3 choses à savoir sur les bois de cerf, ce qu’il ne faut pas jeter dans les toilettes et la pluie d’électrons

December 3, 2024 Ingenium (Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation) General Science

Pour l'édition de décembre, découvrez ce que les bois peuvent nous apprendre sur les rennes du Père Noël, ce que vous ne devriez pas jeter dans vos toilettes, et comment la foudre sur Terre peut provoquer une pluie d'électrons dans l'espace.

What does good writing advice look like?

December 3, 2024 Stephen Heard Biology and Life Sciences, General Science

“Writing Advice is a Lie”, opines Henry Oliver on Substack, with an argument that writers (of fiction mostly, I think?) should ignore all the writing advice that surrounds them on the grounds that “Almost all of it is wrong. Flat wrong. Plain wrong. Waste-of-time wrong”. As you can imagine, this took me a little bit...

Tracker Trouble: A Tale of Turkey Vulture Tenacity

December 2, 2024 Science Borealis General Science

Over the next few weeks, Science Borealis is excited to feature a series of stories developed for a story-telling event held at the joint conference of the Society of Canadian Ornithologists, Association of Field Ornithology, and Wilson Ornithological Society in July 2024. These stories were prepared with the help of Borealis Blog editors and polished...

Trolley problems in scientific writing

November 26, 2024 Stephen Heard Biology and Life Sciences, General Science

Last week I wrote about the impossibility of deciding on the single best way to write anything – because readers differ, and what works well for one reader will work poorly for another. (Don’t panic, this isn’t a completely nihilistic position. There’s definitely bad, good, and better writing; there just isn’t best.) There’s an interesting...

Lay Science Writing Competition 2024: Research ensures innovation and safety go hand in hand for stem cell transplantation

November 21, 2024 Jenny Ryan Biology and Life Sciences, General Science, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science

Lay Science Writing Competition 2024: Research ensures innovation and safety go hand in hand for stem cell transplantation Transplantation Organs and Tissues Plasma Stem Cells Transfusion Blood Thursday, November 21, 2024 Drs. Chaahat Singh & Giorgia Caspani Our partnership with the Centre for Blood Research (CBR) at the University of British Columbia is helping to...

There Will Be Blood… So Can We Be Safer?

November 21, 2024 Research2Reality Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

A breakthrough coating can help mitigate the risks that come from blood-contacting medical devices such as catheters and stents. Get the full story There Will Be Blood… So Can We Be Safer?

How genomics could help protect B.C.’s redcedars

November 19, 2024 UBC Faculty of Science General Science

Western redcedar (Thuja plicata) is found from northern California to Haida Gwaii. The trees can live more than 1,000 years, but are increasingly under threat from climate change. Photo: istock/Dave Hutchison Photography.A collaboration among UBC, the B.C. Ministry of Forests and industry uses targeted genome sequencing to produce resilient western redcedar seedlingsBy Geoff GilliardThere is a...

There’s no best way to write something

November 19, 2024 Stephen Heard Biology and Life Sciences, General Science

What’s the best way to write your next paper – or, to ask a simpler question, the best way to construct your title, write the opening sentence of your Introduction, or plot the pivotal data set? The bad news is that there isn’t a best way. The good news is exactly the same. When I...

Definitely Not What You Want to Hear in the ER

November 19, 2024 Research2Reality Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

For a worryingly high number of Canadians, visits to the emergency room are linked to as-yet-undiagnosed cancer. Get the full story Definitely Not What You Want to Hear in the ER

‘Don’t Be Afraid to Try Many Different Things’

November 18, 2024 Research2Reality Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Her love of science began in childhood as a research study patient and has taken a winding and rewarding road since then. Get the full story ‘Don’t Be Afraid to Try Many Different Things’

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3 choses à savoir sur les bois de cerf, ce qu’il ne faut pas jeter dans les toilettes et la pluie d’électrons

What does good writing advice look like?

Tracker Trouble: A Tale of Turkey Vulture Tenacity

Trolley problems in scientific writing

Lay Science Writing Competition 2024: Research ensures innovation and safety go hand in hand for stem cell transplantation

There Will Be Blood… So Can We Be Safer?

How genomics could help protect B.C.’s redcedars

There’s no best way to write something

Definitely Not What You Want to Hear in the ER

‘Don’t Be Afraid to Try Many Different Things’

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