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Inside a Soda Can – Hidden Liner – Steve Spangler
https://youtu.be/_fxiK0fzvS8 You won’t believe what our science guy Steve Spangler found inside a soda can. In fact, it’s inside every soda can and it protects the aluminum from reacting with the soda. Steve takes us inside his lab for a chemistry lesson you won’t...
Q&A: Tips for catching rare ‘super blue blood moon’ in Saskatchewan – CBC
Skywatchers across the western half of North America will be drawn out in the early hours of Wednesday morning to catch a glimpse of what's being called a "super blue blood moon." Source: Q&A: Tips for catching rare 'super blue blood moon' in Saskatchewan
How We Know Black Holes Exist?
https://youtu.be/sgIqRwvaBw4 This video is about the astronomical amount of astronomical evidence for black holes, ranging from x-ray binaries with accretion disks, supermassive infrared-radiating galactic nuclei black holes, orbital characteristics of high mass...
How did dinosaurs have sex? – Earth Unplugged
https://youtu.be/ElFyDjV7rmw Dinosaur sex ... it's as awkward as it sounds. Learn how Dinosaur mating has more to do with how birds and reptiles get it on then you think. Subscribe to Earth Unplugged: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthUnplugged Click here to go to the...
LeChâtelier’s Principle and the Solubility of Carbon Dioxide
This activity demonstrates the effect of pressure and temperature on three reversible reactions: the solubility of carbon dioxide in water, the reaction of dissolved carbon dioxide and water to form H2CO3, and the weak acid ionization of H2CO3 to give HCO3- and H+...
Highway of riches, road to ruin: Inside the Amazon’s deforestation crisis – Globe and Mail
The fate of the Amazon rainforest has never been as uncertain as it is right now. To understand the forces that are shaping its future, Stephanie Nolen travelled 2,000-kilometres along a dusty, dangerous corridor through a fragile ecosystem on which the world depends...
Scientists clone monkey for first time, moving closer to prospect of human cloning – Globe and Mail
Previously, scientists had been unable to clone primates, a category that includes monkeys, apes and people Source: Scientists clone monkey for first time, moving closer to prospect of human cloning
The other inconvenient truth | Jonathan Foley | TEDxTC
https://youtu.be/uJhgGbRA6Hk The Other Inconvenient Truth: How Agriculture is Changing the Face of Our Planet We typically think of climate change as the biggest environmental issue we face today. But maybe it's not? In this presentation, Jonathan Foley shows how...
6 Common Misconceptions About Cancer
https://youtu.be/5BAKzzV8Pw4 Today we take a look at six misconceptions about cancer that seem plausible, but just don't hold up. Annotations: Oxygen is Killing You: https://youtu.be/VnAhAX98HY4 Do We Have To Give Up Bacon: https://youtu.be/UqvXc4q0NyM Hosted by: Hank...
Why Do Men Have Nipples?
https://youtu.be/8DnHyn_QgOE If men can't nurse, then why do they have nipples? The answer has less to do with evolution and more to do with your personal development as a teeny tiny embryo. Short version: We're all girls -- at least at first. Hank explains! Like...
WEBINAR | Women in Energy
January 31, 2:00 - 3:30 PM This webinar will introduce you to leaders from throughout the energy sector: learn about what they do, hear about their leadership journeys, find out what drives them and discuss how diversity will lead to a better performing energy system....
SNC1D – FRAMING ECOLOGY: THE IMPACTS OF FOOD PRODUCTION ON ECOSYSTEMS
Students worked in assigned teams (heterogeneous groupings) to research and analyze the impacts of food production on ecosystems, to evaluate the sustainability of our food production and to suggest a direction for future food production both in terms of...