UCSB Researchers Receive Grant to Study Kelp
Maya Rapoport
Using previous studies on kelp, a team of researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara are developing new technology and techniques to...
Santa Barbara Becomes a “Bee City”
Tanner Walker
Science & Tech Editor
The Santa Barbara city council on Tuesday, Sept. 19 unanimously passed a resolution to join the Bee City program, a...
Tides Have Turned with New Shark Deterrents
Tanner Walker
Science & Tech Editor
Beachgoers traumatized from hearing about the recent great white shark sightings and attacks in Santa Barbara should have less to...
Water Wars: The Battle of Oprah
Tanner Walker
Science & Tech Editor
Montecito’s water rights became national news after media reports said that Susan Geston, actress and producer, publicly questioned the amount...
Drones: A Nuisance or an Advancement?
Jackie Caldwell
When you hear the word “drone,” what comes to mind? The remote-controlled camera-carriers from Best Buy? The way your high school physics teacher...
New Apps Help Students and Schools Combat Sexual Assault
Tanner Walker
Science & Tech Editor
From kindergarten to college, schools are starting to embrace the use of smartphone apps to protect students against sexual assault....
UCSB Students in Running to Design Hyperloop
Quincy Lee
Staff Writer
How fast can you transport something from L.A. to San Francisco? Engineering students at UCSB are building a pod that could go...
Why Humans are Such Peculiar Animals
Ameen Hussaini
Staff Writer
“Why are humans such peculiar animals?” This is the question that Doctor Cecilia Heyes of the University of Oxford is trying to...
The Human Environmental Geographer
Jack Shea
Staff Writer
University of California, Santa Barbara geography professor David López-Carr received the research excellence award at the American Association of Geography's April 2017...
The Plight of the Western Snowy Plover
Tanner Walker
Staff Writer
The Western Snowy Plover returned to its beachfront home in Los Angeles this spring after nearly 70 years of absence. The small...
