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A composite image of a clog hanging out of a wastewater pipe, a caribou with antlers, and a lightning storm over a city.

3 things you should know about antlers, what you should be flushing down the toilet, and electron rain

Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD

Canada Science and Technology Museum

For the December edition, explore what antlers can tell us about Santa's reindeer, what you shouldn't be flushing down your toilets this holiday season, and how lightning on earth can cause electron rain in space.

Three images, side by side. From left to right: many spices and spice-filled spoons on a black surface, a crouching man with pen and notebook in hand, lunar craters of varying sizes.

3 things you should know about naming new animal species, the secrets hiding in lunar shadows, and possible new beneficial uses for spices

Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD

Canada Science and Technology Museum

Meet Michelle Campbell Mekarski, Cassandra Marion, and Renée-Claude Goulet. They are Ingenium’s science advisors, providing expert scientific advice on key subjects relating to the Canada Science and Technology Museum, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, and the Canada Agriculture and Food 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 tell us about the art and science

Cropped, 3D model of a diving suit against a black background. The right side of the suit is bulky and orange, with shiny silver bands on the limbs, and with a black, domed helmet. The left side is stylized with a series of blue, interlocking 3D mesh lines overlaying the body.

3D Digitization Improves Access to the Ingenium Collection

Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation

The Ingenium Digital Innovation Lab (DI Lab)—located in the Ingenium Centre—is a hub for exploring ways of improving access to its museum spaces, collections, and experiences for all Canadians.

A red plastic telephone with the handset off of the base on a light grey table. There are scratches on the phone which is an angular design. The rotary dial is on the handset and attached to the base by a red spiral cord.

Collection Development

A Phone Call from Below the Arctic Ice - The 50th Anniversary of Arctic III Sub-Igloo Phone Call to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

On December 17, 1972, Canadian scientists on an Arctic expedition made a groundbreaking phone call to Ottawa. The Arctic III expedition, led by Dr. Joe MacInnis, made the call from 12 metres (40 feet) below the Arctic ice in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, (which was, at that time, part of Northwest Territories).

Three images side by side: a toilet bowl expelling a cloud of droplets, a gloved hand holding a test tube containing a small plant, and an infrared view of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io showing spots of volcanic activity covering the moon.

3 things you should know about flushing the toilet, artificial photosynthesis, and volcanic activity on Jupiter's moon

Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD

Canada Science and Technology Museum

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.

Headshots of 33 women, showing the diversity of women in AI and Robotics

Women in AI & Robotics: An interview with Founder and CEO, Sheila Beladinejad

Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD

Canada Science and Technology Museum

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics can solve world problems, and there is a global talent shortage. Attracting and retaining more women in these fields will maximize innovation, creativity, and competitiveness.

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Earth & Environment

Two things you should know about the science of wind chill, and the Orion spacecraft's selfies.

Cassandra Marion, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

For the December edition, we explain the science of wind chill and the spectacular selfies captured by the Orion spacecraft.

A woman examining a bottle of olive oil in a grocery store, Gravel terrain in beige with boulders identified in pink, craters in purple, and crater rims in turquoise, A close up of the tread of a winter tire showing deep, wide, jagged grooves and wavy sipes.

3 things you should know about food fraud, how winter tires work and Canadian artificial intelligence headed for the Moon.

Cassandra Marion, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

For the November edition, we explain how you may unknowingly be a victim of food fraud, how Canadian artificial intelligence will soon launch to the Moon, and how winter tires really work.

Three images side by side: A little girl smells a sunflower, the DART spacecraft’s impact into the asteroid Dimorphos, and a candy apple

Engineering & Technology

3 things you should know about how the DART spacecraft changed the orbit of an asteroid, how we have more than five senses, and how the science of caramel can make you a better cook!

Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD

Canada Science and Technology Museum

For the October edition, they explain how the DART spacecraft changed the orbit of an asteroid millions of kilometers from Earth, how we have many more than five senses, and how the science of caramel can make you a better cook

Designed image showing stars representing children who never made it home from residential schools, an eagle representing First Nations, a narwhal representing Inuit, a beaded flower representing Métis peoples, a winding white pathway representing the Road to Reconciliation, and a circle representing being together in a spirit of reconciliation.

Canada’s Federal Interdepartmental Indigenous STEM Cluster – A Force for Cooperation, Empowerment, and Reconciliation

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Introduction Diverse perspectives in science, technology, engineering and math are crucial to supporting innovation and building trust between the research community and the public. This requires us to look outside of our organizations and think about how we can best support the innovation potential of other communities within Canada and ensure our work is reflective of multiple worldviews. Indigenous Peoples, including First Nations, the Métis Nation and Inuit, have been major innovators since

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