Sharon Oosthoek

Zoomer Magazine

Pain Point: Women expect blessed relief from both hot flashes and migraines after menopause but, while the heat may be dialed down, the headaches never end for one-third of women

Zoomer Asks Canadian Experts to Share Their Latest Research Into Healthy Aging

Great Lakes Now

Lake Superior Winter: Researchers belatedly turn their eyes to the impact of warming winters

Summertime Spike: Great Lakes parks a source of balm and vexation for many during COVID-19

Weed in the Water: How does cannabis use affect our freshwater ecosystems?

Healthy Debate

Cheering from afar: Study illustrates public’s concerns over contact with healthcare workers

Bored? Then pay attention to this research

Preventing a second wave is dirty work: COVID and wastewater

New Scientist

Bats to the wall: Can a bizarre treatment halt the disease wiping out North America’s bats?

Global browning: Why the world’s fresh water is getting murkier

Canadian Geographic

Game of thrones: As the climate in Canada’s Far North changes, polar bears are being affected. One impact – the increasing presence of killer whales in Arctic waters – may just unseat the King of the North.

A glacier’s pace: How much do glaciers contribute to rising sea levels?

Science News for Students

Warning! Junk foods can harm a teen’s brain. Though hard to resist, these foods pose risks to learning and mental health

Changing climates can take cooling tips from warm regions. Tropical architecture and building strategies can help more cities feeling the heat

Maclean’s magazine

Small world: The hot field of the microbiome. Ever since the discovery that bacteria can be good for us, there’s been a race to get into the lab

Bright Idea: Touchscreen chamber for mice, complete with milkshake: A chamber that completely changes the way cognitive tests are performed on animals

Chemical Institute of Canada News

Mapping metals in feathers: Researchers shine a (very) bright light on duck feathers, revealing a sensitive technique for environmental monitoring.

Medical masks that kill the COVID-19 virus

Chemical & Engineering News

Canada’s ‘brain gain’ U.S. and U.K. political climates are driving scholars to take research chairs at Canadian universities

Meet Mario Pinto, The Chemist Who Runs Canada’s Science Agency

The Globe and Mail

Intestinal parasites may help the immune system, researchers say

The Sound and the fury: Why mapping the seabed of Lancaster Sound has the Arctic in an uproar

Canadian Wildlife magazine

Caribou on the brink: Once unimaginably abundant, this “umbrella species” is at tremendous risk. What we do now and for the next few years will either save or doom this extraordinary creature

Hakai magazine

Marsh on the move: Maryland’s coastal marsh is migrating inland—and land managers are trying to clear the way

Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

Gut feeling: How intestinal bacteria may influence our mood

Cities causing genetic changes in plants, animals