As students, faculty and staff began learning of the local ruptured water main and its resulting precautions, some wondered if they were already on their way to contracting an intestinal illness. “There’s a pretty slim chance that anyone will get sick. Statistically, one in a million, or a hundred thousand, will get sick,” said Robert […]
Category Archives: Science & Health
Tsunami disaster update
“¢bull; The disaster’s full death toll is still unknown. Workers still discover bodies daily, and many more victims were washed out to sea. “¢bull; Differing government tallies in Sri Lanka and Indonesia, the two hardest hit countries, have put the total number of dead in 11 countries between 145,000 and 178,000. As many as 147,000 […]
Public diagnosis: Trip highlights socioeconomic disparities
After months of planning, my trip was just a day away. The date? Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004. The destination? Thailand. That morning, I woke up to the horrifying images on TV: hotels being washed out to sea, cars riding waves into buildings. All this was happening in Phuket, a city I was planning on visiting […]
UCLA holds third-annual conference on genetics, gender
As scientists continue to learn more about the human genome, they also uncover more questions about what it means to be human. On Jan. 30, the UCLA community will get the chance to seek answers to these questions with experts. Authorities in biology, psychology, genetics and history will present topics ranging from the evolution of […]
General intelligence equal between sexes
The ability of females and males to use different brain structures in order to attain the same result once again proves the versatility and complexity of the human body. Recently, there has been much controversy in the public sphere over the innate intellectual differences between the sexes. Though brain structure varies among the sexes, general […]
UCLA team finds evidence of massive black holes around Milky Way center
Twenty-six thousand light years away, at the center of our galaxy, a band of renegade black holes is congregating like a horde of bandits, flinging the hapless stars that cross its path into space, sending some directly into the maw of the massive black hole in the middle of the Milky Way, and possibly shaking […]
New recycling tax to be used for safe electronics disposal
As students leave Ackerman Union with their new laptops, they may look over their receipts to see if everything appears to be in order. It shouldn’t take long before they notice the words “E-Waste Recycling Fee” on their bill. If they turn back to the cashier, asking for details about this extra tax, they would […]