STEMPowerment Blogs
Physics of Free Kicks
By Sophia Eiley Many of the extraordinary goals in football history — from the likes of our idols such as Messi, Ronaldo and DeBruyne, as well as Roboerto Carlos' banana swerve screamer in the France 1997 world cup — are owed to physics. Source:...
The Biological Perspective of ADHD
By Khushi Vora As of 2018, roughly 1.1 million Canadians are affected by attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). ADHD does not discriminate between gender, ethnicity, race, or age and can affect all aspects of an individual's life. It has been found...
The Wakefields Studies Part 1: How One Paper Created the Discourse Surrounding Vaccinations Today
By Naima Samale In 1998, a group of researchers, headed by Andrew Wakefield, produced a groundbreaking study in the journal, the Lancet. The team of 13 researchers produced the hypothesis that the MMR vaccine (measles, mumps and rubella) that was being...
What Is Zero? And Why Can’t We Divide by It?
By Farah Elgaweesh The Story about Zero Aristotle didn’t have it, neither did Pythagoras or Euclid from ancient Greece: I’m talking about ‘ZERO’. Although it may sound like nothing, it is in reality...
Model Organisms: What Are They and Why Are They Relevant?
By Sara McPherson Genetics is the study of traits that are passed down from generation to generation. These traits can include physical traits such as hair colour and height or may involve less understood...
Does Watching Youtube Make You Smarter?
By Rosemary Gong A moment many of us know all too well is opening Youtube to watch just one video… then another, and another… until far-too-many-videos-in, we finally manage to turn our phones off,...
All About Public Health! Part 2: How Do I Become a Public Health Professional?
By Edris F. Image Source: news.yahoo.com Careers in Public Health and Educational Requirements In Part 1 of this article series, we learned about what public health means in the context of COVID-19, but also in a...
All About Public Health! Part 1: What is Public Health?
By Edris F. What is public health? During the COVID-19 pandemic, you may have heard the phrase “public health” being used quite often on the news, social media, or even at school. But what exactly is public...
CEGEP 101: A Look Into STEM Student Life in Quebec
By Angela Zhu Canada is a country that embraces different cultures and applies various education systems among its 10 provinces and 3 territories. In the province of Québec, where I live, the education system is...
The Biological Perspective of Anxiety
By Khushi Vora What is anxiety? Anxiety Disorder is characterized as an emotional response to fear, danger, or stress that is triggered by various external circumstances or internal intrusive thoughts. It...