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Ara Norenzayan, a social psychologist, studies what causes people to commit good or evil in the name of God – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | […]

In the News

UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 1 | Jan. 4, 2007 Highlights of UBC Media Coverage in November / December 2006 Compiled by Basil Waugh State-Subsidized Destruction at Sea, […]

A Boom in Aging Research

UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 1 | Jan. 4, 2007 By Colin Reid, Assist. Prof. Health Studies, UBC Okanagan, and co-leader of the B.C. Network for Aging Research […]

Assessing Animal Emotions

UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 1 | Jan. 4, 2007 By Assoc. Prof. Dan Weary UBC Animal Welfare Program, Faculty of Land and Food Systems Concerns about the […]

Finding the Treatment, and Possibly Cure, for Diabetes in the Human Gut

UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 1 | Jan. 4, 2007 By Timothy Kieffer Assoc. Professor of Cellular and Physiological Sciences Diabetes threatens to become a global health crisis. […]

A Scientific System that Shuts Down New Diseases Fast

The SARS outbreak taught scientists new ways to respond to global health threats – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 1 | Jan. 4, 2007 […]

Disease Diagnosis and Therapy Customized to Each Person’s Genetic Make-up

UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 1 | Jan. 4, 2007 By Prof. Ronald Reid Chair, Division of Biomolecular and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Personalized medicine based […]

A New Science of Faith; Busting the Secularization Myth

Ara Norenzayan, a social psychologist, studies what causes people to commit good or evil in the name of God – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | […]

Back to the Future: Substituting Wood for Oil with the “Forest Biorefinery”

Forestry Dean Jack Saddler forecasts a seismic charge in agricultural and forest industries – photo by Darin Dueck UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 1 | Jan. 4, 2007 […]

Alternative Existence in Parallel Worlds

Through their avatars, visitors to Second Life can get down and boogie at their favourite club – © 2006, Linden Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved UBC Reports | Vol. 53 […]

Grappling with the Moral Dimensions of Advances in Assisted Reproduction

Prof. Judith Daniluk – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 1 | Jan. 4, 2007 By Prof. Judith Daniluk Dept. of Education and Counselling Psychology […]

Segways for Disabled People

Asst. Prof. Bonita Sawatzky shows how a Segway allows a disabled person to stand tall while getting around – photo courtesy of Bonita Sawatzky UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | […]

Viral Videos, or Global Mobilization?

Gisèle Baxter asks whether all our instant communication will lead to greater splintering or more cohesion – or both? – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | […]

New Land Use Restrictions to Protect Water Security

UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 1 | Jan. 4, 2007 By Assoc. Prof. Karen Bakker Dept. of Geography, Faculty of Arts Director, Program on Water Governance, Institute for […]