Science | The Walrus

A land rover searches through rocks in a lake.

What Canada’s Rocks Can Tell Us About Extraterrestrial Life

August 21, 2019October 10, 2019 - by Nicole Schmidt

Scientists are studying Ontario limestone to learn about life on Mars

The Physicist Who Thought About God

August 15, 2019August 16, 2019 - by Lee Smolin

David Finkelstein taught the world about black holes

Photograph of camp in the Mackenzie mountain range

Indigenous Knowledge and the Future of Science

August 12, 2019August 13, 2019 - by Jimmy Thomson

Research on First Nation land often exploits the people who live there. What discoveries could come out of true collaboration?

Photography by Eamon Mac Mahon

April 2019 / Science

They’re Small. They’re Spore-y. They’re Yeast. And They Will Change Our World

March 14, 2019July 8, 2019 - by Sarah Musgrave

Only a fraction of the world’s yeast species have been discovered. The ones still out there could revolutionize health care, green energy, and beer

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December 2018 / Science

The Greatest Mathematician You’ve Never Heard Of

November 15, 2018November 14, 2019 - by Viviane Fairbank

Robert Langlands’s work may have no practical applications—and he doesn’t mind at all

Illustration of two pigeons looking at each other.

Can Science Bring Extinct Animals Back to Life?

November 1, 2018November 14, 2019 - by Julia Zarankin

The world’s last passenger pigeon died in 1914. Now a team of scientists wants to resurrect the species

Why Is an Icicle Shaped Like an Icicle?

October 26, 2018November 14, 2019 - by Patchen Barss

One physicist thinks if he can understand the patterns that form on ice, he can understand the universe

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Want to Cure Math Anxiety? Start with a Magic Trick

August 8, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Siobhan Roberts

Manjul Bhargava is among a small group of mathematicians bringing math to the masses

Illustration of a Hand Writing Equations on a Chalkboard

How One Canadian’s Math Could Help Us Understand the Universe

March 21, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Viviane Fairbank

The profound effects of Robert Langlands’s grand unifying theory

The "glove box" of the DEAP-3600 dark matter detector keeps out contaminants.

Searching for the Secrets of the Universe in Sudbury, Ontario

June 27, 2017July 17, 2019 - by Siobhan Roberts

Dark matter has never been observed directly. Canada’s SNOLAB hopes to change that