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Proteins from ancient frozen canine feces have been extracted for the first time ever to reveal more details about the diets of Arctic sled dogs and their relationship to people.“The breakthrough could help scientists better understand…

Proteins from ancient frozen canine feces have been extracted for the first time ever to reveal more details about the diets of Arctic sled dogs and their relationship to people.“The breakthrough could help scientists better understand…

Adolescents who were in a good headspace before COVID-19 suffered a decline during the pandemic, whereas those with poor mental health fared better, according to new research.The study, published today in the Journal of Adolescent Health,…

World-renowned climate activists and journalists Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis are joining the faculty at the University of British Columbia’s department of geography.“We are thrilled to welcome Naomi and Avi to UBC to advance the urgent…

British Columbia’s K-12 public education operating spending is now 250 per cent of what it was in 1970, according to a new UBC study.UBC faculty of education’s Dr. Jason Ellis called this rise in K-12 operating spending “astounding” since…

Adolescents who were in a good headspace before COVID-19 suffered a decline during the pandemic, whereas those with poor mental health fared better, according to new research.The study, published today in the Journal of Adolescent Health,…

The CHIME telescope detected 535 new fast radio bursts during its first year of operation – from 2018 to 2019 – quadrupling the number of known occurrences of the puzzling pulses of radio energy from far outside our galaxy.Scientists with…

With just two days before the University of British Columbia’s National Forum on Anti-Asian Racism in Canada, a new Angus Reid Institute poll (in partnership with UBC) is revealing the depth and scale of anti-Asian racism in Canada and…

A new discovery in Ewing sarcoma, an aggressive and often fatal childhood cancer, has uncovered the potential to prevent cancer cells from spreading beyond their primary tumour site.The breakthrough provides new insight into what triggers…