Biodemography Laboratory Opens After Renovation
Dominick Ojeda
Under the direction of UCSB anthropology professor Michael Gurven, the newly renovated Biodemography Laboratory allows undergraduate and graduate students to discover medical explanations...
Appreciating Preserved Wildlife at the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation
Hannah Maerowitz
Staff Writer
Algae, raptors, and bears are only three of the many specimens that eventually find their way to collections of The Cheadle Center...
Female Faculty in Science-Based Fields Discuss Life as Women in STEM
Hannah Maerowitz
Staff Writer
UCSB students kept their minds open as female faculty in science-based disciplines weighed in on the difficulties and joys of being a...
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...
