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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.
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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
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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 ).
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3 things you should know — November edition

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Nov 4, 2019
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 November edition, they took a closer
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It’s your chance to name a moon of Saturn

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Oct 18, 2019
Normally, when a comet, asteroid, or moon is discovered in our Solar System, the discoverer gets to name the object. This time around, scientists are changing things up! In early October, scientists announced the discovery of 20 new moons in orbit around the planet Saturn. The team who found these new Saturnian satellites have created a Twitter contest, whereby anyone from around the world can suggest names for them. Want to try and name a moon of Saturn? Then check out this article.
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3 things you should know — October edition

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Oct 2, 2019
Meet Renée-Claude Goulet, Jesse Rogerson, and Michelle Campbell Mekarski. These Ingenium employees are professional science communicators, and provide expert 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 new monthly blog series, Ingenium’s science communicators offer up three quirky nuggets related to their areas of expertise. For the October edition, they
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You can go on a simulated mission to Mars in Spain

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Sep 17, 2019
Curious to know what it feels like to live on the Red Planet? TripAdvisor is now offering a “Life on Mars Experience,” and it only costs $9,000 CAD! Read more from Curiosity.com about this unusual travel offering.
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3 things you should know — September edition

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Sep 10, 2019
Meet Renée-Claude Goulet, Jesse Rogerson, and Michelle Campbell Mekarski. These Ingenium employees are professional science communicators, and provide expert 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 new monthly blog series, Ingenium’s science communicators offer up three quirky nuggets related to their areas of expertise. For the September edition,
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The untold story behind your smartphone camera

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Sep 4, 2019
[A shorter version of this article was originally written for Space Matters ] As a planet we take a lot of pictures. Like… A LOT a lot. Estimates are in and around the 1-trillion-per-year mark, the vast majority of which are taken by smartphones. Every day, millions of people are taking pictures with an ease that was unprecedented even 20 years ago. And one of the biggest reasons why this is so easy now is because space scientists invested in charge-coupled device (CCD) technology decades ago.
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3 things you should know — August edition

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Aug 12, 2019
Meet Renée-Claude Goulet, Jesse Rogerson, and Kyrke Gaudreau. This all-star trio works as Ingenium’s science advisors, providing expert 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 new monthly blog series, Ingenium’s science advisors offer up three quirky nuggets related to their area of expertise. For the August edition, they tackled how perspectives are