Ivan Semeniuk @ivansemeniuk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...theglobeandmail.comMeet MOTHRA, the thousand-eyed telescope in search of the cosmic webA telescope array under construction in Chile aims to find the filaments that tie our universe together 010
Ivan Semeniuk @ivansemeniuk.bsky.social · 24/11/2025www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...theglobeandmail.comIs this the moment Canada gets serious about science and the economy?The federal budget includes $1.7-billion to attract international researchers and support Canadian R&D and IP protections 030
Ivan Semeniuk @ivansemeniuk.bsky.social · 30/10/2025University of Alberta’s David Wishart wins top Canadian science prize 011
Ivan Semeniuk @ivansemeniuk.bsky.social · 28/10/2025www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...theglobeandmail.comHow ‘Frosty,’ a rhino fossil dug up in Nunavut, complicates the story of how mammals roamed the EarthResearchers, comparing bones from Canada’s High Arctic with European species, rethink how prehistoric life went from continent to continent 020
Ivan Semeniuk @ivansemeniuk.bsky.social · 23/10/2025www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...theglobeandmail.comNeutrino results offer possible clue as to why matter existsTwo research teams that study neutrinos, the featherweights of the particle world, published their results in Nature this week 020
Ivan Semeniuk @ivansemeniuk.bsky.social · 11/09/2025www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...theglobeandmail.comClearest signal yet rattles gravitational wave detector at risk from Trump budget cutSignal confirms Einstein’s theory of general relativity 020
Ivan Semeniuk @ivansemeniuk.bsky.social · 20/08/2025www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...theglobeandmail.comUBC experiment aims to reignite cold fusion nuclear questScientists are split on the significance of the Thunderbird reactor, the first verified case of electrochemically enhanced nuclear fusion 030
Ivan Semeniuk @ivansemeniuk.bsky.social · 15/08/2025For years, the notion that Canada should develop its own domestic space launch capability has been met with "we don't do that here." Today a group of Concordia engineering students came closer than anyone else this century to proving the naysayers wrong. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...theglobeandmail.comConcordia University student rocket makes history but falls short of reaching spaceStarsailor marks first ever student-led launch to receive approval from Transport Canada and first attempted space launch in country since 1998 030
Ivan Semeniuk @ivansemeniuk.bsky.social · 09/12/2024www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...theglobeandmail.comFor Canada, science and the world, AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton’s Nobel moment signals a pivotal shiftFor the first time, four Nobel laureates, including Canada’s Geoffrey Hinton, are being honoured for work directly related to artificial intelligence. If anyone still needed a sign that AI has arrived... 072
Ivan Semeniuk @ivansemeniuk.bsky.social · 22/11/2024I wrote this story back when the Canadian Science Policy Conference turned 10. Now the meeting is 16 and just as necessary and important a forum as ever. #CSPC2024 www.theglobeandmail.com/business/tec...theglobeandmail.comMarrying science and politics: The Canadian conference where politicos and researchers swap ideasA decade ago, the conference’s creator, Mehrdad Hariri, first began dreaming of a public forum in Canada where scientists and policy-makers could meet 0122