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

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Renée-Claude Goulet
Canada Agriculture and Food Museum
Dec 1, 2020
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.
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.
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3 things you should know about pickles, Solar Cycle 25, and pig organs

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Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Nov 2, 2020
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 lab coat, mask, and gloves sits in a laboratory. An array of bottles and equipment is visible on the counter in front of her.
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Women in STEM: A conversation with Crystal McLellan

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Sonia Mendes
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Oct 29, 2020
This month, the Ingenium Channel is highlighting a series of talented, Canadian women who are participating in the Dr. Roberta Bondar Career Development Program.
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5 things you should know about COVID-19, mosquitos, and bees

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Jesse Rogerson, PhD
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Jun 15, 2020
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.
A checkout counter at a pharmacy; several red plastic boxes with a pink notice indicate that customers should not move the barrier in order to protect the safety of the staff, and a plexiglass sheet is suspended to separate customers and check out staff.
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Looking ahead to the historical significance of COVID-19 objects

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Rebecca Dolgoy
Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Apr 25, 2020
It is strange living through something that you know is historically significant.
Doctor Margaret Beznak with one of her research subjects. Elizabeth Motherwell, “Elle succède à son mari à la tête de la faculté de physiologie de l’U. d’Ottawa.” La Tribune, 3 February 1960, 17.
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A stellar example of the contribution made by people who choose Canada: A few words on the life and times of Doctor Margaret Beznak

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Rénald Fortier
Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Feb 24, 2020
Good morning, my reading friend, good morning. Yours truly would like to move away a little bit from his favorite subjects to offer you a little something about medicine, one of the many subjects examined by one of the museums of the group which includes the mind-boggling Canada Aviation and Space Museum, at Ottawa, Ontario, namely the Canada Science and Technology Museum, also at Ottawa. The first paragraph of the article published in the 3 February 1960 issue of the daily La Tribune of
A surgeon stands watch over a patient being operated on by a robot. Holograms glow in the background
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Looking into the future of medicine

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Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Feb 14, 2020
As we usher in a new decade, the medical industry is innovating at an incredible pace — producing technologies that will impact individuals and Canadian society as a whole.
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3 things you should know — January edition

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Jesse Rogerson, PhD
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Jan 13, 2020
In the January column, we chat about the science of apple varieties, the ethics of DNA modifications, and why stars aren't actually twinkling.
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Disposable Sanitary Napkins: First World War Nursing Sisters Credited with Inventing the “Unmentionable”

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Canadian War Museum
Jul 14, 2019
First World War field nurses, faced with uncertain laundry facilities, frequent travel and an abundance of manufactured surgical dressings, are said to have popularized the use of disposable sanitary napkins. Kotex, the first company to widely advertise its sanitary products in ladies’ magazines and newspapers, in 1920, credited Nursing Sisters with the idea. Previous attempts to sell disposable pads by other companies had largely failed, probably because they were marketed mainly through
Rob Bell and Tyya Strutt share their award-winning 2019 Defining Moments Canada project: “The 1918 Flu Pandemic: Changing the Future through History – The defining Moments” on May 11, 2019, at the Canada Science and Technology Museum. Photo by Sonia Mendes, Ingenium Canada.
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Young students bring forgotten stories of the Spanish flu back to life

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Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Jul 5, 2019
Through her school’s award-winning history project on the Spanish Flu pandemic, 11-year-old Tyya Strutt learned a somber truth. “Most people who die in times of terrible events or peril are never remembered, especially if they are children,” says Strutt. “But this is not right."
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