Science & Tech

February 2, 2023

Simply Stated: How Powerful is ChatGPT?

By Katharine Chi

ChatGPT is foreign waters. There is a possibility for more school systems to regulate or even ban the use of the program. With how realistic the results are to human-made products, the differentiation of authentic human ...

January 26, 2023

Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

By Devanshi Tomar

A look at AI in ecology, sustainability in marine biotech, and love in an industrial world.

January 26, 2023

“Implicit Bias in Healthcare:” A Webinar hosted by the Health Professions Association

By Meenakshi Manoj

UC Santa Barbara’s Health Professions Association’s Inclusivity & Outreach Committee hosted a webinar to highlight implicit, unconscious and structural bias in healthcare, on Jan. 21.

January 19, 2023

Simply Stated: Where’d All The Eggs Go?

By Anaya Khan

With the persistence of a highly pathogenic outbreak of Avian Influenza, poultry populations have suffered, in turn causing decreasing egg supplies and increasing prices.

January 19, 2023

Psychological & brain sciences department assesses predictors of blame for gay men in homicide cases

By Emma Holm-Olsen

Elizabeth Quinn-Jensen, a graduate student and researcher in UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, and colleagues recently published a paper exploring how strong feelings of disgust toward g...

November 3, 2022

Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

By Anaya Khan

A look at mental health, laser manufacturing, the evolution of desirability, and food footprints.

October 27, 2022

Simply Stated: How Do You Lessen The Toll Of A Sugar Rush?

By Meenakshi Manoj

While it’s important to enjoy these Howmoments while they last, there is one important thing to watch out for, which is a major glucose spike when you subconsciously munch on some Sour Patch Kids or M&M’s.

October 20, 2022

Simply Stated: Why Do People Faint at the Sight of Blood?

By Ece Ozdogan

Vasovagal syncope, a type of reflex syncope, is the most common reason people faint. Vasovagal means caused by the vagus nerve while the term syncope refers to the act of fainting.

October 13, 2022

Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

By Emma Holm-Olsen, Anaya Khan

A look at data collection, deforestation and Drosophila.

October 6, 2022

Firefly’s Alpha rocket reaches orbit on second attempt

By Mark Alfred

The Texas-based rocket company Firefly Aerospace successfully reached orbit last Saturday, Oct. 1, in its sophomore launch attempt out of Santa Barbara County’s Vandenberg Space Force Base.

September 29, 2022

Simply Stated: What’s Going On Up There?

By Anaya Khan

Scientists at NASA have found success in the world’s first planetary defense mission, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test.

September 25, 2022

Simply Stated: Starter pack for college student health

By Science Editor

Student health consists of eight different dimensions of wellness: physical, social, emotional, intellectual, vocational, environmental, spiritual and financial.

August 29, 2022

Simply Stated: What can really be expected from the Ocean Road Housing Project?

By Emma Holm-Olsen, Anaya Khan

With the removal of the Eucalyptus Curtain, there will be noticeably less green space, more traffic and noise pollution along Ocean Road. Despite the expected environmental impacts, these impacts might be minimized by pl...

July 19, 2022

Simply Stated: James Webb Telescope Releases First Images

By Anaya Khan

The recently launched James Webb Telescope released 5 images on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, not only deepening scientific understanding of the universe, but promising discovery in the future.