipitation making 2023 the fifth driest year on record.

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3 choses à savoir sur la science de la fabrication d’un chocolat appétissant, sur la façon dont la fièvre aide à combattre les infections et comment les scientifiques canadiens étudient le matériel de l’astéroïde Bennu

Voici Renée-Claude Goulet, Cassandra Marion et Michelle Campbell Mekarski. Ces conseillères scientifiques d’Ingenium fournissent des conseils éclairés sur des sujets importants pour le Musée de l

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3 choses à savoir sur la science qui sous-tend la diversité des précipitations hivernales au Canada, l’éclipse solaire d’avril 2024 et comment la regarder en toute sécurité et comment les nouvelles méthodes de bioponie peuvent rendre l’agriculture hydrop

Voici Renée-Claude Goulet, Cassandra Marion et Michelle Campbell Mekarski. Ces conseillères scientifiques d’Ingenium fournissent des conseils éclairés sur des sujets importants pour le Musée de l

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3 things you should know about the science behind the diversity of Canada’s winter precipitation, the April 2024 solar eclipse and how to safely watch it, and how the new methods of bioponics can make hydroponic agriculture organic

Meet Renée-Claude Goulet, Cassandra Marion, and Michelle Campbell Mekarski. They are Ingenium’s science advisors, providing expert scientific advice on key subjects relating to the Canada Agriculture

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UBC’s trailblazing biologist, Dr. Gertrude May Smith

Dr. Gertrude May Smith in 1926, the year she received her MA in biolology from UBC. Photo: Frederick Louis HackingUBC Science’s first female professor was unceremoniously let go during the Great Depression — but her contributions live on in the Beaty Biodiversity Museum collectionsBy Ildiko SzaboIf you open the Beaty Biodiversity Museum cabinet containing rough-skinned newt specimens, the jar...

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