Category Archives: Science & Health

If there was ever a medical dictionary of bad words, it would have to include the word “Surgery”. Last week, I found myself thinking constantly about the S-word. I was inside the operating room at the UCLA Medical Plaza, lying on an operating table, staring straight up at the ceiling, my left arm completely numb. […]

Most people wouldn’t build a LEGO castle by starting with a huge block of LEGOs and then slowly chipping away at the sides until they sculpt out the perfect shape. But this is the traditional method scientists have been using for years in manufacturing. All this is about to change. With the development of nanotechnology, […]

With the help of my neighborhood GNC Nutrition Superstore, I have devised a plan to live forever. It’s simple, really. All I need to do is to eat garlic to prevent heart disease, and have a little folic acid and selenium to keep the cancer at bay. Some melatonin to help me sleep at night, […]

Monday marked the official opening for the new Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration at UCLA. The joint partnership between UCLA and NASA aims to develop a “lab on a chip,” which would carry out the same complex functions of a full-sized scientific lab on a tiny chip. Chih-Ming Ho, director for the new institute […]

Vinh Lam, a fourth-year economics student works out up to three hours a day, six days a week. His exercise regimen is divided between weight lifting, cardio and ab exercises. Jessica Reid, a third-year political science and Spanish student, visits the gym up to five times a week. Her workouts consist of resistance training, work […]

Internet study finds increased household usage The Internet ranks as the most widely-used information source, higher than all other media including television and newspapers according to Year Three of the UCLA Internet Report. The report, which studied Internet usage patterns in American households, found that more than 70 percent of Americans who use the Internet […]

Do you have more than five registered e-mail addresses? How about more than three AIM screen names? Does the acronym “DC” remind you of a steady flow of current instead of our nation’s capital? Are you The Person people ask to fix their computers? According to many online geek tests, if you answered yes to […]