The Scream, Toronto’s yearly literary festival is in full swing this week. This year the festival’s theme is “Science and Poetry”, and Wednesday night I attended “Strange Alchemy”, a panel …
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Superhero Science
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenThe Ontario Science Centre’s “Super Heroes Science Exhibition” closes March 25th, so if you’re in Toronto and had been meaning to learn more about superhero science, this is your last …
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I have been thinking of making a separate page listing some connections between music and science. It would have a list of scientists who are also musicians, musicians who are …
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Scientific & Technical Awards Wired News has an article on the overlooked geeks of the Oscars: the winners of all the technical awards. The most scientific categories aren’t even part …
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Outreach & engagementScience CommunicationScience on screen
Biochemistry Idol
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenThe Biochemistry department at UofT had a challenge recently: graduate students were asked to submit a video for “Biochemistry Idol”*, promoting Biochemistry, Toronto, and/or the department in under a minute. …
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Biochemistry with the Celebrity Stars on Conan O’Brien
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenHow did I miss this until now? Conan O’Brien had a segment called Biochemistry with the Celebrity Stars. It was a bit over the top geeky with the goggles and …