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Trips and exciting discoveries are on the agenda at our science museums. So many opportunities for young and old to take advantage of the sunny days to stock up on knowledge.
“Red 2100”
In the sights of several space programs, Mars has always amazed human beings. Some – Elon Musk, not to mention him – even present our neighbor as a serious plan B for humanity. But what will the first steps of man and woman on the red planet really look like? The new exhibition at the Montreal Planetarium aims to answer the question that everyone is asking today by projecting ourselves into 2100 to take us on an odyssey where science and imagination collide in a fascinating big bang.
A course, developed in collaboration with Cirque Éloize, invites visitors to fly into the cosmos to discover the fictional base of Olympus and the various questions linked to the old fantasy of the colonization of Mars. Montreal aerospace engineer Farah Alibay also contributed to the creation of the activity, notably by honoring women astronauts and scientists who have made major advances in the history of interplanetary exploration.
“Banquet”
A different type of immersive experience awaits us this summer at the Montreal Science Center. As its name suggests, Banquet invites you to move from the stove to the table to familiarize yourself with the science of gastronomy and the culinary arts. What are the chemical characteristics of the ingredients that give dishes their flavor? What causes our brain to like one food and reject another? Science often adds its grain of salt to cooking, as shown in this fun and friendly exhibition. It invites young and old to get their hands dirty, try new mixtures and explore flavors and perfumes. From May 16.
” Eat ! The exhibition that nourishes »
In Laval, the Armand-Frappier Health Museum also aims to make our mouths water with this enticing exhibition dealing with the link between food and well-being. The nutritionist and author of Don’t swallow everything you’re told Bernard Lavallée brought his expertise to raise awareness among parents and children of the importance of eating well. And this, for the body as for the planet, with the development of sustainable food. A workshop also offers the possibility of handling real scientific tools to reproduce the stages of digestion in the laboratory.
” Oh shit ! Let’s rethink human waste »
In Ottawa, the Canada Science and Technology Museum opens its doors to the event exhibition which was a huge success at the Musée de la civilization in 2021. Winner of several awards, including the Excellence Award from the Société des musées du Quebec in 2022, the installation takes a fun and daring look at the treatment of human waste. A question that we too often ignore (out of modesty?), even though it involves major challenges on a global scale concerning sustainability, sanitation or greenhouse gas emissions.
“The techno vegetable garden”
What could our gardens of tomorrow look like? To find out, go to the Montreal Science Center, which has chosen to imagine the vegetable garden of the future in an urban environment. The experiment, to be carried out outdoors, aims to measure the effects of technology on the development of urban agriculture. Or how to better grow fruit and vegetables in the heart of the city?
As in many fields, artificial intelligence is called upon to play an essential role here. The Science Center therefore invites you to get to know the automated SERV-EAU system, which is used to save water used in the vegetable garden. The experience, fertile in discoveries, also sheds light on other techniques, such as hydroponics, which allows plants to be grown without soil. From 1er June.
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