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From Planets to Particles: An Exploration Mini-Fair (24 Hours of Science at McGill)

Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00to16:00

Are you interested in the mysteries of our planet and beyond? McGill Physics Outreach, TSI Outreach, and SMoRES (McGill Earth & Planetary Sciences Outreach) are joining forces to host “From...

Science Can Help Us Make Better Pizza and Better Roasted Potatoes

15 Mar 2019

Students from the Edge Hotel School have brought us some starchy math that can improve the quality of roasted potatoes the world over....

How Old is Everything?

24 May 2018

Everything has a birthday. It’s the same day, about 13.77 billion years ago. Scientists claim that they are 99% certain that this is the age of our entire universe. But how could they possibly know...

Time Conundrum

20 Mar 2017

I was fascinated by yesterdays announcement that "old light"
 revealed trace evidence in the background radiation of the earliest
  trillionth of a trillionth (and then some) of a second of the ...

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