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UVic geologist wins $850k Kyoto prize for research on Earth’s history
July 7, 2024 | Vancouver is Awesome via UVic News Dr. Paul Hoffman was awarded the Kyoto prize for his contributions to the "snowball Earth" hypothesis, and plate tectonics. The Kyoto Prize (external link) is an international award that is presented to those who have...
Top June 2024 article in UVicSpace: Literature review of childhood violence exposure
The most viewed article on UVicSpace for June 2024 is a 2014 article initially published in the International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies titled A comprehensive review of the literature on the impact of exposure to intimate partner violence on children...
The Earth heated up when its day was 22 hours long
July 3rd, 2024 | Ars Technica via UVic News As highlighted in a new article, researchers Russell Deitrick and Colin Goldblatt from the University of Victoria, Canada, explored the effects of Earth’s rotation slowing down due to tidal interactions with the Moon, which...
Did Prehistoric Children Make Figurines Out of Clay?
July 2, 2024 | Smithsonian Magazine via UVic News A new article from Smithsonian Magazine highlights a groundbreaking, forthcoming study suggesting that children from the Upper Paleolithic era may have crafted figurines from clay. This theory stems from fingerprints...
Fish scientist follows tip about mass salmon die-outs
June 26, 2024 | Times Colonist via UVic News On June 1st, fisheries biologist Stan Proboszcz went on an 18 km kayak trip to check out a salmon farm off the coast of Vancouver Island after an anonymous tip had indicated that there were massive die-offs and no one was...
The right call? B.C. school districts finalizing plans to restrict cellphone use
June 25, 2024 | Vancouver Sun via UVic News British Columbia’s school districts are gearing up to curb digital distractions. By September, they aim to limit cellphone use during school hours. In Mission, for example, the ban will extend to lunchtime for Grade 9...
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