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A dirty glass slide of a stromatolite with a dirty cotton swab at the bottom; a close-up on a bee with a green head and thorax on a yellow flower; a false colour 3D view of the surface of Venus showing volcanoes and lava flowing towards the foreground.

3 Things you should know about how native bees are important pollinators, how saliva is used to clean artifacts, and active volcanism on Venus

Cassandra Marion, PhD

Canada Aviation and…

Collectively, our experts explain how saliva is an effective cleaning agent for art and artifacts, how wild native bees are essential for pollination, and how evidence of volcanic activity has been found on the planet Venus.

Three images side by side, grocery shelves full of eggs in clear trays, coral reefs seen from space, and a map of Canada divided into four differently coloured shapes.

3 things you should know about egg refrigeration, coral reef satellite maps, and watersheds

Renée-Claude Goulet

Canada Agriculture and…

For the June edition, they explain why in Canada, eggs need to be refrigerated, how a satellite map of the world's coral reefs informs conservation, and how watersheds connect us to the oceans.

Asbestos in mineral form. The mineral is greenish and white in colour and there are visible strands of asbestos fibres.

Artifacts and asbestos: Managing hazards at Ingenium

Briana Ippolito

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

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.

Three Conservators wearing personal protective equipment , including Tyvek suits, googles, nitrile gloves and respirators.

Behind the scenes of the Ingenium big move: Hazard mitigation of a print maker’s drawer

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

From mice nests and insects to lead ink, conservators deal with a lot of hazards to keep museum collections safe.

A black-and-white image shows a group of seven men standing behind a large piece of wood, which is painted with the call letters “G-CAAC.”

Saving the Curtiss HS-2L: Recovering a piece of history from the bottom of a lake

Leslie Hutchinson

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Salvaged and saved…from the bottom of a lake! Take a behind-the-scenes look at how the Canada Aviation and Space Museum is preserving the Curtiss HS-2L.

Three images side by side, microscopic view of plant cells, space debris burning up in the night sky, garbage on a beach.

3 things you should know about living inoculants, space debris, and an ocean of plastic waste

Renée-Claude Goulet

Canada Agriculture and…

For the May edition, we examine a new product that could give your garden a boost, the growing issue of space debris, and the urgent need to address plastic waste in our world ocean.

Three images side by side, erosion rills in a field, venus, and a black-footed ferret,

3 things you should know about soil, Venus, and the black-footed ferret

Renée-Claude Goulet

Canada Agriculture and…

For the April edition, we dig into soil erosion, our nearest planetary neighbor, Venus, and the plight of the black-footed ferret.

A disassembled phone and a variety of parts and tools sit on a work bench.

My phone is blowing up! Dissecting technological artifacts for conservation treatment

Jessica Lafrance-Hwang

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

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.

A religious painting of the Virgin Mary, surrounded by angels.

Experts call for regulation after latest botched art restoration in Spain

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

The botched repair job of a famous painting has prompted conservation experts in Spain to demand tighter laws around artwork restoration.

A photo of the finished and freshly painted model of the Curtiss engine

Behind the scenes: 3D printing Canada's aviation history

Erich Weidenhammer

Curator, University of Toronto Scientific Instrument Collection

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