Mental Health Initiatives That Work For Everyone

November 8, 2019 Research2Reality Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Investing in employees' mental well-being pays off not just for those employees, but for the whole company through regained productivity. Get the full story Mental Health Initiatives That Work For Everyone

Journey to the ‘Epicentre of Global Climate Change’

November 7, 2019 Research2Reality Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

MOSAiC, the largest polar expedition in history, is heading to the Arctic Ocean to hopefully help us save ourselves from climate change. Get the full story Journey to the ‘Epicentre of Global Climate Change’

Pythagore et son école

November 7, 2019 Yvan Dutil General Science, Physics and Astronomy, Policy and Politics

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Why We Give: The Virani Family Story

November 7, 2019 Various Science World bloggers General Science

Why We Give: The Virani Family StoryThursday, November 7, 2019 - 12:00amIn 1972, Ugandan dictator Idi Amin expelled 60,000 people of South Asian descent from Uganda.Read more

Demystifying Fake News in Class

November 6, 2019 Yvan Dutil General Science, Physics and Astronomy, Policy and Politics

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Researchers Call BS on the EMB Theory

November 6, 2019 Research2Reality Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

The Extreme Male Brain theory is the latest to gain traction as an explanation for autism, but new research is raising some serious doubts. Get the full story Researchers Call BS on the EMB Theory

L’humain découvre la grammaire de base de son système nerveux

November 5, 2019 Yvan Dutil General Science, Physics and Astronomy, Policy and Politics

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Covered in jellyfish slime, and couldn’t be happier

November 5, 2019 UBC Faculty of Science General Science

Moon jellyfish can be recognized by their four horseshoe-shaped gonads and small tentacles. Photo: istock.Jessica Schaub’s fascination with marine life started with The Little Mermaid and two small aquariums. Now, her research on jellyfish could inform global ocean ecosystem conservation.By Jessica Schaub, Master of Science in Oceanography student at the University of British Columbia, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab.Imagine you’re standing on a boat in northern British Columbia, with cedars along the shoreline and an emerald green ocean…

My worst writing atrocity

November 5, 2019 Stephen Heard Biology and Life Sciences, General Science

Image: “It was a dark and stormy night…”, from Edward George Bulwer-Lytton’s novel Paul Clifford (1830). Check out similarly wretched prose at the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. I’ve been prepping recently for two different writing workshops: one on my home campus, and another half-way across the continent at the University of Wyoming. A funny thing happens […]

This Team’s Looking Out for Everybody’s Health

November 5, 2019 Research2Reality Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Researchers at the Population Health Analytics Laboratory use data to find disparities in wellness within a population, as well as solutions. Get the full story This Team’s Looking Out for Everybody’s Health

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