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Jared Wolfe15 May 2017

By studying lake mud, scientists can go back in time to a lake’s natural state. This helps them understand how human activity and environmental change have impacted the lake over time.

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CurioCity12 May 2017

What makes skunk spray smell so awful? And how can you get rid of the smell? It’s all in the chemistry! (3:50 min.)

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CurioCity Careers5 May 2017

As a research scientist, my job is to discover and study plant diseases that affect agricultural plants. Our ultimate goal is to reduce their impact on our ability to grow abundant and safe food.

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CurioCity Careers21 April 2017

Manager, Strategic Planning at Ontario Genomics

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An open house for the general public and a symposium for students in Grades 9-12, organized by the Let’s Talk Science Outreach site at Queen’s University. Learn how field biologists study evolution, ecology and animal behaviour!

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CurioCity Careers6 April 2017

At TRU-ID I develop DNA testing for determining the species authenticity of food and natural health products.

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April 25, 2017 is DNA Day. Let's Talk Science is organizing two events to help students better understand the importance of DNA barcoding and synthetic biology for food security and health research.

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Damitha Gunathilake13 March 2017

As technology develops and the world’s population grows, people need more and more energy. Meanwhile, scientists are getting more and more interested in renewable energy sources, like biofuels.

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Tsukushi Kamiya6 March 2017

Treatment and prevention are direct costs associated with a disease. But did you know that diseases also have less obvious, indirect costs? In the case of malaria, they include poor school performance and a higher risk of Salmonella infection.

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Beverly McClenaghan3 March 2017

You might think that crop farming is a sophisticated activity that only humans do. But ants are crop farmers too!

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