The Channel

Good morning, afternoon or evening, my reading friend. And welcome to the ever so surprising world of science, technology and innovation. As you probably know, not all surprises are good – and change is never good. (Hello EP!) Our topic of the week touches upon a rather frightening period of the 20th century known as the Cold War. The launch of Sputnik I by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in October 1957 was one of the bad surprises yours truly was just talking (typing?) about

Are you a vegetarian, my reading friend, or a vegan? Omnivore, perhaps? Or frutarian, lacto-vegetarian, ovo-vegetarian, lacto-ovo-vegetarian? No matter. For thousands of years, people all over our spherical, yes, yes spherical, planet have depended on the crops they grew to sustain them. Agriculture, as you undoubtedly know, appeared about 12 000 years ago in a region of the Earth known as the Fertile Crescent, a crescent region anchored on the Nile, in modern day Egypt, at one end, and on the

In March, before social distancing measures, a group of Indigenous high school students from northern communities contributed their ideas to an upcoming astronomy exhibition at the Canada Science and Technology Museum.

For many Canadians, COVID-19 has made food security a top-of-mind concern.