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Join a degree-holding physicist and a card-carrying science enthusiast, as we cover the ins-and-outs of scientific subjects, ranging from astronomy to particle physics, and everything in between! We’ll also get into the details of the technology used to discover the secrets of the universe.
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Join a degree-holding physicist and a card-carrying science enthusiast, as we cover the ins-and-outs of scientific subjects, ranging from astronomy to particle physics, and everything in between! We’ll also get into the details of the technology used to discover the secrets of the universe.
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Join a degree-holding physicist and a card-carrying science enthusiast, as we cover the ins-and-outs of scientific subjects, ranging from astronomy to particle physics, and everything in between! We’ll also get into the details of the technology used to discover the secrets of the universe.
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Join a degree-holding physicist and a card-carrying science enthusiast, as we cover the ins-and-outs of scientific subjects, ranging from astronomy to particle physics, and everything in between! We’ll also get into the details of the technology used to discover the secrets of the universe.
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NASA video series covering fun, interesting, and unusual science and research topics from the International Space Station and NASA’s science missions.
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The official podcast of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, featuring interviews with the people in and behind exhibits at the Western Hemisphere's largest science museum. Visit the Museum's website at www.msichicago.org.
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The Role of AI in Modern Engineering: Opportunities and Challenges
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In this episode of Tech Takes, host Louis Savard delves into the transformative potential of AI in revolutionizing work processes and industries. With our guests, Doug Nix, Co-owner of Compliance Insight Consulting Inc., and Mayy Habayeb, Artificial Intelligence Program Coordinator at Centennial College, they explore the impact of AI on engineering…
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Transforming Toxic Terrains: Ontario's Approach to Brownfields
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In this episode of Tech Takes, host, Louis Savard, C.Tech., takes a deep dive into the world of brownfield regulations and remediation in Ontario. Our guests, OACETT Past President Kim Pickett, C.E.T., and Eric Cowan, C.E.T., project manager at Vertex Environmental Inc., share their extensive knowledge on the subject and discuss the challenges and …
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Bridging the Gap: Supporting Internationally Educated Professionals in Ontario
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In this episode of Tech Takes, host Louis Savard discusses the difficulties that internationally trained professionals face when they immigrate to Canada and the resources available to support them. It features a round-table conversation with Charline Tyrell, a career and training counsellor for the Accelerating Career Advancement (ACA) program at …
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Join host Louis Savard as he dives into the world of 3D printing, a technology that is disrupting industries and unlocking new dimensions of innovation. Louis speaks with Hargurdeep Singh, Vice President of Advanced Manufacturing at CAD MicroSolutions, who provides insights into various 3D printing processes, their significance for businesses today…
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Hacking for Good: Safeguarding the Digital World
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Join host Louis Savard and Steve Vaillancourt, Senior Cyber Security Instructor at Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, as they discuss the importance of cybersecurity in today's landscape and explore how ethical hackers play a crucial role in stopping cyber criminals. Have a topic you’d like to discuss or comments about the episode? Reach us at tec…
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The Future of Nuclear Power Technology in Canada
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In this episode of Tech Takes, host Louis Savard explores Canada's effort to provide low-carbon baseload power to remote areas and heavy industry through the development and design of small modular reactors (SMRs) and micromodular reactors (MMRs). The episode discusses the benefits and limitations of nuclear power, as well as the design of reactors…
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The built environment accounts for 39 percent of annual global CO2 emissions, according to the World Green Building Council and Passive House is widely recognized as the most powerful tool we have today to produce buildings that help to mitigate these emissions. Ontarians like most people worldwide want a level of comfort and safety in their homes …
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From 3Ps to 3Cs: Building collaborative partnerships that drive student success
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The future of work is changing. Students must leverage the right skill sets and credentials for present and future job markets. Collaborations between colleges, companies and professional associations, like OACETT, are becoming more important in achieving this. In Ontario, the transition from a private-public partnerships model, or 3Ps, to a colleg…
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The ‘E’ Word: Understanding the Ethical Implications of New Technology
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As we navigate through our rapidly changing world, where ethical considerations in innovation have become more critical to mitigating risk and challenging our values, organizations will benefit today from adopting stewardship and ethics to ensure technology is used to make the world a better place. Host Louis Savard, C.Tech., discusses with Mark Ab…
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NASA ScienceCast 313: The Power of the Station's New Solar Arrays
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The new solar arrays on @Space_Station, iROSA, are providing power to the station with improved efficiency. ROSA technology will also help power Gateway, and the DART mission!By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 312: Doing Business in Space
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The ISS is a one-of-a-kind laboratory, as well as an incubator for new business, accelerating the development of a new space economy in low-Earth orbit.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 311: Observing Lightning from the International Space Station
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Colorful bursts of energy above thunderstorms called transient luminous events can be observed from the ISS. Instruments on the station are helping scientists study these particle outbursts.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 310: The Small Satellite That’s Paying Big Dividends
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The International Space Station is well known as an orbiting laboratory, but during the past decade the station has also served a very different role - that of being a business incubator. One of its star products is the CubeSat.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 309: A Growing Market at Gravity’s Edge
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The commercialization of low-Earth orbit is enabling a new market in space, while aiding NASA in its mission of exploration and discovery.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 308: Keeping an Eye on Earth
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Earth observing instruments on the space station along with photography from crew members serve to keep a multifunctional eye on our home planet.By NASA Science
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Scientists are using AMS-02 on the Space Station to study fundamental particles originating from sources up to billions of light years away. These particles may hold the key to understanding both the composition and history of our universe.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 306: Making Space for Technology Development
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The International Space Station provides the only microgravity environment in which we can test technologies critical to our deep-space exploration in the near and far-term future.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 305: Effects of the Solar Wind
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The continuously expanding solar wind begins in our Sun and doesn’t stop until after it reaches the edge of the heliosphere.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 304: Unlocking the Origins of the Universe
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AMS-02 is helping scientists investigate many fundamental physics questions from its place on the space station. Astronauts are conducting a series of spacewalks to perform repairs and extend the life of the observatory.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 303: Exploring the Presence of Water on the Moon
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The presence of water on the Moon opens up many exciting possibilities for future exploration and just as many questions about that water’s origins.By NASA Science
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Neptune will be at opposition in September, providing an opportunity to observe this planet that is invisible to the naked eye, but that scientists would love to see more clearly.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 301: Shedding Light on Black Holes
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"Black Holes" is one of the most highly searched terms about our universe. How much of what we think we know about black holes is actually true?By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 300: Cutting-edge Biomanufacturing Aboard the International Space Station
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Welcome to the world of 3D biomanufacturing, a cutting-edge practice on Earth that is being tested aboard the International Space Station.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 299: The Lasting Impacts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
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In July 1994, astronomers around the world watched as the fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 slammed into the planet Jupiter.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 298: Watch the History of our Solar System Fly By with MU69
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Scientists are unlocking clues about the earliest formation of our solar system from a Kuiper Belt Object known as 2014 MU69.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 297: Cementing Our Place in Space
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Experiments have taken place aboard the International Space Station to study cement based concrete in microgravity.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 296: Shining Laser Light on Earth’s Forests
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The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) on the space station beams laser light down to Earth to reveal the height and density of trees and vegetation.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 295: A Chip Off the Old Block
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Living 3D versions of human organs called Tissue Chips are being sent to the International Space Station to be studied in microgravity.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 294: On the Cusp of Understanding
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NASA is using sounding rockets to study the cusp, a point where the magnetic bubble that surrounds our planet dips inward and touches down to Earth.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 293: A Successful Mission Starts With Nutrition
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The relationship between a successful exploration mission and balanced nutrition is vital in the extreme vastness of outer space.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 292: The Space We Travel Through
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As NASA prepares to send astronauts and spacecraft long distances through space, scientists are keeping an eye on the weather. Space weather.By NASA Science
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2019 is an excellent year to look to the sky and enjoy the spectacular view of Earth’s nearest neighbor, the Moon.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 290: Big Questions About Small Worlds
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Small Worlds hold keys to questions about our solar system and the origin of life on Earth.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 289: Small Satellites yield Big Discoveries
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NASA uses CubeSats for new science missions and to test new electronics, sensors and software that might be included on larger missions.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 288: Enjoying the Geminids From Above and Below
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The Geminids meteor shower will be viewed from above by the Meteor camera on the International Space Station, as well as from below by sky watchers on Earth.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 287: You Light Up Our Night
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People around the world have the opportunity to participate in the study of comet 46P/Wirtanen as it has a close approach with Earth in December of 2018.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 286: The In-Space Refabricator
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The Refabricator on the International Space Station is a hybrid 3D printer that can also recycle materials to make new items.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 285: Lightning Across the Solar System
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Lightning is beautiful and powerful, and has been observed on planets across the solar system.By NASA Science
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NASA's ECOSTRESS mission is studying how plants sweat, providing detailed measurements of plant temperatures from space.By NASA Science
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During the Year of Education on Station, NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Ricky Arnold have shared their love of STEM and their passion for teaching.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 282: Thinking Inside the Box
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Gloveboxes on the ISS allow for experiments on materials that you wouldn't want escaping into the station's enclosed space.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 281: Cool Ways of Studying the Cryosphere
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NASA missions are helping scientists study the cryosphere - the many forms of ice found on Earth.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 280: Solving Earth’s Mysteries
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Data from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) are helping scientists study increases in Earth's atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.By NASA Science
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The TSIS instrument on the International Space Station is continuing NASA's 40-year record of tracking the Sun's radiant energy.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 278: Nature’s Fireworks Show in August
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The Perseid Meteor Shower peaks on the night of August 12 into the morning of August 13. With a clear sky, observers will be able to see up to 60 meteors per hour at its peak.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 277: The Parker Solar Probe - A Mission to Touch the Sun
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The Parker Solar Probe will help scientists learn more about the solar wind, an exotic stew of magnetic forces, plasma and particles.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 276: Something for Every Sky Watcher
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The July 27th night sky offers treats for sky watchers -- and listeners -- around the globe.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 275: Exploring Beneath the Waves
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Researchers are using a technology solution called Fluid Lensing to study coral reefs and help better understand reef ecosystems.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 274: An Intersection of Art and Science on the Station
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The WORF and the optical quality window on the station are a perfect blend of art and science, allowing for Earth science research and amazing high-resolution photos of the Earth.By NASA Science
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NASA ScienceCast 273: The International Asteroid Hunt
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A coordinated effort is being made by many nations around the world to detect and track near-Earth objects, such as asteroids.By NASA Science
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