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Happy Holidays from the Beaty Biodiversity Museum!

Happy Holidays from the Beaty Biodiversity Museum!

As we enter this winter holiday season, it is a good time to reflect on the role of biodiversity in our lives, and specifically the role that biodiversity plays in the holiday traditions we all cherish

Pecha Kucha

Pecha Kucha

Last week I gave a talk at PechaKucha Night Vancouver, a public mini-symposium of fast-paced talks which happens every few months.  The talks are usually about art, design, and social projects, in which case why was I, a biologist, talking there? Well, watch to find out.

The Story of String

The Story of String

String, rope, twine, cordage – what’s the big deal? String is one of the most important, yet under-acknowledged, of all of human technology – and for the vast majority of our history, it was made from plant and animal fibres.