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  • Orange is the new aphrodisiac—for guppies

    Orange is the new aphrodisiac—for guppies

    A new UBC study reveals that the brighter the orange on a male guppy, the more virile it is, solving a long-standing evolutionary puzzle about their flashy colours.

  • Astronomers double the number of repeating cosmic probes

    Astronomers double the number of repeating cosmic probes

    A Canadian-led research team has doubled the number of repeating fast radio bursts, adding 25 new ‘cosmic probes’.

  • Innovative treatment targets blood clots without increased bleeding risk

    Innovative treatment targets blood clots without increased bleeding risk

    Safer and more effective blood thinners could be on the way following a groundbreaking discovery by researchers at UBC and the University of Michigan, published today in Nature Communications.

  • UBC’s “Great Shuffle” sees thousands of students’ rooms cleaned in just seven days

    UBC’s “Great Shuffle” sees thousands of students’ rooms cleaned in just seven days

    An inside look at UBC's Student Housing and Community Services' annual task of shifting students into and out of residence units and all the work that goes into it.

  • German president’s visit to UBC highlights clean energy and climate change solutions

    German president’s visit to UBC highlights clean energy and climate change solutions

    The University of British Columbia today hosted Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the president of Germany, as part of his first state visit to Canada.

  • UBC scholar combats climate change with happiness

    UBC scholar combats climate change with happiness

    The prevailing narrative on the climate crisis—and how to address it—is at best bewildering and at worst downright depressing. We’re told we face a doom-and-gloom scenario, and the only way to solve it is to give up simple pleasures and conveniences.

  • Spiritual connection with nature transcends politics, religion

    Spiritual connection with nature transcends politics, religion

    Have you ever felt awestruck by a towering evergreen, waves crashing against rocks, or the vastness of a desert canyon? You're not alone. Across time and cultures, humans have felt a spiritual connection with nature.

  • Come for the selfie, stay for the sustainability

    Come for the selfie, stay for the sustainability

    UBC students built a hempcrete building that is one of the first ‘carbon-minimal’ institutional buildings in Canada. Bonus – it’s Instagram worthy

  • UBC student cycling across Bangladesh to raise awareness of climate change impacts

    UBC student cycling across Bangladesh to raise awareness of climate change impacts

    UBC student Abul Bashar Rahman is preparing for an epic bike ride across Bangladesh to produce a documentary about how those most vulnerable to climate change in the country are experiencing and preparing for its impacts.

  • Simulating underwater eruptions reveals clues to hazards, including ‘surfing hot rock avalanches’

    Simulating underwater eruptions reveals clues to hazards, including ‘surfing hot rock avalanches’

    New research into volcanic eruptions could help predict their hazards, including tsunamis and surfing hot rock avalanches.

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