The Right Chemistry: Communication has taken flight since the days of carrier pigeons

By Joe Schwarcz, Special to the Montreal Gazette September 11, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. Our history can be painted with some broad strokes. We had the Ice Age, the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Dark Ages, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Age of Discovery, the Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. Today, we are living in the age of communication.