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Learn about how to calculate temperature anomalies as a way of understanding how our climate is changing.

Learn about the science involved in combining two metals by welding.

Discover 7 ways satellite Earth observation helps fight climate change.

Learn about Canada’s newest Offshore Oceanographic Science Vessel.

A history of the first 50 years of human space flight.

Learn about the plants and animals in Canada’s marine coastal habitats, and what you can do to protect them.

Discover a set of resources to get you up to speed on the discussion surrounding Mars

Learn about how and why engineers designed and built some very unique aircraft.

Learn about asthma and what scientists are doing to study it.

Learn about the cryosphere and how it is being impacted by climate change.

Learn how aviation pioneers from the world learned how to make humans fly!

Learn how astronauts survive in the International Space Station.

Learn about the history of space stations and how they help us learn about space.

Discover how space agencies have explored the Red Planet in the past and present and learn about the future of human spaceflight to the red planet.

Learn about the unique creatures that live in deep sea ecosystems.