Pregnancy Changes a Mother’s Brain
Krystal Chen
A study published in the journal "Nature Neuroscience" found that, over the course of a pregnancy, women undergo structural and functional alterations orchestrated...
Reducing Greenhouse Gases Could Improve Human Health and Economic Equality
Tanner Walker
Science & Tech Editor
Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has the power to improve human and environmental health as well as increase global equity....
Summit Held at UCSB to Prevent Ships Colliding with Whales
Hannah Maerowitz
A ship crew coasts into port, suddenly realizing that they’ve brought something else on shore aside from their intended cargo: remnants of a...
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...
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...
Fat: A Genetic Puzzle
Jack Shea
Staff Writer
The American Council on Exercise considers approximately 10 to 20 percent body fat a healthy fat percentage range for optimal functioning in adults....
Watching Whales Go By
Tanner Walker
Staff Writer
Over 20,000 gray whales will pass by UCSB this spring on their journey between Mexico and Alaska. Gray whales spend their winters...
The Seven Orbitings of a Dwarf Star
Quincy Lee
Science & Tech Editor
In a much anticipated press conference, NASA announced the latest breakthrough in space observation. Scientists located an entire system of...
North Korean Nuclear Reactor Worries Northeast Asia
Rishika Kenkre
Staff Writer
According to new satellite pictures, North Korea has restarted a reactor for producing plutonium in the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Institute.
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