EfstonScience Blogs

EfstonScience shares fun, cool and fascinating bits of science and astronomy news on our Telescopes.ca and General Science Blogs. We also keep our eSolar customers up-to-date on the latest in Green Power and the OPA’s microFIT program.

8 star parties you haven’t heard of (but should)

Posted: April 12, 2012 at 7:22 am

- posted by Peter McMahon
If you’re from the Toronto area or even elsewhere in Ontario and have been to a …

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“It seemed like a good idea…” fumbles and failures of science

Posted: April 5, 2012 at 6:09 am

posted by Peter McMahon
Scientists often learn much more by failing than succeeding. (My colleague Jay Ingram once told me he …

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Top 12 science hoaxes in 2012 (no joke!)

Posted: March 29, 2012 at 7:32 pm

As April Fools’ 2012 approaches, we thought it would be interesting to take a look at some of the most …

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Coolest medical robots in use in 2012

Posted: March 21, 2012 at 1:09 am

posted by Peter McMahon
For the last 10 weeks, I’ve been giving a general-interest science lecture – from the perspective of …

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Dark sky spotlight: Bruce Peninsula

Posted: March 18, 2012 at 10:54 pm

posted by Peter McMahon
Over the last few months, I’ve been telling anyone who will listen about the world-class “astronomy parks” …

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