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Everything and everyone ages. But scientists have made discoveries about our cells and circulatory and immune systems that could potentially one day be used to increase human lifespans.

When the cells of Henrietta Lacks were collected by medical researchers after her death in 1951, it changed the future of medicine.

Bees are important for agriculture. But bee populations face threats. This resource looks at Colony Collapse Disorder, herbicides & pesticides, and more.

You don’t have to pedal harder to go faster. You just have to understand a little bit about gravity, drag and friction!

Canadian astronauts Jeremy Hansen and David Saint-Jacques explain how learning to fly an aircraft prepared them for the challenges of living in space.

Panic attacks are scary and they upset your body’s chemical equilibrium. Learn what happens to acids & bases in your circulatory system during a panic attack.

If an asteroid were to hit the Earth it could be disastrous. Here are some ways we could protect ourselves.

Find out how asteroids, space debris, and cosmic radiation can be dangerous, and how to monitor them and protect ourselves from these space hazards.

Students will learn about the human impacts on bee populations as they design, test, build and observe a structure for solitary bees.

Students work collaboratively to design and build a boot tread that will use friction to prevent slipping on an incline.

This resource explains electricity basics - volts, amps, currents, resistance, and why it is dangerous to touch electrical outlets with wet hands.

Pecking puts a lot of force on a woodpecker’s brain. But scientists think woodpecker bodies are adapted to help keep them from being injured during pecking-related collisions.

In 2013, many Europeans learned their beef lasagnas were actually made of horse meat. Learn about food fraud, and how a Canadian invention can help detect it.

Sometimes, power plants make too much electricity. Energy storage technologies can help! They store the extra electricity and release it when demand goes up.

Why do a baseball and a rocket need the same launch speed to get from Earth into space? It has to do with physics and gravitational force.