The Science Brief

Join us in the Science Briefing room for Episode 7 where we learn all about the science & art of brewing beer! We are on site at Alley Kat Brewing to learn from Brewmasters Chase and Morgan. Chase is the Production Manager at Alley Kat Brewing in Edmonton. He has a degree in Chemistry and Diploma in Brewing from the Institute of Brewing and Distilling. He’s coming up on 15 ye

Join us in the Science Briefing room for Episode 6 where we learn about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope! It’s been more than 50 years since the first man landed on the moon and human beings started exploring the wonders of space. Since then probes, space stations, and satellites have been sent to space in an attempt to learn more about stars, galaxies, and our universe's origin

Join us in the Science Briefing room for Episode 5 where we investigate what killed the dinosaurs! On this episode we'll take you back to 66 million years ago during the mass extinction that ended the dinosaurs! We'll go through a few dismissed theories as well as get into the evidence surrounding the asteroid theory. We'll touch on some interesting dinosaur facts and some cool new

Join us in the briefing room for Episode 4: Podcast swap ft Quarks and Quarter Notes! We teamed up with John Henry and Tyler Haley from Quarks and Quarter Notes to discuss all things science, music, and philosophy. We touch on everything from the science of music and musical ability all the way to black holes and theories of physics. Join us to learn more about this awesome podcast

Join us in the Science Briefing room for The Science of Consciousness Part 2! In our third episode we chat with world renowned expert Dr. Adrian Owen, a professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Brain and Mind Institute at University of Western Ontario. We discuss his touching journey working with patients who have sustained brain injuries that result in disorders of consciousness

Join us in the Science Briefing room! For our second episode we discuss the science of consciousness. Have you ever wondered where your feelings come from and what the source of consciousness is? Are bacteria and animals conscious like us? Neuroscientist Dr. Larissa Albantakis joins us on this episode to talk about the source of consciousness and theories behind it. Dr. Albantakis

Join us in the Science Briefing room! For our first episode we discuss the science of aging. Can we potentially stop aging and stay young forever? Joining us is expert scientist Dr. Nir Barzilai who will tell us about some of his exciting research and how we can potentially live longer, healthier lives. Dr. Barzilai is a chaired Professor of Medicine and Genetics, and the Director