Over the past few years anti-vaccine narratives have become commonplace in western culture. Do such claims have a factual basis or are they simply publicity stunts? The most publicized anti-vaccine Continue Reading
Archives for November 2018
Heredity: What is Colour Blindness?
When I learned about heredity in biology class last year, my teacher brought up the topic of colour blindness quite often. So, I started to wonder what exactly is colour blindness and how does it got Continue Reading
Facial Reconstruction During WW1: Skin Grafting
November 11th, 2018 Introduction Today marks 100 years after the conclusion of World War One (WW1) and as such, I thought it would be interesting to reflect on an area of science behind the Continue Reading
The Evaporation Of Black Holes
Black Hole (c) ESO/M. Kornmesser (CC BY 4.0) Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is home to billions of stars, planets and of course, black holes. As you already know, nothing in our planet or universe Continue Reading
Rand Wang
Rand (c) Kaylan Wang CC BY 4.0 Hi, my name is Rand Wang, a grade 10 student from Hugh Mcroberts Secondary (a school in Richmond). At school, when it comes to Continue Reading
Can We Live on Mars?
By Amanda C. Lee Humans on Mars (c) NASA/Pat Rawlings, CC0 1.0 Life on Mars has been a frequent subject under the Hollywood spotlight, with high grossing movies such as The Martian and The Space Continue Reading
Ibreez Asaria
Blog Post #1: Biography Hello! My name is Ibreez Asaria, and I am currently a grade 11 IB student at Stratford Hall School in East Vancouver. Some of my hobbies include delegating at and staffing Continue Reading
Neural Networks
Nearly everyone has heard of the limitless possibilities presented by artificial intelligence (AI). Whether it is recognizing your face on Facebook, or communicating to you through Siri, we interact Continue Reading
What is the best type of energy to produce electricity?
Canadian Energy Consumption by Type(c)RockyMtnGuy, (CC BY-SA 3.0) Recently I just finished a project of the uses of radiation in science class. While I was researching about the project, a Continue Reading
A.I.s and How They Determine Our Future
A lot of people may have heard of the term Artificial Intelligence or A.I., but not a whole lot of people know exactly what they are, or how they're helping to shape our future. Artificial Continue Reading