For the January edition, they explain why you should close the toilet lid before flushing, how we could grow plants without light, and extended volcanic activity on Jupiter's moon Io.

Happy New Year, my reading friend. And yes, our topic this week is a domestic / home snowblower, a very appropriate piece of equipment given the season, well, the season which affects the northern part of the northern hemisphere of planet Earth, and a demonstration of my unwavering will to be briefer in 2023. Before going any further, allow me to quote, in translation, the caption which accompanied the photograph of the domestic / home snowblower which appeared in January 1948 in the daily

This tiny object may be the blandest innovation of the Industrial Revolution, but it radically transformed the ability of people to house themselves.

When it comes to hazardous artifacts, we’re doing "asbestos" we can! Learn how the Conservation team for the Ingenium museums manages potentially dangerous objects.

Everyday artifacts like telephones are extraordinary when you dig deeper, as are most artifacts in the Ingenium collection! Check out this article to find out why and how conservators get an inside look at technological objects.

The Canada Science and Technology Museum invites you to download the free Augmented Alley app before your next visit.

Curators at Ingenium are interested in the ways in which parents’ use of technology has changed during the pandemic. How are your kids maintaining their social and familial connections?

Have you ever wondered how plastics and rubbers are preserved in a museum? Find out more about our new cool storage room at the Ingenium Centre.

Conservators Erin Secord and Jessica Lafrance-Hwang noticed a lively exchange of vintage recipes on social media and suggested we share some from Ingenium’s trade literature collection.