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Breaking down the walls of scientific secrecy | CBC News
A Canadian research team is pushing the boundaries of transparency in biomedical science by publishing their research notes in real time and refusing to patent their discoveries. Source: Breaking down the walls of scientific secrecy | CBC News
5 Things That Make You a Mosquito Magnet – YouTube
Every summer it seems like there’s that one person who always gets a lot of mosquito bites. But what makes people mosquito magnets? Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org
Designing an Evolution Website | STAO Connex by Ana Pereira Neves
Wix is a technology tool that allows students to design creative, engaging, and interactive websites using class content. Technology Focus: Website Design using www.wix.com Level: This tool provides teachers and students with many simple tutorials that highlight its...
World’s Lightest Solid! – YouTube
Aerogels are the world's lightest (least dense) solids. They are also excellent thermal insulators and have been used in numerous Mars missions and the Stardust comet particle-return mission. The focus of this video is silica aerogels, though graphene aerogels are now...
Ottawa moves to ban single-use plastics as part of waste-reduction efforts – The Globe and Mail- submitted by Milan Sanader
The approach is a response to growing anxiety about plastic pollution and is also an acknowledgment that household recycling has not kept pace with the rapid spread of cheap consumer packaging discarded after a single use Source: Ottawa moves to ban single-use...
(1) Israeli company makes WATER out of thin air! – submitted by Chuck Cohen
Imagine being able to pull a glass of water out of thin air when you’re thirsty. Sounds like science fiction, right? Well one Israeli company made it possible. Natasha Kirtchuk has the scoop... Thanks for the idea Chuck!
How do we KNOW light is a wave? – YouTube
We might not have unified electrodynamics until 1865, but we've known light was a wave since the original double-slit experiment in 1801. Let's talk about diffraction and wave interference.
What’s happening to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot? Astronomers see unravelling of 400-year-old storm | CBC News
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is dying. Over the past week, amateur astronomers around the world have seen some unusual activity around the solar system's largest and longest-lasting storm. Source: What's happening to Jupiter's Great Red Spot? Astronomers see unravelling...
The Integrated Mitotic Stem Cell – submitted by Natalia Arbouzova
This is a great source of mitosis pictures and explanation of imaging techniques! Source: imsc-visual-essay Thanks for the submission Natalia!
Chromebook Lesson Idea: Teaching the Scientific Method with M&M – submitted by Sandra Gambarotto
This simple activity teaches the steps in the scientific method in a fun and simple way that utilizes Google Sheets and M&Ms. Source: Chromebook Lesson Idea: Teaching the Scientific Method with M&Ms Thanks for the great idea Sandra!
The science of milk – TED Ed
https://youtu.be/xmNzUEmFZMg The milk industry produces in excess of 840 million tons of products each year. Why do humans drink so much milk? And given that all mammals lactate, why do we favor certain types of milk over others? Jonathan J. O’Sullivan describes how...
PTC Genetics – Flinn Scientific Canada
Different alleles produce variation in inherited characteristics such as hair colour or blood type. In an individual, one form of the allele (the dominant form) may be expressed more than another form (the recessive form). In this activity test the allele frequency of...