Erick Navarro finds the missing link between salsa and epigenetics in collaboration
After moving to Canada from Mexico, bioinformatics PhD student Erick Navarro realized he missed dancing salsa at parties and family gatherings.
Gloria Klein
Science Editor 2024/2025
Gloria was the Ubyssey Science editor in 2024/25. She graduated from UBC in 2025 with a BSc in behavioural neuroscience and nutritional sciences. When she isn't science communicating, you can find her making elaborate vegan meals or doing bits about TV shows she hasn't watched. You can reach her at science@ubyssey.ca or g.klein@ubyssey.ca.
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‘I contain multitudes’: Intersections between gender euphoria and sex
Many of us remember the genderbread person from Tumblr days of yore and know that gender doesn’t equal sexuality. But what about when they come together and influence each other for the better?
The lesbian masterdoc (UBC edition)
Generations of confused teenagers have turned to the lesbian masterdoc, a scripture for the women-loving-women community, to answer one of the world’s greatest mysteries: am I a lesbian?
What’s eating you? Debunking nutrition myths
Nutrition information online is often inaccurate and can leave people more confused than where they started. Is it better to graze throughout the day or eat one large snake meal? What vitamins should I be …
Introduced bumble bee species thrives, causing concern about native pollinators in Lower Mainland
To the untrained eye, bumble bees may all seem the same: striped, fuzzy and charming. But ecologists in the Lower Mainland have observed a potentially concerning change in the types of species found in the …
Traumatic brain injuries are more prevalent in unhoused populations. How should health care respond?
A UBC study suggests that unhoused and housing-precarious people are at greater risk for traumatic brain injury (TBI), and experience more difficulty accessing care.
Notes of smoke: How wildfires alter wine taste and what biochemists can do about it
As BC reaches the end of another record-breaking fire season, vineyards throughout the Interior have felt the heat — and now, they’re tasting the smoke.
Fitness fact-checked: You might need less protein to build muscle than you think
While protein is the macronutrient on everyone’s minds at the Birdcoop, misconceptions in the fitness community may be overstating its importance.
Dark comedy Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World explores burnout in Bucharest
When Andrew Tate got arrested in Romania last year, we hoped we would never have to see his face again.
Jumping (situation)ship: How many weird talking stages does it take to set your boundaries?
How to lean into your dark feminine energy. Don’t chase, attract.
Bangers: A review of sex survey music responses
A staggering number of you are having sex to The Weeknd, or at least claiming to enjoy having sex to The Weeknd.
