Graduate School is about more than just research. It's about friends, adventures and awe. All of us got into planetary science for a reaso...

Today, we welcome a new MSc student to the group, Jack Mitchell. He joins us from Perdue University by way of the Utah Conservation Corps....

The moon landing was faked on a soundstage (in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis in 1902)!

Ahh, remote fieldwork! Though we are not a field-focused group, we have participated in several campaigns over the years (mostly to the Cana...

Podcast Episode · Popcorn Science Podcast · September 13 · 1h

As part of our work under my Early Career Researcher Award grant from the Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science, we have ...

Estimating the Depth at Which UV Irradiation Suppresses Methanogenic Activity in the Martian Subsurface, Marincic, I. K., Moores, J. E.

If you decide to listen, then you gotta just get on with it. Sit back, enjoy the ride. You gotta plant both your feet on the ground and start livin' life.

In a way there were two firsts at this conference. Not only was it Ella's first major international conference (she had previously presented...

This week, our newly minted Doctor Innanen presents an essay in defence of the generalist. Once upon a time, all scientists were generalists...

The motto of my favorite journal brand, Leuchtterm1917, is "Denken mit der hand" or thinking with the hand. I'm not the only member of my gr...

You will never have to consume this podcast. Not unless you want to, which we assume is unlikely.

Give us some words of encouragement because you are in for an episode which will amaze amaze amaze you so much that you'll want to fist my bump!

We don't want to come off as arrogant here, but Catherine and John are the greatest scientists on this podcast.

It's not easy being a cast-iron bitch. It takes discipline, and years of training... A lot of people don't appreciate that.

I know this sounds crazy, but ever since yesterday on the road, Catherine and John have been seeing this shape. Shaving cream, pillows... This means something. This is important.

Wrecking things is what Earthers do best.

God creates dinosaurs, God destroys dinosaurs. God creates Man, Man destroys God. Man creates podcasts. Dinosaurs eat man, woman inherits the Earth.

Podcast Episode · Popcorn Science Podcast · April 5 · 1h 2m

Y'know we've got a show to run here, and it must pop POP POP!

It's an adjustment, starting grad school. Even if you've already done research work, becoming a teaching assistant, taking on more respons...

Hi, Bob!

Popcorn Science is a podcast that takes a critical look at the science portrayed in our favourite movies and television shows.

This week, PhD student Diana Hayes takes a look at how we communicate with spacecraft dispersed throughout the solar system. Given the numbe...

One of the best parts about being an advisor is that you get to see moments of growth in your trainees. Not only is is satisfying to see t...

Writing is a key part of being a researcher of any kind. It's not enough to do the work, take the data or make the discovery. It's not scien...

Public speaking: it's a critical part of communicating your science. But, apocryphally, most people would rather do almost anything else, ev...

It's an interesting exercise to look back from time to time. Can you make out the pathway that brought you to where you are today? No matter...

We investigate the possibility of detecting airbursts in Titan’s atmosphere by considering their burst characteristics (height and energy release) and…

Ahh, summertime! You'd be surprised by the number of people who think us academics just get four months of vacation. Instead, it's the busi...