Category Archives: Science & Health

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Battling Robots Competition will again be held at UCLA. Hosted by UCLA’s Eta Kappa Nu and Symantec, the competition, which is free to the public, will be held tonight from 5 to 9 pm in 3760 Boelter Hall. Battling Robots is a programming competition where entrants […]

A young man dies from a heart disease, and it’s later discovered he was underfed while in the womb of his mother. But how does this relate to his heart disease? It’s another question of nature versus nurture, the debate that has sparked the interest of philosophers and scientists for centuries. Matt Ridley, author of […]

Keri Seymour’s commanding confidence and outgoing nature belies that only a short while ago she was recovering from a near-deadly encounter with an eating disorder. After taking several years off, this is her first semester back in school at Pasadena City College, where she is a first-year theater arts student . Seymour is recovering from […]

Professors elected to science academy Four UCLA professors were elected as Fellows to join the 2003 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They are Computer Science Professor Leonard Kleinrock, Economics Professor Kenneth L. Sokoloff, Geography Professor William A. V. Clark, and Social Psychology Professor Shelley E. Taylor. The 2003 class included 187 […]

There’s an inundation of pop in America. No, I’m not talking about pop music’s *NSYNC, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera or any other popular artists flooding the sound waves. I’m talking about pop ““ soda. The consumption of soda has increased to staggering amounts over recent years. It’s gotten to the point where we don’t even […]

SARS may affect Summer Sessions UCLA is consulting with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services to consider whether or not to prohibit students from SARS-affected countries from attending Summer Sessions. Currently, DHS has not recommended a prohibition. However, DHS agrees that UCLA should continue to monitor the situation before making a final decision. […]

For some, the word “exercise” conjures up visions of Suzanne Sommers stretching in leg warmers, or of Richard Simmons prancing around in lycra. So it’s no wonder why people don’t exercise and instead sit on their couches and read this column. There are also those students who slave away on the treadmills inside the John […]