I have been working to coach a set of amazing researchers to give fascinating public talks at this upcoming event, Sept 17 at the University of British Columbia: https://biodiversity.ubc.ca/events/biodiversity-research-centre-symposium-and-open-house Highlights will include: - how understanding the social lives of viruses gives us new tools to fight them - how animals have shifted to be more nocturnal in the face of scary humans - how bringing biodiversity to agriculture can help solve the global food crisis - why sturgeon are eating themselves to death - how gut bacteria might help save polar bears from climate stress - what heat stress does to plants, and the global limit we shouldn't cross - the kingdom of life you never knew about - and... the sex lives of guppies See you there!