Category Archives: Science & Health

Opportunity finds traces of water in Martian sediments NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity has sent back signs that may indicate water once existed on the red planet. These traces of water are determined from minerals Opportunity has detected in Martian rocks and sediments. In order to confirm these traces, Opportunity will have to physically dig into […]

Along with the sneezing and wheezing, this year’s flu season has also brought with it a particularly virulent attack on our wired and electronic counterparts. The Mydoom e-mail worm, which first reared its ugly head on Monday, Jan. 26, has infiltrated the unsuspecting systems of hundreds of thousands of machines around the world. At the […]

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is planning to establish a network of hydrogen fueling stations throughout California by the end of the decade. His plan, known as Hydrogen Highways, would set up 200 fuel stations, each spaced 20 miles apart, along major highways by 2010. Though California is currently in a budget crisis, Hydrogen Highways may be […]

They’re the quiet ones in class. The ones that stare at the ground and avoid eye contact. They shrink away from large crowds, preferring the company of a few close friends. In the world of introverted personality types, silence reigns. Scientists have documented the full consequences of this silence ““ introverted people are more likely […]

The Internet, the small network of computers that became a World Wide Web, celebrates its 35th birthday this year. UCLA, in conjunction with Stanford University, UC Santa Barbara and the University of Utah, began constructing the Internet’s first incarnation for the Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency in 1969. Computers, called Interface Message Processors, […]

Bird flu outbreak causes 7 human deaths Eight countries ““ Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam ““ have reported the occurrence of bird flu. In all eight countries, the flu has caused the death of thousands of fowl and heavily damaged the chicken export industry of Thailand, the world’s fourth largest […]

So there you are, sitting in the dungeons of Powell Library with so much studying to do you feel like you may never leave. You realize you haven’t had any sort of exercise in months, and consequently, your body has turned into what feels like the rotting nutty peanut butter in your mini-fridge at home. […]