By Kim Morris, Borealis Blog editor On April 8, a total eclipse of the sun will occur over North America. According to Space.com, “a total solar eclipse happens when the moon appears the same size in the sky as the sun, or slightly larger, so fully covers the disk of the sun, giving observers a […]
By Mary Anne Schoenhardt, Science in Society editor What comes to mind when you think of the term Anthropocene? A dystopian novel? A hazy city filled with smog? Or do you think of the Holocene or Pleistocene epochs, and exhibits on evolution at the museum? While it may sound like something out of pop culture, […]
By Catherine Dale, Managing Editor Tracking how human influences are changing the natural world is a common goal of science. However, to determine how something is changing, you need to know what it looked like in the past – and often, no records exist. To fill this gap, scientists sometimes turn to unconventional sources of […]
This week, we are highlighting a 2020 post by Biology & Life Sciences editor Jenna Finlay. Written at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jenna’s post highlights another, much less well-known epidemic affecting the world’s honeybees. Check out this post to learn about the fungal genus Nosema, and what we know about its effects on […]
This week, we look way back in our archives to highlight this 2014 post by then-editor and Science Borealis co-founder Sarah Boon. In her post, Sarah critically analyzes the science informing one of the major political issues at the time: the Northern Gateway Pipeline (NGP). And although this pipeline was never built, Sarah’s breakdown of […]
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