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Dr. Marian Croak – posted on October 9. 2025

https://www.NPR.org/2021/09/27/1040795026/Patricia-Bath-Marian-Croak-National-Inventors-Hall-Of-Fame-First-Black-Women

https://www.Invent.org/Inductees/Marian-Croak

Weight of clouds – posted on September 28, 2025

https://www.ScienceAlert.com/This-Is-How-Much-A-Cloud-Weighs

Octopus – posted on September 13, 2025

https://www.NHM.AC.uk/Discover/Octopuses-Keep-Surprising-Us-Here-Are-Eight-Examples-How.html

Gold extraction from waste and ore – posted on September 6, 2025

https://www.Nature.com/Articles/s41893-025-01586-w

Dr. Maydianne Andrade – posted on September 4, 2025

https://www.YorkU.ca/yfile/2025/06/25/Appointment-of-Dean-Faculty-Of-Science/

Trees storing carbon dioxide – posted on August 29, 2025

https://www.ScienceDaily.com/Releases/2025/07/250706225819.htm

Elephants can’t jump – posted on August 25, 2025

https://www.Science.org/Content/Article/Elephants-Can-t-Jump-And-Here-s-Why

Chameleons – posted on August 22, 2025

https://www.Science.org/Content/Article/Slip-Chameleons-Tongue

Zebrafish – posted on August 16, 2025

https://www.ScienceDaily.com/Releases/2025/07/250714052110.htm

Perseids – posted on August 10, 2025

https://www.ASC-CSA.gc.ca/eng/Astronomy/Tips-Tricks/Perseids.asp

Platypus Facts – posted on August 1, 2025

https://WWF.org.au/Blogs/9-Interesting-Platypus-Facts/

Moon Volcanoes – posted on July 28, 2025

https://www.ScienceDaily.com/Releases/2025/07/250713031449.htm

https://www.Science.org/doi/10.1126/Science.adk6635

Berries – posted July 25, 2025

https://www.LiveScience.com/57477-Why-Are-Bananas-Considered-Berries.html

‘Tanned’ Lichen – posted on July 18, 2025

https://www.LiebertPub.com/doi/10.1089/ast.2024.0137

Zebras – posted on July 15, 2025

https://Journals.PLOS.org/plosone/Article?id=10.1371/Journal.pone.0210831

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Tu Youyou – posted on July 2, 2025

https://www.NobelPrize.org/Stories/Women-Who-Changed-Science/Tu-Youyou/

Eiffel Tower grows in the summer – posted on June 28, 2025

https://www.TourEiffel.Paris/en/News/History-And-Culture/Why-Does-Eiffel-Tower-Change-Size

Archaeologists discover evidence of expansive Indigenous farming – posted on June 24, 2025

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https://Home.Dartmouth.edu/News/2025/06/Archaeologists-Find-Intensive-Indigenous-Farming-Michigan

Mosura fentoni – posted on June 9, 2025

https://www.ScienceDaily.com/Releases/2025/05/250513225800.htm

Giraffes – posted on June 5, 2025

https://AnneInnisDaggFoundation.org/GiraffeFacts

Edith Anderson Monture – posted on June 3, 2025

https://www.TheCanadianEncyclopedia.ca/en/Article/Charlotte-Edith-Anderson-Monture

https://www.CBC.ca/News/Indigenous/Edith-Anderson-Monture-Voting-1.7238888

Octopi have three hearts – posted on May 25, 2025

https://Now.NorthropGrumman.com/Nine-Brains-Three-Hearts-And-Other-Octopus-Anatomy-Facts

https://www.NHM.ac.uk/Discover/Octopuses-Keep-Surprising-Us-Here-Are-Eight-Examples-How.html

Dr. Zainab Abdurrahman – posted on May 21, 2025

https://www.OMA.org/Newsroom/News-Releases/2025/May/Dr-Zainab-Abdurrahman-Installed-As-Ontario-Medical-Associations-First-Black-Woman-President/

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Dr. Irene Ayako Uchida – posted on May 17, 2025

https://www.TheCanadianEncyclopedia.ca/en/Article/Irene-Uchida

https://PMC.NCBI.NLM.NIH.gov/Articles/PMC3791260/

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Parker Solar Probe – posted on May 14, 2025

https://Science.NASA.gov/Science-Research/Heliophysics/NASAs-Parker-Solar-Probe-Makes-History-With-Closest-Pass-To-Sun/

https://Science.NASA.gov/Blogs/Parker-Solar-Probe/2025/03/25/NASAs-Parker-Solar-Probe-Completes-23rd-Close-Approach-To-Sun/

Penguins – posted on May 12, 2025

https://Ocean.si.edu/Ocean-/Life/Seabirds/Galapagos-Penguin-Above#:~:text=Penguins%20Use%20Countershading%2C%20Their%20Black,Hues%20Of%20The%20Deep%20Ocean

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Dr. Bibha Chowdhuri – posted on May 10, 2025

https://www.TIFR.res.in/~ipa1970/News/2021/JanJune/05-S_C_Roy_R_Singh_Vol51(1-2).pdf

https://News.UChicago.edu/Explainer/What-Are-Cosmic-Rays#:~:text=Cosmic%20Rays%20Are%20Particles%20From,And%20Made%20Harmless%20To%20Humans

Koalas have fingerprints – posted on April 30, 2025

https://www.PBS.org/wgbh/Nova/Article/Koala-Fingerprints/

Gladys Ingle – posted on April 20, 2025

https://FearOfLanding.com/History/Gladys-Ingle-Inflight-Wheel-Change-Emergency-Action-Or-Stunt/

Sea otters – posted on April 6, 2025

https://www.ZMEScience.com/Ecology/Animals-Ecology/Sea-Otters-Favorite-Rock/

Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu – posted on April 4, 2025

https://www.Biography.com/Scientist/Chien-Shiung-Wu

https://www.NIST.gov/PML/Fall-Parity/Reversal-Parity-Law-Nuclear-Physics#:~:Text=Basically%2C%20parity%20conservation%20in%20quantum,must%20behave%20in%20identical%20fashion.https://www.biography.com/scientist/chien-shiung-wu

3D printed houses – posted on March 29, 2025

https://builtin.com/articles/3d-printed-house

https://cobod.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-a-3d-printed-house/

Dr. Nergis Mavalvala – posted on March 22, 2025

https://www.LGBTQNation.com/2020/04/Meet-Nergis-Mavalvala-Shes-Lesbian-Astrophysicist-Proving-Einsteins-Theories-Correct/

MIT Faculty Profile

https://www.IAmAScientist.Info/Nergis-Mavalvala

Fly Geyser – posted on March 18, 2025

https://www.AtlasObscura.com/Places/Fly-Ranch-Geyser

https://Geology.com/Articles/Geyser.shtml

Pi Day – posted on March 14, 2025

https://LifeHacker.com/The-Weirdest-Pi-Day-Facts-You-And-Your-Kid-Will-Enjoy-1848637107

Ancient beaches on Mars – posted on March 10, 2025

https://www.ScienceDaily.com/Releases/2025/02/250224155110.htm

Sophia B. Jones – posted on February 25, 2025

https://JBHE.com/2023/10/Sophia-Bethena-Jones-Canadas-First-Black-Woman-To-Earn-A-Medical-Degree/

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Tectonic Plates – posted on February 23, 2025

Age difference between the centre and surface of the Earth – posted on February 22, 2025

https://www.NewScientist.com/Article/2085599-Earths-Core-Is-Two-And-A-Half-Years-Younger-Than-Its-Crust/#:~:text=Physicists%20have%20calculated%20that%20the,which%20you%20experience%20time%20passing

Dr. Joy Buolamwini – posted on February 18, 2025

https://www.Media.MIT.edu/People/JoyAB/Overview/

https://www.PoetOfCode.com/

Marie Van Brittan Brown – posted on February 13, 2025

https://Lemelson.MIT.edu/Resources/Marie-Van-Brittan-Brown

Fireworks – posted on February 9, 2025

https://www.OntarioScienceCentre.ca/Science-At-Home/Diy-Science-Fun/The-Science-Of-Fireworks#:~:text=Black%20Powder%3A%20Invented%20in%20China,The%20Stars%20Within%20The%20Firework

Beavers – posted on February 7, 2025

https://English.Radio.cz/Beavers-Build-Planned-Dams-Protected-Landscape-Area-While-Local-Officials-Still-8841536

Clarice Phelps – posted on February 5, 2025

https://www.CNN.com/2023/02/07/us/Clarice-Phelps-Tennessine-Element-117-scn-ctpr/index.html

https://www.NewsChannel5.com/News/Clarice-Phelps-Became-The-First-Black-Woman-To-Help-Discover-A-Periodic-Table-Element#:~:text=(WTVF)%20%E2%80%94%20Clarice%20Phelps%20is,is%20classified%20as%20a%20halogen

Viaduct bridge – posted on February 1, 2025

https://www.Britannica.com/Technology/Viaduct

https://www.Britannica.com/Topic/Danyang-Kunshan-Grand-Bri

Bomb cyclone – posted on January 26, 2025

https://www.AccuWeather.com/en/Weather-News/What-Is-A-Bomb-Cyclone/433474

https://www.TheWeatherNetwork.com/en/News/Weather/Severe/British-Columbia-Bomb-Cyclone-To-Create-The-Worlds-Largest-Wave-Pool

https://www.CBSNews.com/News/What-Is-Bomb-Cyclone-Winter-Storm-Weather-Explained/

Pangolins – posted on January 24, 2025

https://www.WorldAnimalProtection.ca/Education/Animal-Facts/Pangolin-Facts/?utm_medium=google_grant&utm_source=google_grant&utm_campaign=google_grant&ea.tracking.id=google_grant

First fully 3D-printed microscope – posted on January 22, 2025

https://www.biorxiv.org/Content/10.1101/2024.12.16.628684v1.full

https://www.PopSci.com/Technology/3D-Printed-Microscope/

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin – posted on January 20, 2025

https://PhysicsWorld.com/a/Cecilia-Payne-Gaposchkin-The-Woman-Who-Found-Hydrogen-In-The-Stars/

Chelsea Martins-Ezeifeaku – posted on January 18, 2025

https://NationalPost.com/Sponsored/News-Sponsored/Meet-Three-Inspirational-Students-Breaking-Barriers-Changing-Lives?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0BMAABHWUfuHFqnUPks_4DVVD2CXCEokVAYV5oVpcNM79EWszbzIbQQ8bobrCtsg_aem_X601pHMRueyTwgHkF3n7XA

“Wood Wide Web” – posted on January 16, 2025

https://e360.Yale.edu/Features/Exploring_How_And_Why_Trees_Talk_To_Each_Other

Pistol Shrimp – posted on January 10, 2025

https://OceanConservancy.org/Blog/2020/09/10/Pistol-Shrimp/

Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth – posted on January 8, 2025

https://Science.NASA.gov/Mission/Voyager/Mission-Overview/

https://www.CNN.com/2024/12/03/Science/Voyager-1-Radio-Transmitter-Power-Supply

Scientists create the world’s thinnest noodles – posted on December 20, 2024

https://www.sciencenews.org/Article/Thinnest-Pasta-Nanofibers

Scientists discover world’s largest coral – posted on November 26, 2024

https://BBC.com/News/Articles/c629ddqg9v6o

Scientists discover one of the world’s oldest fossils – posted on October 24, 2024

https://www.reuters.com/Science/Fossil-New-Reptile-Species-Found-Brazil-Sheds-Light-Rise-Dinosaurs-2024-10-14/

Ants Perform Life-Saving Surgery – posted on July 14, 2024

https://www.livescience.com/animals/insects/ants-perform-life-saving-operations-the-only-animal-other-than-humans-known-to-do-so 

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)00805-4

Michigan Micro Mote – posted on June 29, 2024

https://ece.engin.umich.edu/stories/michigan-micro-mote-m3-makes-history-as-the-worlds-smallest-computer

https://news.engin.umich.edu/2018/06/an-even-smaller-worlds-smallest-computer/

Planet HD 189733b – posted on June 17, 2024

https://www.space.com/34576-blue-alien-planet-glass-rain.html

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/rains-of-terror-exoplanet-hd-189733b/

Thunderstorms – posted on June 5, 2024

https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/thunderstorms/

https://www.actionnews5.com/2021/05/28/breakdown-why-lightning-is-good-agriculture/ 

https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/nves.sci.earth.nitrate/lightning-produces-nitrates/

The atoms in you are billions of years old – May 8 2024

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/star-in-you/

Sharks came before trees – May 1, 2024

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/26/world/shark-week-facts-scn/index.html

Plant volatiles – posted on March 30, 2024

https://www.wired.com/2013/12/secret-language-of-plants/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/tobacco-leaves-emit-warning-chemicals-that-summon-predators-when-mixed-with-caterpillar-spit

Lala Lallia star dune – posted on March 20, 2024

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68450147

Seamounts – posted on February 21, 2024

https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/seamounts.html

https://oceana.ca/en/marine-life/seamounts/

The Sea Hive – posted on January 24, 2024

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-students-micro-ecosystem-global-competition-1.7065386 

https://www.utoronto.ca/news/astrophysicist-laurie-rousseau-nepton-discusses-indigenous-contributions-her-field-ctv-s

World’s first webcam – posted on December 28, 2023

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20439301 

Laurie Rousseau-Nepton – posted on December 1, 2023

https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/we-come-from-the-stars-and-return-to-the-stars/

https://www.utoronto.ca/news/astrophysicist-laurie-rousseau-nepton-discusses-indigenous-contributions-her-field-ctv-s

New Island in Japan – posted on November 14, 2023

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/underwater-volcanic-eruption-new-island-japan/ 

Anne-Marie Imafidon – posted on November 10, 2023

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2022-10-04/from-the-ground-up-dr-anne-marie-imafidon 

Asteroid Samples – posted on September 25, 2023

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/osiris-rex-sample-return-1.6974159 

World’s Fastest Supercomputer – posted on September 22, 2023

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-exascale-supercomputer-can-do-a-quintillion-calculations-a-second/ 

Crawford Lake – posted on September 10, 2023

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/crawford-lake-anthropocene-1.6902999 

Dr. James Makokis – posted on August 23, 2023

www.forbes.com/sites/victorlopez-carmen/2023/04/27/a-nehiy-two-spirit-physicians-reflections-on-providing-indigenous-interventions-in-modern-medicine/

www.drjamesmakokis.com