Physicist Stephen Morris demonstrates his icicle making machine and discusses some of theories of how icicles form.
Producers: Exploration Production Inc.
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Cruise Ship Ocean Lab
In addition to all the fun activities on the Explorer of the Seas, there’s a lot of serious science going on as well.
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Hawaiian Super Sucker
This industrial-sized aquatic vacuum cleaner is used to clean up alien algae in Kaneohe Bay that is endangering the coral reefs.
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Computerized Foosball
Students at the University of Waterloo have developed a computerized system that plays foosball against human opponents.
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Owl Monkeys
A team at the Dumond Conservatory is unraveling the mysteries of the only nocturnal monkey species.
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Penguin Walk
New research shows that a penguin’s walk isn’t as clumsy as we once thought and a team of engineers is trying to build a robot that walks just like them.
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Drugged Fish
Researchers are finding trace amounts of drugs in fish. The drugs are coming from us and are affecting the behaviour of the fish.
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Canada’s Supercomputer
Ziya finds out what makes a certain supercomputer the fastest computer in Canada.