Cassandra Cavallo

April 11, 2024

Simply Stated: Do we really only use only 10% of our brains?

By Cassandra Cavallo

Nestled within the fortress of our craniums, the human brain stands as one of the most complex structures in the known universe. It orchestrates our thoughts, emotions and behaviors with a level of sophistication that ha...

February 29, 2024

Research in Review: cancer therapy, sea otter ecology, and archaeological dating

By Cassandra Cavallo

Rac2 Boosts Cancer Therapy: In a remarkable breakthrough, researchers from UC Santa Barbara’s Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology department have cracked a 25-year-old cellular mystery, connecting the gene...

November 30, 2023

Simply Stated: Do we really have free will?

By Cassie Cruz, Cassandra Cavallo

When you decided to read the Science & Tech section of the Daily Nexus today, was it really a choice? Or is this action, and every action you have ever taken, predetermined? Hard determinists would say you never had ...