Category Archives: Science & Health

The sky is falling for some astrologists, but many are simply not looking up. According to some experts, the Sidereal zodiac, which follows the exact location of the constellations in relation to the Earth, is so inaccurate that, for example, those who have been reading the Gemini horoscope their entire life should actually be reading […]

A common misconception among college-age students is that they are in a low risk group for HIV infection; the opposite is in fact true. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently estimated that at least half of all new cases of HIV infection are among people under the age of 25, and most of […]

A recent study by UCLA Assistant Adjunct Professor of Biology Jay Phelan concluded that biracial people are perceived as more attractive than “uniracial” people because they have more symmetric features. Symmetry, according to Phelan, reflects an organism’s developmental stability and is strongly associated with longevity, health and fitness. Small random deviations from perfect symmetry in […]

New center to study stress and diseases in women UCLA was awarded $3.75 million by the National Institute of Health to create a new national research center, the Center for Neurovisceral Sciences and Women’s Health. The first of its kind, the center will study the correlations that may link stress and emotions with disorders that […]

UCLA, KST Data to offer computer discounts A new agreement between UCLA and KST Data will allow individuals within the UCLA community (faculty, staff and students) to purchase computers and peripherals from Dell, Hewlett Packard (including Compaq) and Gateway. The campus program worked with KST to establish “sweet spot” computers which represent the most popular […]

In the beginning, everything was free. Web sites like Google, Geocities and Webcrawler offered killer content without a single caveat. Then companies ranging from Yahoo to Sex.com remembered they were supposed to make money. Now it seems that everything on the Internet is either covered with 50 pop-up advertisements or requires an expensive subscription. Obviously […]

UCLA scientists have identified a neurochemical mechanism in mice that is involved in helping them overcome fear. The researchers conducted a study on mice, by conditioning them to fear an audio tone. Each time the mice heard the tone, it was accompanied by a shock. However, when the researchers played the tone without the shock, […]