Science Teasers

Editor's Note:

Media Tips on government science:

Science and Technology Week, 1998, begins October 16. To highlight science in government, these story ideas were compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Fisheries and Oceans, Natural Resources Canada and Environment Canada.

October 8, 1998

• Do fungi put the blue in blueberry?
• Explonet
• Y2K mission control
• Studying polynyas
• Aquifers

October 15, 1998

• Keeping phosphorus out of trouble
• Counting trees with flying colours
• Early birds
• Can colour prevent cancer?
• Charting the waters

October 21, 1998

• Growing fish
• Storing carbon in the soil
• Balloon research
• 'Green buildings'....not just a paint colour

June 1999

• Protecting the bottlenose whale
• Eastern Massasauga Rattler - species-at-risk
• Keeping out unwanted visitors
• Is our genetic heritage important?