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Three images side by side: lush Christmas trees in a garden centre, the International Space Station in orbit, and a hand holding a syringe and needle up to an arm

3 things you should know about Christmas trees, COVID-19 vaccines, and the International Space Station

Renée-Claude Goulet

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

For the December edition, we discuss finding the perfect Christmas tree, what’s in a vaccine, and the twentieth anniversary of the International Space Station.

An Air Tractor AT-502 agricultural aircraft operated by Southeastern Aerial Crop Service Incorporated, Belle Glade State Municipal Airport, Florida, June 2013. Wikipedia.

Wings over the world: The PT6 turboprop and turboshaft engine, Part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings to you, my reading friend, and welcome to the second part of this article on one of the most successful aeroengine of the 20th and 21st centuries, the PT6. Did you know that United Aircraft of Canada Limited (UACL) of Longueuil, Québec, a firm known today as Pratt & Whitney Canada Incorporated, played a significant role in the introduction of a new type of aeroengine on agricultural aircraft? Well, it sure did. One could say it first became involved in agricultural aviation, somewhat

A spliced, three-part image shows: Two jars of green pickles, the Sun with some dark flecks on the image, and two pink pigs nestled together in the straw.

3 things you should know about pickles, Solar Cycle 25, and pig organs

Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD

Canada Science and Technology Museum

For the November edition, we tackle the topics of pickles, Solar Cycle 25, and pigs as promising organ donors for humans.

A young woman wearing a white lab coat and blue rubber gloves sits in a laboratory, working with a variety of tools in front of her.

Women in STEM: A conversation with Micaela Gray

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

This month, the Ingenium Channel is highlighting a series of talented, Canadian women who are participating in the Dr. Roberta Bondar Career Development Program.

A spliced, horizontal image shows photos of a field of corn, the planet Mars, and an albatross flying over the water.

3 things you should know about fertilizer pollution, Mars, and the wandering albatross

Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD

Canada Science and Technology Museum

For the October edition, they discuss how technology is helping with fertilizer pollution, your chance to see Mars, and how the wandering albatross is helping to prevent illegal fishing.

Eldon Douglas McEarchern working on his agricultural Piper PA-18 Super Cub as one of his sons watched on, Carman, Manitoba. Anon., “Les fermiers volants de l’ouest canadien.” Le Samedi, 22 October 1960, 25.

Oh, what a beautiful mornin’! Oh, what a beautiful day!: An overview of the first decade of the flying farmer movement in Canada

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

With fall and the end of a growing season upon us, in the northern hemisphere of our embattled planet at least, it occurred to yours truly that an agricultural topic might be a good idea, especially if it could be linked to the one true and great topic, aviation. I shall be brief, and… Who’s laughing? Who?! Just for that, there will be a test. The first half of the 1950s saw the birth of an important player in the aerial application industry in Canada, the flying farmer movement. This powerful

One of the towed threshers designed and fabricated by Dion & Frère Incorporée of Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Québec. Anon., “Publicité – Dion & Frère Incorporée.” Le Bulletin des agriculteurs, September 1940, 47.

A century of agricultural technology and innovation in the Laurentides region of Québec: From Dion & Frère to Dion-AG

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Hey friend, say friend, come on over, my reading friend, how d’ya like to see some big threshers? Said threshers are in fact stored in the Collections Conservation Centre located within spitting distance of the Canada Science and Technology Museum, in Ottawa, Ontario – a sister / brother institution of the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, in Ottawa – and of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, in… Ottawa. What is a thresher, you ask? A good question. A thresher is an agricultural machine

A close up a burger patties, a diagram of the sun during the solstices and equinoxes, and a satellite image of the Milne Ice Shelf

3 things you should know about cell-based meat, the Autumnal Equinox, and Canada’s last ice shelf

Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD

Canada Science and Technology Museum

For the September edition, we discuss cell-based meat, the Autumnal Equinox, and the collapse of the last Canadian ice shelf.

A close up of a cow nose, a diagram of orbits within our solar system, and an electron microscope image of a bacteria

3 things you should know about eco-friendly cows, near Earth asteroids, and potential life on Mars

Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD

Canada Science and Technology Museum

For the August edition, we tackle solutions for making cows more environmentally friendly, searching for near Earth asteroids, and how resilient life forms on Earth opens up the possibility of life on Mars.

An image collage of a corpse flower, the night sky, a rain cloud, and a flower with a soap bubble

4 things you should know about the science of smell, megaconstellations, and the future of fruit

Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD

Canada Science and Technology Museum

Learn about the science behind stinky flowers and rain, astronomy amidst megaconstellations of satellites, and how bubble guns may help the future of fruit.

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