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A composite image of a clog hanging out of a wastewater pipe, a caribou with antlers, and a lightning storm over a city.

3 things you should know about antlers, what you should be flushing down the toilet, and electron rain

Three images, side by side. From left to right: many spices and spice-filled spoons on a black surface, a crouching man with pen and notebook in hand, lunar craters of varying sizes.

3 things you should know about naming new animal species, the secrets hiding in lunar shadows, and possible new beneficial uses for spices

A composite image of a herd of cows staring at the camera and an excavator sitting on a landfill

2 things you should know about methane reduction and landfill engineering

Three images side by side: cluster of coppery beetles devouring a rose flower, colours showing gravity variations of the Earth, and four yellow and one white synthetic diamonds.

3 Things you should know about geoid models of Earth’s variable gravity, harmful invasive insect species, and synthetic diamonds

Several exhibition display cases, panels, and screens in a large, brightly-lit air hangar-style room with a high ceiling and tall, exposed metal walls.

Diane Pitre and Steven P. Deschamps’ LGBT Purge Stories Told at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum

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3 Things you should know about new energy technologies, human-influenced mineral formation, and the versatile uses of mushrooms

Three images, side by side. From left to right: a group of piglets, a view of the Earth from space, a person kneeling in front of bags of soil

3 things you should know about pig to human organ transplants, the shape of the Earth, and fertilizers

Three images side by side: potato sprouts, the northern lights, and asbestos fibres on a rock sample

3 things you should know about asbestos, potatoes, and the Aurora Borealis

On the left, an astronaut in a mask holding a wrench, in the middle a tracter in a field, and on the right a poop emoji.

3 things you should know about pooping in space, the science behind the colour of your poop, and how our poop helps grow our crops

Close-up of Whitlock Automatic Harp in collections storage. Details show strings pulled across a wooden soundboard, encased behind a glass cabinet and framed by an ornate wooden cabinet.

“Mystery Music”: Digital Strategies for Collections Research

Display at the Canada Science and Technology Museum showing the different technology found on the smartphone.

Exploring the Born-Digital: An Archaeological Approach to Collections Research

The flock of sheep at Fiola Farm grazes in the meadow. Some sheep stand, while others lie in the shade.

Wool in the Pembina Fibreshed

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3 Things you should know about new energy technologies, human-influenced mineral formation, and the versatile uses of mushrooms

Renée-Claude Goulet

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Meet Michelle Campbell Mekarski, Renée-Claude Goulet, and Gordon Bardell. Michelle and Renée-Claude are two of Ingenium’s science advisors, providing expert scientific advice on key subjects relating to the Canada Science and Technology Museum and the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, respectively. Guest contributor Gordon Bardell is a science communications intern at the Canada Science and Technology Museum and the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. He is filling in this month for Cassandra

The roadster of the Société anonyme des automobiles électriques, Concours des véhicules électriques, Paris, France. Charles Dantin, “Automobiles – Les Essais contrôlés de véhicules à traction électrique à accumulateurs (octobre 1924).” Le Génie civil, 27 December 1924, 589.

Business & Economics

“Petrol will never kill electricity, especially if the latter is defended by a Kriéger.” Louis Antoine Jules Tony Kriéger and his electric automobiles, including some of the first hybrid vehicles on planet Earth, part 4

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Welcome aboard, my reading friend. Yours truly dares to hope that you enjoyed the first 3 parts of our examination of the career of the French businessman / engineer Louis Antoine Jules Tony Kriéger. I have the same hope regarding the 4th and final one. As you might imagine, Kriéger continued to present abroad the achievements of the Compagnie parisienne des voitures électriques. One of its hybrid omnibuses shuttled between two well-known sites in Berlin, German Empire, and the site of the

The stand of the Compagnie parisienne des voitures électriques at the Exposition internationale de l’automobile, du cycle et des sports, Paris, France. Louis Antoine Jules Tony Kriéger was at its entrance. Anon., “Le Salon de l’automobile.” Le Monde Illustré, 19 December 1903, 551.

Business & Economics

“Petrol will never kill electricity, especially if the latter is defended by a Kriéger.” Louis Antoine Jules Tony Kriéger and his electric automobiles, including some of the first hybrid vehicles on planet Earth, part 3

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Top of the morning to you, my reading friend, and welcome to this 3rd part of our examination of the career and automobiles of French engineer / businessman Louis Antoine Jules Tony Kriéger. Did the image of the stand of the Compagnie parisienne des voitures électriques at the December 1903 Exposition internationale de l’automobile, du cycle et des sports, in Paris, France, yes, the one you have just seen, please you? Wunderbar! So, here is another one.

Louis Antoine Jules Tony Kriéger, on the left, at the wheel of an Électrolette a few moments before the beginning of his journey between Paris and Chatellerault, France. Georges Prade was at his side. Georges Prade, “Les records électriques.” La Vie au Grand Air, 27 October 1901, 638.

Business & Economics

“Petrol will never kill electricity, especially if the latter is defended by a Kriéger.” Louis Antoine Jules Tony Kriéger and his electric automobiles, including some of the first hybrid vehicles on planet Earth, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Welcome aboard, my reading friend fascinated by the French engineer Louis Antoine Jules Tony Kriéger and his electric and hybrid automobiles. Let us resume our look at that exciting story without any further ado. In the United Kingdom, the firm which represented the interests of Kriéger and the Compagnie parisienne des voitures électriques, British & Foreign Electrical Vehicle Company Limited, took part in the electric automobile competition organised in November 1900 by the Automobile Club of

A typical hybrid vehicle of the Compagnie parisienne des voitures électriques of Paris, France. Lucien Fournier, “La voiture mixte Kriéger.” La Locomotion automobile, 7 July 1904, 422.

Business & Economics

“Petrol will never kill electricity, especially if the latter is defended by a Kriéger.” Louis Antoine Jules Tony Kriéger and his electric automobiles, including some of the first hybrid vehicles on planet Earth, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Hail, my reading friend, on this day of July 2024. Allow me to welcome you to this issue of our electrifying blog / bulletin / thingee, an issue dedicated to the automotive industry. Our story began in May 1868, in Paris, France, and not Paris, Texas, with the arrival in this world of Louis Antoine Jules Tony Kriéger. Very imaginative from a young age, that young human apparently put ideas on paper for an electric tram around 1876. I kid you not. This being said (typed?), yours truly must admit

Some ripe and not so ripe loganberries. Pajaro Valley Nursery, The Loganberry (Unknown location: Unknown publisher, circa 1895). No page number.

“Canned it is most excellent, being splendid for pies” – The crawling and flowering saga of a slight horticultural mystery of the early 20th century, the loganberry, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

That was a mouth-watering image, was it not, my foody reading friend? The loganberry is certainly an interesting aggregate fruit. Let us unearth more juicy details about its early years. Loganberry plants began to appear in Canada, in this case British Columbia, no later than 1904 – and quite probably earlier. As was the case in the United States, yours truly presumes that most of their loganberries were canned, preserved or turned into jams or jellies. That was not all, however. Home-made

Some ripe loganberries ready to be picked. Albert Maumené, “La Logan-Berry – Hybride de ronce et de framboisier.” La Nature, 30 July 1904, 141.

“Canned it is most excellent, being splendid for pies” – The crawling and flowering saga of a slight horticultural mystery of the early 20th century, the loganberry, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Are you one of those people who likes to pick her or his own fruity delicacies, be they blueberries, raspberries or strawberries? Yours truly must admit that I was not too thrilled when my father required my services on at least one occasion, more / way more than 50 years ago, to pick up such delicacies on a farm near Sherbrooke, Québec, my homecity. Mind you, I was no more thrilled to go on some shrubby patch of land relatively near that city with my parents and the family of a lady cousin of

Three images, side by side. From left to right: a group of piglets, a view of the Earth from space, a person kneeling in front of bags of soil

3 things you should know about pig to human organ transplants, the shape of the Earth, and fertilizers

Renée-Claude Goulet

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

In this July edition, we examine the science behind pig to human organ transplants, the shape of the Earth, and fertilizers.

Fred Magee. Anon., “Who’s Who in the Fishing World – Hon. Fred Magee.” The Canadian Fisherman, December 1920, 263.

It was indeed one heck of a brand: Fred Magee, Fred Magee Limited of Port Elgin, New Brunswick, and their Mephisto brand products – not to mention a few words on the Canadian lobster industry, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings and salutations, my reading friend. You will of course remember the main topic of this week’s issue of our ever so fascinating blog / bulletin / thingee. Yes, we are indeed looking at the life and times of New Brunswick financier / industrialist / philanthropist and vocational education pioneer Fred (Frederick?) Magee, a gentleman well known in his time for the production of canned lobster by his firm, Fred Magee Limited of Port Elgin, New Brunswick. By 1918, Canada’s overseas lobster

It was indeed one heck of a brand: Fred Magee, Fred Magee Limited of Port Elgin, New Brunswick, and their Mephisto brand products – not to mention a few words on the Canadian lobster industry, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome! Mein lesender Freund. Ami(e) lectrice ou lecteur. My reading friend. Even though the core of this issue of our delectable and delicious blog / bulletin / thingee will not be the American / Atlantic / Canadian / Maine / northern / true lobster, yours truly would be remiss if I did not point out that, in North America, that crustacean did not gain critical acclaim before the 1870s – and the development of passenger rail transport, a development which brought forth

The Bendegó meteorite on display at the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 2011. Wikipedia.

Earth & Environment

“A stone fallen from the Moon… or elsewhere” – The Bendegó meteorite, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Bem, olá novamente, amiga leitora ou amigo leitor. If you do not mind, my reading friend, let us resume our examination of the fascinating history of the Bendegó meteorite. That interplanetary visitor left the Bendegó site, province of Bahia, empire of Brazil, on 25 November 1887. And yes, the cart it was on was pulled by oxen most of the time. Incidentally, even if only initially, Lieutenant Commander José Carlos de Carvalho and his close associates showed real condescension towards the local

3 things you should know about naming new animal species, the secrets hiding in lunar shadows, and possible new beneficial uses for spices

Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD

Canada Science and Technology Museum

The Bendegó meteorite being transported, bank of the Jacurici river, Province of Bahia, empire of Brazil, 1888. Stanislas Meunier, “La météorite de Bendego.” La Nature, 22 June 1889, 49.

Earth & Environment

“A stone fallen from the Moon… or elsewhere” – The Bendegó meteorite, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Bom dia, amiga leitora ou amigo leitor. Como vai? […] Bem, bem. É com prazer que vos dou as boas-vindas a uma história fascinante, a história do meteorito de Bendego. In other words, it is with pleasure that I welcome you to examine a fascinating story, the story of the Bendegó meteorite. Yours truly will not teach you anything by telling you that stones, nay, mountains can fall from the sky at any moment. Just think of the object which fragmented at high altitude in February 2013, in the sky

An Institute for Aerospace Research staff member conducting an inspection on a Shuttle Remote Manipulator System, or Canadarm, around 2000. National Research Council Canada.

“It is only with the DAIS that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye” – A respectful look at a great Canadian aerospace invention, the Diffracto DAIS non destructive testing equipment, and a bit more, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

I see you could not stay away, my reading friend. The history of the D-sight Aircraft Inspection System (DAIS), a non destructive testing equipment developed by Diffracto Limited of Windsor, Ontario, is indeed a fascinating one. Shall we pick up where we left off? Between 1988 and 1991, the National Aeronautical Establishment (NAE), a National Research Council of Canada (NRC) branch known from 1990 onward as the Institute for Aerospace Research (IAR), conducted thousands of test inspections

A technician conducting the first corrosion detection trial, on a Boeing Model 727 test airframe, using a Diffracto DAIS-500 non destructive testing equipment, 1992. National Research Council Canada.

“It is only with the DAIS that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye” – A respectful look at a great Canadian aerospace invention, the Diffracto DAIS non destructive testing equipment, and a bit more, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings, my faithful reading friend, and welcome once again to the wonderful world of science and technology. This time around, yours truly would like to look at a few of the countless items which can be found in the collection of the incomparable Canada Aviation and Space Museum, in Ottawa, Ontario. The items in question are two DAIS inspection heads, their computer and the components needed to operate them. The museum acquired them in June 2014, in other words 10 years ago. And yes, I took

Three images side by side: potato sprouts, the northern lights, and asbestos fibres on a rock sample

3 things you should know about asbestos, potatoes, and the Aurora Borealis

Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD

Canada Science and Technology Museum

In this June edition, we examine the science behind asbestos, potatoes, and the Aurora Borealis

Static test of a rocket engine by Louis Damblanc, Saint-Cyr-l’École, France, March 1932. Pierre Rousseau, “Où en est la technique de la fusée? » La Nature, 15 July 1936, 59.

“I preferred to be a cutting edge engineer” The most important rocketry pioneer you have never heard of, the French engineer and inventor Louis Damblanc, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Hello, my reading friend. How are you? […] Good, good. Now that the name of French space exploration pioneer Louis Damblanc is no longer unknown to you, the time has come to see why the name of that engineer is worth knowing. In March 1932, Damblanc carried out a series of solid propellant rocket tests in Saint-Cyr-l’École, France, a suburb of Paris, in collaboration with the Institut aérotechnique, a research establishment located in that town. He wished to obtain precise data on the

Louis Damblanc, French pioneer of rocketry, and the device he designed to launch short-range postal rockets, circa 1937. Alexandre Ananoff, “L’histoire des fusées.” La Nature, 15 May 1939, 312.

“I preferred to be a cutting edge engineer” The most important rocketry pioneer you have never heard of, the French engineer and inventor Louis Damblanc, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Ignoring our consecrated habits, my reading friend, yours truly would like to begin this issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee with a question. Had you heard of Louis Damblanc before you read his name in the title of this article? Why is he so important? And do not go online to do a little research. That would be cheating. That name means nothing to you? How about those of Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky and Robert Hutchings Goddard? Pioneers of rocketry, the first being a Russian mentioned

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