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Lets talk about the super soaker; the 2011 toy of the year and member of the Toy Hall of Fame. The Creation Lonnie Johnson grew up as the epitome of those insanely skilled kids you see innovating from childhood. He later became an Airforce and NASA engineer. While working on a water-based refrigerator system for…
Who is Gladys West? Gladys West is a Black American mathematician. She is well known for her contributions to the mathematical modelling of the shape of the Earth. Also, she worked on developing satellite geodesy models that helped the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS). Early life: She was born in 1930 in Virginia…
NASA’s Success Opportunity, a rover that has been exploring Mars from January 2004 until June 2018, approximately a total of 14 years. The golf cart sized rover had made some of the biggest discoveries in science as well as influential information to our world. She lived up to the title of being the longest running…
I am by no means a tech guru. But I, like practically everyone else, have noticed the increase of technology replacing everyday necessities, and even luxuries. When I ask my parents about life without the internet and smartphones as a commonality, I’m shocked that they functioned like normal kids, especially in their teenage years. It…
There is a formula to lead a happier life? While scrolling through the internet after I finished my finals, I came across a very interesting article. It talked about a study by Robb Rutledge and his colleagues in Max Planck University College conducting a study looking at the relationship of rewards and happiness. Beforehand, researchers…
Every day we use a phenomenon known as social media to either stay connected with our friends or to share posts with the crowd. We might underestimate its significance as it could be a powerful educational resource to teach users about essential subjects like Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Out of all our curriculum,…
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. Mark Twain wrote that in 1907. And over a hundred years later, it still seemingly holds true. There’s something disarming about numbers—something irrefutable. Statistics: “the most objective, analytical form of evidence anyone can give”—so people say. Statistical evidence can make for compelling arguments. Yet…
Chances are if you are a high school student living in Canada, or really anywhere in North America, you have at least once heard about Khan Academy. Whether it was because you were fruitlessly trying to understand the recent lesson on organic chemistry, or simply reviewing (or cramming) for a math test the day after,…
German scientist Rebecca Weiss presents the future of contraceptives, in the form of a modern “testicle bath”. Odd opening isn’t it? However, it’s all true. “Coso” is a male contraceptive that is hormone free and reversible. The industrial design graduate made this device as a part of her master thesis. Furthermore, the device won top…
We live in a world defined by an abundance of information. Our phones and computers continually collect data about us. Similarly, posts and photos and videos—all of which have to “exist” somewhere in the real world—flood the internet. We call it the cloud, but the actual information up in the cloud ultimately still has to…
I love talking about niche stories in history that are so absurd, a documentary would feel exaggerated and unrealistic. Today I’d like to speak about Tycho Brahe, one of earth’s first math based astronomers, and his oddly eccentric life. Let’s Start This Like a Normal Biography Tycho was born December 14th, 2021 in Denmark. His…
Throughout history, women have made countless discoveries and advancements in the fields of STEM. Growing up, I did not know the names or faces of most of these women. Therefore, in today’s blog, I wanted to help you and I explore the accomplishments and lives of several females in STEM throughout history. Marie Curie…
High Intensity Interval Training, commonly known as HIIT, is a form of training where one performs extremely intense work followed by a period of rest. This allows your body to recover before going on to the next exercise, ensuring maximum performance. HIIT has been rapidly growing popular over the past few years. It is no…
Just this month, Bitcoin and Ethereum—two of the most valuable cryptocurrencies—reached all-time highs in prices. The upsurge of cryptocurrencies in recent years has spurred on a new financial ecosystem—one built around blockchain, the same technology used by cryptocurrencies. Its users call it decentralized finance—DeFi for short—and it promises a financial system without traditional financial institutions,…
The under-representation of women in STEM fields is evident in many, if not most countries around the world, including Canada. This is supported by statistics, and in 2016, women only made up 34% of STEM undergraduates in Canada. Furthermore, women only made up 23% of all science and tech workers aged 25-64. These numbers have…