Science & Technology

People dislike AI art because it threatens their humanity: study

The study is the first of its kind to link people’s aversion to AI art with speciesism and anthropocentrism, and their view that digital works threaten “the last fortress of human supremacy arguments, artistic creation.”
You’re reading this because an asteroid killed the dinosaurs, allowing mammals to dominate the Earth. But why?

But just how did we evolve from rat-like creatures running between the feet of dinosaurs to take over their ecological niches? Dr. Kendra Chritz, assistant professor in the UBC department of earth, ocean and atmospheric sciences, aims to find out.
Microplastic pollution: Plants could be the answer

UBC scientists create device that uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water.
Just how smart are ‘trash pandas’? Volunteer your backyard to help scientists find out

This summer, you can turn your backyard into a raccoon IQ test to help researchers figure out just how brainy your average ‘trash panda’ is.
Clearcut logging leads to more frequent flooding, including extreme floods

Loss of forest cover is associated with more frequent extreme flooding, as well as more frequent floods of any size, according to new UBC research.
New algorithm maps safest routes for city drivers

UBC researchers developed a new approach to identify the safest possible route in an urban network using real-time crash risk data, and can be incorporated into navigation apps such as Google Maps.
Star with two faces discovered thousands of light years from Earth

With one side composed fully of hydrogen and the other of helium, the star has been dubbed Janus after the two-faced Roman god of transition, and described in a new study published in Nature today.
The future of drug testing at festivals

UBC researchers are bringing a prototype drug testing robot to Shambhala Music Festival.
Canadian scientists celebrate launch of Euclid satellite

Mission will explore the evolution of the dark Universe.