Storytelling and memory keeping as climate change activism
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April 3 2023 Local Earth prefers to serve life in XXS and XXL sizes: UBC research
The smallest and largest organisms significantly outweigh all other organisms, says Eden Tekwa, PhD. | Illustration by Sylvia Heredia
Life comes in all shapes and sizes, but some sizes are more …
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March 20 2023 Local The world over, children’s education becoming more closely tied to their mother’s
Mother still knows best. A recent study published in Human Nature Behavior has found that a mother’s educational status – the highest level of education that she has attained – plays an …
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March 20 2023 Local Towards a greener future?
In today’s economic climate, cities represent the conjunction between technological evolution and society’s past – they provide a platform for which people, goods and profit can meet. …
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March 6 2023 Local Local scientists win the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
Rashid Sumaila, PhD, and Daniel Pauly, PhD, both of the University of British Columbia (UBC)’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, have been named 50th laureates of the Tyler Prize, an …
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February 20 2023 Local Have an accent, will speak
“Have you ever felt nervous about speaking to someone or out loud in a classroom because of your accent? I have, and I still do. All the time. This annoying feeling has a name: it is called …
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February 6 2023 Local Historical Linguistics and second language acquisition
Learning a new language can be a daunting task for many, but a recent study by University of British Columbia (UBC) English professor James Stratton, suggests that understanding language history may…
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January 23 2023 Local Indigenous leadership and knowledge essential to biodiversity protection
I grew up in Peru, and often visited my grandparents in the Andes mountains. My grandmother was a wise woman. She didn’t know how to read or write, but she was rich with traditional knowledge. We…
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January 9 2023 Local Who cares about the environment? Meet five ‘eco-types’
There is little doubt that society is politically polarized over many dimensions of environmental protection.
There has been a widening gap in recent years between conservative and liberal voter …
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December 5 2022 Local Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Bias, and Ethics
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly touching every facet of our society, including transportation, the stock market, dating, and health care (where I focus my work).
As AI makes its way …