The Big Nickel Comes Alives
Canada’s Big Nickel, located at Dynamic Earth in Sudbury, Ontario, is a beloved Canadian icon. At about 64.5 million times the size of a real Canadian nickel, it is the largest coin in the...
Category: Technology
Why does VR cause motion sickness?
Virtual Reality is on the cutting edge for gaming technology today: it uses a headset to immerse the player within a completely virtual world that they can then explore and manipulate. The tech is...
Gardening Without Soil, Fertilizer or Pesticides
Have you always wanted to start a garden, but don’t have the space to do it? That’s ok - aquaponic gardening might be the solution you’ve been looking for! What is an Aquaponic System?...
A Fuel-less Flight Around the World: Making the Case for Solar
If someone told you that you could complete a round-the-world flight - 35,000km - without consuming a drop of fuel you might think they were making it up, or pulling from a Jules Verne...
How Secure Is Your Password?
As computers get faster, our passwords get weaker. Every year that goes by, the passwords you use for email, Facebook, and, yes,
bank
Unbelievable Technology
Have you heard of the Oculus Rift? Try it out this Friday August 23rd in the Discovery Theatre at 1 p.m.! Join us as we celebrate “UNBEL
How to use the Internet like a geek
On a day-to-day basis, the power users of the Internet only really do a handful of things differently than most people. Master these few
Unbelievable Experiment - Hovercraft
This summer at Science North we are celebrating an Unbelievable Summer!
You Can’t Touch This
Even though it’s March, it still seems like we’re in the middle of our wonderful winter season, so it’s important t
Seeing Cosmic Rays in a Cloud Chamber
Recently we acquired a really exciting new exhibit at Science North. It’s called a diffusion cloud chamber, and it allows us to s
