‘Tis the season for gift-giving, and what better way to make your science-obsessed loved ones happy than with unique, Canadian-made geekery? This is the first annual Science Borealis gift guide for science art to feed your soul. For the chemist, a planter with a twist gives succulents a scientific home. The brainchild of Alexander […]
General Science
LEDs: The next e-waste stream
Lené Gary, General Sciences Editor October 17–24 is Waste Reduction Week in Canada The production of electronic equipment is growing 3–5% per year. At the same time, the effective lifespan of those electronics being substantially reduced as technological advances, aesthetic preferences, marketing and compatibility issues lead consumers to replace them long before their useful life […]
Lené Gary, General Sciences editor
Lené Gary (@leneagary) is a poet, writer, photographer and aspiring naturalist living in the Green Mountains of Vermont. She holds a dual-genre MFA in Writing, a BA in Environmental Studies, and is currently pursuing an MA in Science Writing from Johns Hopkins University. Her path to science writing began with her early love for chemistry […]
CIHR does an about-face on the value of face-to-face peer review
By Michelle Lavery and Betty Zou, General Science Editors After a peer rebellion among Canadian health researchers, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research has agreed to reinstate face-to-face peer reviews. But what makes face-to-face discussion so vital to the process? Recent events have sparked concern over the way researchers are awarded government grants. Face-to-face […]
Science on set: science consultants in Hollywood North
By Betty Zou, General Sciences Co-Editor Have you ever watched The Amazing Spiderman and wondered about the physics of a man climbing vertically up a wall? Or maybe you’ve been curious about the chemistry behind homemade crystal methamphetamine as seen on Breaking Bad? Those are the types of questions that occupy the minds of science […]
