Could Coffee Cause Cancer? California Seems to Say Yes
Dylan Goldman
Staff Writer
Much to the dissatisfaction of Starbucks and other major coffee sellers in California, the coffee industry will be required to put clear...
UCSB Helps Advance the Field of Aquaculture
Hannah Maerowitz
Staff Writer
A team of researchers, including fellows and faculty at the UC Santa Barbara National Center for Ecological Analysis and the Bren School...
SpaceX Impresses with the Falcon 9 Rocket
Dylan Goldman
Staff Writer
After minor difficulties and two delays, SpaceX finally launched a single core of their anticipated Falcon 9 rocket along with two subsidiary...
Cancer-Fighting Vaccine Tested on Mice
Victoria Penate
A new discovery has been made regarding a particular type of stem cell which has proven effective in reducing or eliminating cancer cells...
Self-Cloning Crayfish Undergoes Population Explosion
Jessica Gang
At first glance, it reads like the plotline of a bad horror movie: a ten-legged mutant creature is born with the ability to...
New Fossil Evidence Suggests Early Humans Left Africa 50,000 Years Earlier than Previously Thought
Jessica Gang
Recent analysis of a remarkably well-preserved jawbone that researchers discovered in Israel reveals that Homo sapiens may have begun their exodus from Africa...
Company Tries to Convince FDA that its Vape is Healthier than Cigarettes
Alexandra Thurber
Philip Morris International, Marlboro's parent company, met with the FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee on Jan. 24 to seek clearance to distribute...
What Drives Frogs to Extinction?
Hannah Maerowitz
Staff Writer
An entire population rapidly wiped out: this was the subject of Andrea Adams’s pHD thesis, which explored why Rana boylii, also known...
Ice Deposits on Mars Could Help Supply Human Civilization There
Minh Hua
A recent discovery of ice deposits on Mars made by a geologist at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) could put humanity one...
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...
