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Earth & Environment

Health & Wellness

3 things you should know about Coronavirus prevention, the importance of protein, and using satellites to understand Earth

Jesse Rogerson, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

For the March edition, our science advisors compare the effectiveness of hand washing versus sanitizing in the face of the Coronavirus, delve into the importance of protein, and examine how satellites help us better understand Earth.

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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.

Catherine Beddall assembles a gingerbread house.

Behind the scenes: Meet a gingerbread artist

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Pastry chef Catherine Beddall is living the sweet life! Her incredible gingerbread creations — which have won multiple awards — are sure to inspire you in the kitchen this holiday season.

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Earth & Environment

3 things you should know — November 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 November edition, they took a closer

The cover of a recipe book, featuring a yellow box of Margene on a blue background.

Margarine: The complex story of a simple spread

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

The production of cheap margarine was a boon to poorer consumers. Although some countries adopted it easily, other countries tried to eliminate it or limit its availability. In the 1870s, margarine began to spread (pardon the pun) to other countries.

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Earth & Environment

3 things you should know — October edition

Jesse Rogerson, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Meet Renée-Claude Goulet, Jesse Rogerson, and Michelle Campbell Mekarski. These Ingenium employees are professional science communicators, and provide expert 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 new monthly blog series, Ingenium’s science communicators offer up three quirky nuggets related to their areas of expertise. For the October edition, they

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Behind the scenes: Meet an organic grain farmer

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Shelley and Tony Spruit are going against the grain. After more than a quarter century of growing wheat, soybeans, and corn — mainly for animal feed and ethanol — the couple began experimenting with alternatives on their family owned and operated farm near Ottawa, planting seeds from corn and barley varieties not traditionally grown in Ontario. The move is reflective of their agricultural philosophy, and Shelley Spruit believes it’s critically important to educate consumers about what they’re

Towers of a nitrogen fertilizer production plant stand against a blue, cloudy sky.

Earth & Environment

From plant to pantry: Tracking pollution in Canada's food production

In his first article, “Opening a digital window on our way of life,” guest author Tim Lougheed introduced us to the federal government’s National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI). In this second piece, Lougheed illustrates how NPRI data can be used to learn about the pollutants created through food production. When we think about the accomplishments that represent our civilization, does the modern grocery store come to mind? It should. Even the most modest one offers nutritional riches

Robert L. Pavey, director of special foods at Swift & Company, tasting cubes of roast beef, or Moon meatballs, that Apollo program astronauts may have eaten. Anon., “Space foods, space fashions inspired by Moon.” The Desert Sun, 17 July 1969, 4.

I was eating on the Moon one day, in the merry, merry month of July

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

You may be pleased, or not, my reading friend, to hear (read?) that yours truly, eager as I am to offer you an ever more varied selection of tasty viands, boldly went where I had not gone before in search of a topic for this week. And yes, I plead guilty to 2 counts of awkward paraphrasing, one against William “Bill” Shatner, an actor originally from the Montréal region of Québec, and one against Leonard Simon Nimoy. What’s this? You get the reference to the opening words of every episode of the

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Earth & Environment

3 things you should know — July edition

Jesse Rogerson, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Meet Renée-Claude Goulet, Jesse Rogerson, and Kyrke Gaudreau. This all-star trio works as Ingenium’s science advisors, providing expert 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 new monthly blog series, Ingenium’s science advisors offer up three quirky nuggets related to their area of expertise. For the July edition, they tackled how blockchain

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