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Good News for Grey Days
Autumn is creeping up on me. It’s getting dark earlier and there are more cloudy days, neither of which my light-sensitive brain is very happy about. But as things get a little greyer, I’ve been gifted two enormous reasons to celebrate. Polar has just won the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Book Award! The...
The pleasure of dissolved chemicals
This is Why … science centres are so important
A few weeks ago, I unilaterally declared it to be #ScienceCentreSeptember and decided to spend the month exploring the invaluable contributions these play-spaces make to society in weekly posts on LinkedIn. I thought it might be worthwhile reproducing these musings here, all in one post, as a topic that is as important to me as...
2 things you should know about methane reduction and landfill engineering
For the October edition, they explain the surprisingly complex engineering of landfill sites, and the science of reducing agricultural methane.
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How To Study The Deepest Diving Whales? Use Chemistry!
Marine mammals are difficult for scientists to study; they spend most or all of their lives in and around water habitats. Because of their vastness (hundreds of thousands of square kilometers) and depth (thousands of meters), marine mammal habitats are difficult for humans to access and explore. Cetaceans – whales, dolphin, and porpoises – spend...
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Meet NCC’s 2024 summer interns: Jeslyn Chantler
The adrenaline rush from running fuels marathon runner Jeslyn Chantler — who is also the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC) conservation intern for the Happy Valley Forest region, which is 50 minutes north of Toronto — to do her conservation work.
