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Three images side by side, Canada’s White Glacier, dried mealworms shown on a round wooden platter, and a pair of hands rubbing together, covered in soap bubbles.

3 things you should know about insects as an important source of protein, the science superpowers of soap, and monitoring glaciers in Canada’s Arctic

Renée-Claude Goulet

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

For the August edition, we explain why insects are on their way to becoming an important source of protein in Canada, how and why soap actually works, and how the health and behaviour of Canada’s White Glacier is being monitored.

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3 things you should know about plastic-wrapped cucumbers, the James Webb telescope, and inflammation

Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD

Canada Science and Technology Museum

For the July edition, they discuss how plastic wrap on cucumbers might soon be unnecessary, the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope, and how inflammation helps with healing.

A close-up photo of a grouping of glass bottles with handwritten labels, and filled with grain seeds. Small, printed yellow paper envelopes are laid out in front of the bottles.

Food for the future: How Canada's seed bank is protecting crop plants for tomorrow

Renée-Claude Goulet

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Follow Science Advisor Renée-Claude Goulet for a behind-the-scenes look at Canada’s plant gene bank, where our agricultural biodiversity is collected and preserved.

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Health & Wellness

5 things you should know about COVID-19, mosquitos, and bees

Jesse Rogerson, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

For the June edition, they invited their student interns to add their voices to the column. Collectively, they tackled how to avoid becoming a mosquito magnet, how to plant a buzz-worthy garden, and three things you should know about COVID-19.

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Health & Wellness

3 things you should know about growing seeds, clinical trials and exploring Mars

Jesse Rogerson, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

For the May edition, our science advisors focused on indoor gardening, the stages of a clinical trial, and a new way to explore Mars.

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Experiment: Starting seeds at home

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

It’s the perfect time of year to start seeds inside for your spring garden.

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Health & Wellness

3 things you should know about COVID-19

Jesse Rogerson, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

For the April edition, our science advisors focused on COVID-19: how plant biotechnology may be key to finding a vaccine, precautions being taken by astronauts headed to the International Space Station (ISS), and useful tips for finding reliable information online.

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3 things you should know — February edition

Jesse Rogerson, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Meet Renée-Claude Goulet, Jesse Rogerson, and Michelle Campbell Mekarski. They are Ingenium’s science advisors, providing expert scientific advice on key subjects relating to our three museums — the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, and the Canada Science and Technology Museum. In this colourful monthly blog series, Ingenium’s science advisors offer up three quirky nuggets related to their areas of expertise. For the February edition, our science advisors

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3 things you should know — December edition

Jesse Rogerson, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

In the December column, we dig into the science of beer, offer tips for viewing the Geminids meteor shower, and bust myths about alcohol in hot drinks.

A ship in front of a large grain elevator; the sun rises in the background.

Many voices: Oral histories of Canada’s grain elevators

Grain elevators have long been a symbol of agricultural strength for the Canadian prairies. But what was it actually like to work in the grain elevators? As a practicum student from Carleton University, I have been pondering this question while researching a grain elevator model in the agricultural collection of Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation. Fortunately, I was introduced to Friends of Grain Elevators (FOGE), a non-profit group of volunteers that celebrate grain elevators

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