David Suzuki, co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation ( www.davidsuzuki.org) is an award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster. He is renowned for his radio and television programs that explain the complexities of the natural sciences in a compelling, easily understood way.
Dr. Suzuki is a geneticist with a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Chicago. He held a research associateship in the Biology Division of Tennessee’s Oak Ridge National Lab and was an Assistant Professor in Genetics at the University of Alberta and since then has been a faculty member of the University of British Columbia. He is now Professor Emeritus of The University of British Columbia, Sustainable Development Research Institute.
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Call for Nominations: 2014 John Maddox Prize
Publish Date: 15-JUL-2014 12:00 PM
The John Maddox Prize rewards an individual who has promoted sound science and evidence on a matter of public interest.
New research from the Heiltsuk First Nation points to a sort of bear highway through the Great Bear Rainforest on B.C.'s Central Coast. William Housty, a director with the Qqs Society, says they've found that the grizzly bears under study are travelling hundreds of kilometres each year along preferred routes — and one trail in particular along the salmon-producing Koeye River.
Le 20 juillet 1969, Buzz Aldrin n'avait pas les pieds sur terre lorsqu'une bonne partie de l'humanité s'est unie pour saluer un événement sans précédent. Alors, en cette date anniversaire de la mission Apollo 11 - et à cinq ans du 50e anniversaire -, Aldrin demande à tous de se souvenir où ils étaient lorsqu'Armstrong et lui sont devenus les premiers êtres humains à marcher sur la Lune, et de partager leurs souvenirs sur Internet.
