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    Mathematicians model a puzzling breakdown in cooperative behaviour

    September 3, 2024

    Darwin was puzzled by cooperation in nature—it ran directly against natural selection and the notion of survival of the fittest. But over the past decades, evolutionary mathematicians have used game theory to better understand why mutual cooperation persists when evolution should favour self… read more

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    Four UBC Science researchers join Royal Society of Canada

    September 3, 2024

    Four new elections to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) showcase UBC Science’s strength in the computational sciences, Indigenous fisheries research, and the study of evolution and spread of disease-causing microorganisms.Joining more than 60 UBC Science researchers recognized by the RSC since 2000… read more

  3. Dr. Melania Alvarez teaching Math Ninjas summer camp.

    Don’t say math is hard: how parents can help children succeed at math

    August 29, 2024

    Students are heading back to school and university next week but many may be feeling nervous about tackling mathematics, thanks to its fearsome reputation. Parents can help by not vocally dreading the subject and instead helping their kids have fun with math, according to Dr. Melania Alvarez … read more

  4. Our Solar System

    What exactly is a planet? Scientists propose improved definition

    July 11, 2024

    The proposal refines current definitions that require planets to be round bodies which orbit our sun and have ‘cleared’ their neighbourhoodsPlanetary scientists are proposing a new definition for what we can call a planet. If accepted, it would replace the current definition from 2006 that caused… read more

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    Chemists synthesize an improved building block for medicines

    July 2, 2024

    Chemists have overcome a major hurdle in synthesizing a more stable form of heterocycle—a family of organic compounds that are a common component of most modern pharmaceuticals.The research, which could expand the toolkit available to drug developers in improving the safety profiles of medications… read more

  6. A Cabbage White butterfly rests on a flower.

    The mystery of the missing butterflies in Vancouver

    June 25, 2024

    A wet, cool spring and spraying for invasive insects may be the reasons behind a drop in butterfly sightings this year. iNaturalist, an online service where anyone can upload their pictures or observations of plants and animals, records about 400 observations of 22 species of butterflies in… read more

  7. Headshots of Dr. Erik Eberhardt and Dr. Laurel Schafer

    UBC Chemistry, EOAS welcome new leadership

    June 24, 2024

    Two of UBC’s largest science units will welcome new heads this summer, with Professor Laurel Schafer and Dr. Erik Eberhardt taking on the leadership of the departments of Chemistry and Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, respectively. Both appointments begin July 1, 2024. Professor Schafer,… read more

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    UBC expands first-year, small-class experience to all BSc students

    June 17, 2024

    A renewed and expanded first-year seminar will give all incoming UBC Science students a crucial small class experience—one that will challenge them to think critically about what it means to be part of the scientific community.“SCIE 113 is unlike any other first-year experience available at UBC,”… read more

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    Computational sciences research at UBC gets Discovery Grant, CRC boost

    June 14, 2024

    Computer visualization, quantum computing, advanced mathematics and statistical models for conservation efforts are among the research areas being funded at UBC Science as part of the latest round of NSERC Discovery Grant investments.The new Discovery Grant funding announced today will support… read more

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