Space Tourism
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, John Glenn, Sally Ride, Chris Hadfield, and now... Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson? Where space travel was once a mission with scientific purpose and government sponsorship...
24 Elo 202114min
Climate Action
The latest IPCC report on the state of the climate provides a small amount of hope that we may avoid 2.0C of warming and avert the worst of the climate catastrophe. This week, we welcome back Samm Rey...
17 Elo 202117min
Sex vs Chromosomes
X & Y. For a long time, these two letters were thought to be the only thing determining whether you were a male or a female. If your male biological parent’s sperm contained the X chromosome, you woul...
10 Elo 202113min
Keystone XL Cancelled
When it comes to Alberta's tar sands, there seems to be a constant debate about the importance of the environment vs the economy. Recently, however, there was a huge development in this debate: the pl...
3 Elo 202113min
Japan Dumping Radioactive Waste
"Radioactive waste" isn't usually a term that comes with positive news. In dealing with the fallout of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan has been storing a large amount of radioactive wastewa...
27 Heinä 202113min
The Lunar Gateway
It's been many moons (pun intended) since Neil Armstrong's first "small step for man." Modern space travel seems to be fixated on billionaires, space hotels, and landing humans on Mars. So then, why a...
20 Heinä 202111min
Step 3: Ontario's Reopening
First, Ontario saw Stages 1, 2, and 3 of reopening in the summer of 2020. Then, the government pulled the "Emergency Brake" around the holidays and used a colour-coded system to define COVID restricti...
15 Heinä 20219min
Microplastics
Plastic, much like an embarrassing memory from your childhood, tends to stick around for awhile. This week, find out what happens to most of our plastic, what it's doing, and how it affects us!
13 Heinä 202114min
