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A large impact crater viewed from the rim, a woodern spoon full of small yellow grains, a close up of a forearm being tattooed.
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3 things you should know about the untapped potential of millet, the permanence of tattoos, and asteroid airbursts

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Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Feb 17, 2023
For the February edition, they explain why millet might be a super crop in the future, why tattoos are permanent, and what happens when an asteroid explodes before impact.
Three images side by side: A little girl smells a sunflower, the DART spacecraft’s impact into the asteroid Dimorphos, and a candy apple
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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!

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Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Oct 26, 2022
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
A three-part, spliced image of a crate of cucumbers inside a greenhouse, an artist’s illustration of asteroids and spacecraft, and a digital blood glucose monitor and insulin needle.
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3 things you should know about artificial intelligence, planetary defence, and insulin

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Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Nov 8, 2021
For the November edition, they dive into how artificial intelligence can automate greenhouse operations, NASA’s upcoming asteroid defence mission, and why exactly insulin is so critical to our bodies.
A composite image of several orange pumpkins, a spacecraft next to a rocky body, and a zombie
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3 things you should know about pumpkins, Trojan asteroids, and embracing your inner zombie

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Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Oct 15, 2021
For the October edition, our science advisors discuss how selective breeding results in more choice at the pumpkin patch, a fly-by of seven Trojan asteroids, and why you need to embrace your “inner zombie.” Happy Halloween!
An artist's impression of the interstellar asteroid 'Oumuamua.
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The Interstellar Asteroid

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Jesse Rogerson, PhD
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Dec 7, 2017
There are almost one million asteroids and comets in our solar system. And every single one of them (we think) formed here, within our solar system, alongside the planets just over 4.5 billion years ago. However, in the summer months of 2017, an object not borne from the Solar System made a silent entrance, whipped around the Sun in September 2017, and started heading out again, never to return. This object, now named ‘Oumuamua, was the first asteroid discovered from outside the solar system

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