RT @vancbcmcarthur: It's hard to make out but that's a baby duck covered in oil at Sunset Beach #VanFuelSpill #cbc pic.twitter.com/1KpurqMUi8 — Living Oceans (@living_oceans) April 10, 2015 Vancouverites woke up yesterday morning to news that their beautiful beaches were under threat from an oil spill in...
This week, the University of British Columbia is hosting the Seventh International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses at its downtown Vancouver campus in Robson Square. This year’s conference, presented in collaboration with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, draws together experts and researchers from the climate change knowledge community. They will be discussing 2015’s special focus: "Whose climate? Negotiating the governance of environmental change."
Peanut butter for non-allergic babies may reduce later allergies: http://t.co/6ZWc1ItSnD #BehindTheHeadlines pic.twitter.com/WOJzabsYWS — NHS Choices (@NHSChoices) February 25, 2015 How do I know it’s OK? This often goes through my mind when I’m writing about science. The mere fact that I’m a scientist doesn’t give me authority...
Sometimes, the best valentines are those that arrive late, long after the roses have withered and the chocolates have been consumed. At around the same time that I started high school, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft blasted off on its journey to the outer planets. Thirteen years...
Conferences are great places to hang out if you're a scientist. The buzz of knowledge fills the air, and it’s often the only chance you get to brainstorm with like-minded enthusiasts in your field. By the end of the conference, you are high on knowledge...