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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.

A spliced, three-part image features: a view of the Apollo 11 ascent module flying above the grey Moon on the left, honeybees on a honeycomb in the centre, and a hand holding a fanned-out deck of cards.

Three things you should know about how mathematics is used for space exploration, how honeybees are masters of geometry, and the uniqueness of a shuffled deck of cards.

Three images side by side, Canada’s White Glacier, dried mealworms shown on a round wooden platter, and a pair of hands rubbing together, covered in soap bubbles.

3 things you should know about insects as an important source of protein, the science superpowers of soap, and monitoring glaciers in Canada’s Arctic

Renée-Claude Goulet

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

For the August edition, we explain why insects are on their way to becoming an important source of protein in Canada, how and why soap actually works, and how the health and behaviour of Canada’s White Glacier is being monitored.

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

A spliced, three-part image depicts sugar beets and a pile of white sugar and sugar cubes, a view of a partially cloud-covered ocean taken from above the Earth, and a humanoid toy robot wearing a stethoscope.

3 things you should know about beets, satellites, and robotic surgery

Renée-Claude Goulet

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

For the February edition, we delve into a promising solution for combatting slippery winter roads, how satellites are improving our ability to monitor and study volcanoes, and why robotics may play an increasing role in medical surgeries.

A spliced, three-part image depicts a green-and-red plastic gadget attached to a cow’s tail, a composite image showing hundreds of meteors, and a close-up of a pair of glasses sitting on top of an open book.

3 things you should know about tech-enabled cows, meteors, and presbyopia

A three-part, spliced image of a parched and cracked area of soil, an atom encircled with electrons, and the surface of the Moon.

3 things you should know about salty soil, invisibility, and Canada’s lunar rover

A close-up front view of the telescope’s primary mirror which resembles a golden honeycomb; a secondary mirror is folded up in front of it.

The James Webb Space Telescope: A powerful new space observatory

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.

3 things you should know about artificial intelligence, planetary defence, and insulin

A composite image of several orange pumpkins, a spacecraft next to a rocky body, and a zombie

3 things you should know about pumpkins, Trojan asteroids, and embracing your inner zombie

Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD

Canada Science and Technology Museum

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!