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From Imposter Syndrome to Expert Grubber

Science Borealis 5 Comments Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education, and Outreach, Environmental and Earth Sciences, General Science, Guest contributors

This December, Science Borealis is excited to feature a series of stories developed for a story-telling event held at the […]

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Precision Health: Using Genomics to Create a Customized Roadmap to your Health

Genome Alberta Biology and Life Sciences
Imagine receiving a custom-tailored roadmap to your health that captures the complexity of your family history, environmental factors, and entire genetic code combined. In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, precision health has emerged as a groundbreaking approach that is making this a reality. This new paradigm departs from a ‘one-size-fits-all’ model by using tools like...

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How Pets Benefit Our Brains with RNZ’s Sunday Morning

Zazie Todd Biology and Life Sciences, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science
I spoke with Jim Mora about how pets can benefit people and other new research on dogs and cats.Photo: Monkey Business Images/ShutterstockBy Zazie Todd PhDI joined Jim Mora on Radio New Zealand's Sunday Morning to talk about some recent news articles that cover research that finds that pets can have benefits for people. Or in...

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Summer URA Position

Dan Gillis Communication, Education and Outreach, Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
If you’re an undergraduate student at the University of Guelph interested in research, you might want to check out this opportunity. Dr. Jarrett Phillips and I are looking for a student to work with us this summer to explore eDNA and data science! Job Title: Mining Association Rules for Environmental DNA (eDNA) Spatiotemporal Sampling JobContinue...

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Having a Reactive Dog is Difficult and Costly, Study Shows

Zazie Todd Biology and Life Sciences, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science
When dogs lunge, bark, and growl at other dogs or people, the dog is having a hard time—and so is their guardian. More awareness is needed.Many people with reactive dogs walk where they won't see anyone else. Photo: Danilo Silveira/ShutterstockBy Zazie Todd PhDIf you’ve never had a reactive dog, you don’t know what it feels...

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200 Years of Dinosaurs

Liz Martin-Silverstone Multimedia
It’s been two centuries since the first dinosaur, Megalosaurus, was named by William Buckland and to commemorate the date, the Natural History Museum hosted ‘200 Years of Dinosaurs: Their Rise, Fall, and Rebirth’. This international conference provides a snapshot of dinosaur research in 2024, demonstrating just how far our understanding of this group has come...

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UBC’s trailblazing biologist, Dr. Gertrude May Smith

UBC Faculty of Science General Science
Dr. Gertrude May Smith in 1926, the year she received her MA in biolology from UBC. Photo: Frederick Louis HackingUBC Science’s first female professor was unceremoniously let go during the Great Depression — but her contributions live on in the Beaty Biodiversity Museum collectionsBy Ildiko SzaboIf you open the Beaty Biodiversity Museum cabinet containing rough-skinned newt specimens, the jar...

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Description and etiology of paleopathological lesions in the type specimen of Parasaurolophus walkeri (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae), with proposed reconstructions of the nuchal ligament

21mediair Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences, General Science
Filippo Bertozzo, Fabio Manucci, Matthew Dempsey, Darren H. Tanke, David C. Evans, Alastair Ruffell, Eileen Murphy, 2020 VIEW ARTICLE The post Description and etiology of paleopathological lesions in the type specimen of Parasaurolophus walkeri (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae), with proposed reconstructions of the nuchal ligament appeared first on Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum.

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