Technological World

Many people have had children using assisted reproductive technologies. But some of these medical biotech techniques can raise some ethical issues.

Learn about the history of surfboards, and how different materials and designs over the years affected the physics at work in surfing.

Cloning makes it possible to bring extinct species back to life. But is that a good idea?

Learn about the measles virus, its impact and vaccination for prevention of the disease.

In April 2016, Let’s Talk Science volunteer Daniel Tarade donated stem cells to help a person who needed a stem cell transplant to survive. Learn what stem cells are, how and why people donate, and what Daniel’s experience was like.

Ethanol is a biofuel that can power a car. Learn about the enzymes, catalysts and processes like fermentation involved in ethanol production.

Be a biochemist! Learn how to extract DNA from an onion and find out what DNA looks like.

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

Medical biotechnology allows scientists to make changes to the genomes of living things. What are the pros and cons of having access to techniques like these?

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

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.

When a person has cancer, CAR-T Therapy uses their own cells to destroy the cancer cells in their body.