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BC needs a dedicated species at risk law—one that focuses on recovery

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New analysis of Apollo data shows Moon is tectonically active and shrinking: Smithsonian, UBC researchers

Science Education

Toward a pure aesthetic of teaching

Bacteria + Viruses

Green chemistry, microbial bioremediation projects receive $1.2 million in NSERC funding

Science Education

New free guide aims to improve STEM teaching at universities

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Welcome back! @UBCgarden has donated new adult fish to the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, to replace the koi eaten by an otter. 🐟 #UBC #UBC Computer #Science instructor Elisa Baniassad (BSc 1999), recipient of a Killam Teaching Prize, believes good teaching and good design are alike. Hello, alumni! This is a picture from the Baja California Sea of Cortez Expedition Cruise led by #UBC zoologist Andrew Trites this spring. A living lab: #UBC #Science environmental science students are helping to preserve and showcase biodiversity in our campus water features: https://planning.ubc.ca/vancouver/news-events/newsletter/2019-04-15/ubc-water-feature-teems-aquatic-life #ubcscience #UBC scientist Leonard Foster runs a matchmaking service for bees. 🐝 Not only that, but he's been interested in helping bees since he was a teenager. #science https://medium.com/ubcscience/protein-potential-1d9783c6b565 Computer scientist Margo Seltzer wishes we thought about programmers differently. “We have this image of a hacker in a dark room eating Cheetos. However, the reality is that computer science is highly collaborative, and that collaboration propels both people and ideas. UBC biologist Waldan Kwong is busy studying corals and a curious organism, called a corallicolid, that can produce chlorophyll but does not engage in photosynthesis. 🔬 https://science.ubc.ca/news/scientists-discover-first-organism-chlorophyll-genes-doesn%E2%80%99t-photosynthesize

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