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Haunted Montreal Blog #90 – City of Montreal Archives

A massive vault sits below Montreal's City Hall and some historians say it is haunted. The sealed chamber is located under the front of City Hall, between its foundations, the sidewalks of Gosford and Notre-Dame streets and the eastern side of Place Vauquelin. The eastern portion of the vault was constructed from 1919-1921 and the western part in 1952. Its purpose is to house and protect the valuable Archives of the metropolis.

Haunted Montreal Blog #82 – The Haunted Cross on the Mountain

Haunted Montreal Blog #82 – The Haunted Cross on the Mountain
The Mount Royal Cross is one of Montreal’s most iconic symbols. Perched high on the mountain and standing at 98-feet high, when it is lit up at night it can be seen from up to eighty kilometers away. Rooted in deep the city’s colonial history, to many Indigenous people the cross symbolizes genocide. Because the mountain was used as a burial ground for millennia by the Mohawk and other First Nations, some feel that the Mount Royal Cross desecrates this sacred place.

Haunted Montreal Blog #86 – Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal

Haunted Montreal Blog #86 – Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal
They claimed that he ran about the hospital at night with a big candle in his hand. The demon was seen dashing from window to window, frightening passers-by on Saint-Paul Street. The demon also raised a horrible racket by throwing piles of building materials down the stairs into the cellar. Sometimes he could be heard working all night long with an axe and saw, as though he was a carpenter.

Haunted Montreal Blog #84 – Haunted Old Tourist Rooms

Haunted Montreal Blog #84 – Haunted Old Tourist Rooms
An old hotel sits in the heart of the Quartier des Spectacles and it is rumoured to be haunted. Built in the 1870s, it was originally named the Bolero Tourist Rooms. The establishment had a long history of catering to the seedy characters of Montreal’s old Red Light District. During that era, the hotel rented the rooms by the hour and the alleged hauntings may be related to the sordid history of the building.

Haunted Montreal Blog #89 – Place Viger

Haunted Montreal Blog #89 – Place Viger
Despite the new plans to revitalize Place Viger and its environs, there are constant rumors that the building is haunted. There is speculation that the ghostly activity is likely related to a string of tragedies in the hotel’s history. One report of a paranormal encounter at Place Viger dates back to July 31st, 2011. A tourist from Washington DC named Amy "Citizen of the World" C visited

Haunted Montreal Blog #81 – Fort de la Montagne

Haunted Montreal Blog #81 – Fort de la Montagne
Lurking behind stone walls on Sherbrooke Street stand two old towers that are reputed to be haunted. As some of the oldest intact structures in the City of Montreal, these fortifications have a deranged history. Designed as the first Residential School in what is now modern-day Canada, the towers actually feature gun-ports. This military architecture was designed to repel anyone – at gunpoint – who might dare to interfere with the “instruction” happening within the fortified “school”.

Haunted Montreal Blog #87 – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Montreal

Haunted Montreal Blog #87 – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Montreal
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes, has a special relationship with Montreal - and its paranormal phenomena! Born in 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle led a remarkable life. Both a physician and prolific writer, he is best known for the 60 stories he wrote about detective Sherlock Holmes. However, his body of work also includes nearly 200 novels, short stories, poems, historical books and pamphlets. He also wrote ghost stories

Explainer: Potential and kinetic energy

Explainer: Potential and kinetic energy
Kinetic energy relies on an item's movement; possible energy rests on its position. The relationship between the two beings in a special equilibrium. That pull stores power-- potential power-- in the band. In this video, view how physics is turned right into fun on roller coasters as possible power obtains transformed to kinetic power and also back again-- over and also over. Halfway to the ground, fifty percent of that melon's potential energy has actually come to be kinetic energy. On its method to the ground, all of the watermelon's possible energy will convert to kinetic power.

Does the dimension of a parachute issue?

Does the dimension of a parachute issue?
How does a parachute job? Do larger parachutes function much better than smaller parachutes? Discover in this science project whether the size of the parachute issues. Will the big parachutes fall much more slowly than the tiny parachutes? Your parachutes must now look like one of the parachutes in Figure 4 listed below. If the base of the parachute does not stay at the bottom as it drops, you can attempt utilizing more washers or dimes for each parachute. What does this tell you about the connection in between the surface location of the parachute and also just how long it takes the parachute to get to the ground? Do larger parachutes function better than smaller parachutes?

Let’s learn more about Neandertals

Neandertals are an extinct types carefully related to contemporary people. They made tools as well as jewelry, controlled fires and took care of their sick. Neandertals were part of the very same genus as modern-day humans. As a result, Neandertal DNA makes up a couple of percent of the hereditary product in lots of contemporary people. We've got some stories to get you started:

Neandertals were a whole lot like our human forefathers From toolmaking to healthcare, brand-new research discovers that Neandertals shared many cultural as well as social resemblances with our human forefathers. Scientist role-played as Neandertals to find out just how they pursued birds By claiming to be Neandertals, scientists showed that the old hominids likely had the skills to quest crowlike birds called choughs.

The pandemic prematurely aged teens’ minds

A little research study showed specific structural adjustments that showed up 3 to four years early. Usually, early aging of the mind is not an excellent indication. Currently, a little study discovers that the brains of teens that have been living with all this appearance regarding three years older than expected. She says the new research did not link the mind transforms it discovered to bad mental health and wellness throughout the pandemic. The mind scans revealed that throughout the pandemic, this structural growth had actually sped up in the minds of teens. "this research reveals that the pandemic has had a material impact" on how the minds of teens develop, claims Joan Luby in St. Louis, Mo. Previous research studies have actually shown that violence or oversight can speed up a youngster's brain maturation.

Bumblebees head out of their means to play

Young bumblebees roll wooden rounds and head out of their method to do so. This suggests they play like various other pets do. She found that bees frequently discovered the side areas as well as interacted with the spheres. As with animals, the that played the most were the younger ones. To identify whether the bees discovered round play gratifying, Galpayage Dona set up another experiment. Some bees found balls in the yellow chamber, others in the blue chamber. It's very easy to contrast the ' observed behaviors to play in creatures.