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Reset your work day with Essentialism by Greg McKeown, our next UBC Alumni Book Club pick. https://bit.ly/3768fmN

What exactly are viruses and why are they so succcessful? https://bit.ly/3fD8GZK

The chemicals that make skunks and some marijuana smell the same. But how can a plant smell like a mammal? https://bit.ly/3kM5AUg

UBC ecologist Kai Chan discusses sustainable economies and the role of banks in financing economic activities that impact biodiversity. https://reut.rs/3oB9e6o

UBC professor David Boyd explains how the legal recognition of the right to a healthy environment can better hold governments and businesses accountable. https://bit.ly/3mrgzDv

UBC computer scientists Alla Sheffer has been elected to the Royal Society of Canada. She is a world leader in computer graphics development. "I'm not good at drawing, but computer algorithms allow me to create really cool stuff." https://bit.ly/35Z1tjg

UBC Gender Equity & STEM Conference tackles challenges, opportunities, and importance of mentorship for young researchers. https://bit.ly/3nyTKhM

UBC marine biologist Amanda Vincent has been elected to the Royal Society of Canada. She has dedicated her career to ocean conservation, anchored in her specialty of seahorses. "I love seahorses because they're almost mythical." https://bit.ly/370urP8

What if there were 6-billion Earth like planets, all in our galaxy? https://bit.ly/3nvW5tX

Tell us what you think about our science stories: take a brief survey and be entered for a $100 gift card. https://bit.ly/3jRLxDp

New funding boosts UBC research into enhanced cannabis cultivars, with a particular focus on disease resistance. https://bit.ly/31Q03Fn

UBC physicist Mark Halpern has been elected to the Royal Society of Canada. Learn more about his interest in experimental cosmology and his work. "We are measuring how the universe began, our place in it... those are big questions." https://youtu.be/wPjF3ic6Z1w

It feels like 2020 came for the wine grapes, too, says environmental scientist Elizabeth Wolkovich. It started with the announcement last winter of the complete failure of the ice wine harvest in Germany, to the California wildfires. https://t.co/VA3IGyOfyM

Boycotting polyester would reduce microfiber pollution. But the larger problem is the number of clothes we buy and discard. https://bit.ly/3jpPu1y

The debate over whether to cull seals and sea lions in British Columbia is long running. https://bit.ly/3ksuJnC

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to grab a handful of a small asteroid went off without a hitch on Tuesday. Canada is a partner in the international mission. https://tgam.ca/31vE869

UBC fisheries expert Rashid Sumaila joins Stockholm Resilience Centre's international science advisory board. https://bit.ly/37CviYr

Positions available in conservation, restoration, connectivity science, biodiversity data science, human dimensions of biodiversity conservation, and environmental governanceall part of UBC’s Biodiversity Solutions Cluster Hiring Initiative https://bit.ly/2IMLFXV

Children of the night: UBC biologist Ben Matthews has a passion for mosquitoes. There’s something aesthetically beautiful about mosquitoes, in a sort of a horrible evolutionary way. https://bit.ly/3j6xgSQ

Global warming may be having a greater immediate effect on the Fraser Valley than Vancouver. https://bit.ly/3o0D83L

A University Affairs article on quatum computing includes UBC quantum startup D-Wave, the Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, and UBC physicist Robert Raussendorf. https://bit.ly/3dyDmdn

Ecologist Suzanne Simard studies the below-ground connections among Douglas-fir trees and other plants. She discusses mycorrhizal networks and how they affect our forests, allowing trees to communicate with each other. October 22. https://bit.ly/2Hd6D12