Do you know what memories—made in Canada—are now enshrined in the world’s memory? The UNESCO Memory of the World program registers documentary heritage considered to be of world significance and outstanding universal value. A number of collections preserved in Canada are on the register, including some that show the history of science and innovation. The University of Toronto’s insulin collections, for example, consist of the archives created by the scientific team of Frederick Grant Banting

A trip to the museum could be just what the doctor ordered. In November, a group of physicians in Montreal — alongside the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts — is launching a pilot project that will see them write prescriptions for paintings, sculpture, and relaxation. Read more about the pilot project and why doctors theorize it will help their patients’ health in this article from CBC.

Research indicates that 10 per cent of all patients in the U.S. claim to have a penicillin allergy. However, 90 per cent of those people are not truly allergic and can tolerate the drug — which may be a matter of life and death. Read more about what a study in the British Medical Journal reveals about the importance of penicillin.

Four young women from Toronto have become published scientists, thanks to a school project. The women — who were in Grades 8 through 12 when their project started — shot a tube of microscopic worms into orbit so they could study the effects of low gravity on muscle deterioration. Kay Wu, one of the students involved in the project, was selected by Ingenium as a STEAM Horizon Award Winner in 2017 . Read more about the successful science project in this feature article from the Globe and Mail, and

The Canada Science and Technology museum recently discovered an important piece of Canadian history in its archives — a small vial of the vaccine used to combat Spanish flu. Read the full article and watch a short video where curator David Pantalony speaks about the discovery.