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Three images side-by-side, purple lavender blossoms, Ingenuity helicopter in flight, cicada close-up on a flower stock.
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3 things you should know about lavender, the Ingenuity helicopter, and cicadas

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Jun 3, 2021
For the June edition, we tackle Ontario-grown lavender, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, and the invasion of Brood X cicadas.
Three images side by side, microscopic view of plant cells, space debris burning up in the night sky, garbage on a beach.
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3 things you should know about living inoculants, space debris, and an ocean of plastic waste

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May 5, 2021
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.
A collage of the 5 winning LEGO creations for each category.
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Building imagination: Ingenium members shine in 2021 LEGO® contest

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Apr 27, 2021
Creativity and imagination are the building blocks for success — particularly when it comes to the Ingenium members-only LEGO® contest.
A six-wheeled rover is stationary on a light-coloured landscape. At the centre of the rover, a camera is mounted on top of a mast. A robotic arm is outstretched in front, and an instrument head at the end of the arm rests just above a rock.
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Perseverance rover to land on Mars in search of life

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Feb 11, 2021
NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover is scheduled to land later this month with an ambitious mission: to search for signs of past life.
Three images side-by-side. From left to right we see a colourful display of vegetables and fruit, a volcano on Mars, and an eel
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3 things you should know about fruits and vegetables, eel reproduction, and volcanism

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Feb 5, 2021
For the February edition, we provide context around the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, the puzzling question of how eels reproduce, and what volcanism looks like across the solar system.
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3 things you should know about Coronavirus prevention, the importance of protein, and using satellites to understand Earth

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Mar 12, 2020
For the March edition, our science advisors compare the effectiveness of hand washing versus sanitizing in the face of the Coronavirus, delve into the importance of protein, and examine how satellites help us better understand Earth.
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3 things you should know — February edition

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Feb 4, 2020
Meet Renée-Claude Goulet, Jesse Rogerson, and Michelle Campbell Mekarski. They are Ingenium’s science advisors, providing expert scientific advice on key subjects relating to our three museums — the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, and the Canada Science and Technology Museum. In this colourful monthly blog series, Ingenium’s science advisors offer up three quirky nuggets related to their areas of expertise. For the February edition, our science advisors
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3 things you should know — January edition

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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.
An drawing of students looking through a telescope and discussing different names for an exoplanet
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Canada’s Name the Exoplanet Contest!

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Nov 14, 2019
Scientists have discovered thousands of planets orbiting stars other than the Sun, aka exoplanets. Most of those planets have boring names consisting of letters and numbers that keep track of the star catalogue in which they are listed. Take, for example, planet HD 136418b. The "HD" refers to the Henry Draper Catalogue, the "136418" means the planet orbits the 136,418th star in the catalogue, and the "b" refers to it being the first planet discovered around that star (they don't use "a" because
A cartoon image of an astronaut standing on the surface of Enceladus looking at a water geyser.
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Astronaut fantasies are part of my job description

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Nov 12, 2019
As the Science Advisor for the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, I get to work on some really fun projects. Recently, I helped out with the science behind a space-themed video game we just released on the Nintendo Switch called StarBlox Inc (you didn’t know that museums made video games? We do! We’re cool like that...check out our games and apps).