Groupwork can be challenging. Find out how to set your study group up for success. Skills like these, in teamwork and communication with classmates, translate to the working world and collaborating ...

Did you know that you may need to adapt some of the strategies that have worked for you in the past now that you're in a university context? You've probably heard that coursework and studying can take ...

Lavas from hotspots—whether erupting in Hawaii, Samoa or Iceland—likely originate from a worldwide, uniform reservoir in ...

Research by Mark Jellinek, Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences, and collaborators at Rice University suggests that the presence of liquid water on the surfaces of Mars and Venus could be a key factor to ...

UBC botanists have placed seaweed in the underwater equivalent of a wind tunnel to get a better idea of how different types of algae withstand the onslaught of strong waves and currents. The findings, ...

Humans play a far greater role in the fate of African elephants than habitat, and human conflict in particular has a devastating impact on these largest terrestrial animals, according to a new ...

The loss of large predator animals across the globe is having unanticipated impacts on processes as diverse as human disease dynamics, wildfires and biogeochemical cycles, according to new research by ...

Increasing levels of ocean acidity could spell doom for British Columbia's already beleaguered northern abalone, according to the first study to provide direct experimental evidence that changing sea ...

New research reenvisions Earth’s mantle as a relatively uniform reservoir September 19, 2024 Lavas from hotspots—whether erupting in Hawaii, Samoa or Iceland—likely originate from a worldwide, uniform ...

UBC has partnered with US-based Coursera to offer genetics, computer science and climate literacy courses online--bringing the university’s expertise within reach of anyone with Internet access.

Tony Yang has always had a passion for science education. But even he couldn’t have guessed that his love of teaching would one day involve jello. After graduating from UBC with a General Science ...