Science & Tech
Scientists at the University of British Columbia have identified an eye-like structure in a rare, single-celled marine plankton from the family Warnowiaceae. It is more common that multicellular organ...
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A new study by UCSB Professor Michael Mahan and researchers shows that, for as long as they have been studied, pathogenic bacteria may not have been playing up to how they are really made to be. In th...
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UC Santa Barbara physics professor, Phillip Lubin, and his team from UCSB’s Experimental Cosmology Group have been awarded one of 15 proof-of-concept grants from NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts to...
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Imagine awaking in an emergency room. A doctor assures that you have suffered a mild concussion from an early morning bike crash, and that you’ll be back attending class in no time. But a week or tw...
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Often times, children pinch their noses when eating brussel sprouts — or any other type of food deemed unpleasant — to mitigate the terrible taste because the sense of taste is dependent on the se...
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Scientists at Stanford’s Bio-X Center have proven that memories last as long as the synapses that store them. Until now, this concept has been a long-standing unproven theory in the scientific commu...
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Scientists and environmentalists have been hopeful of a “solar revolution” in the near future where all electricity will be powered by the sun’s energy. The concept of solar energy has proved to...
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A new study from Caltech discovers a spore-forming member of the gut microbiota that regulates serotonin biosynthesis.
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UCSB is growing a reputation in its sustainable practices, recently being named by the Princeton Review as the third-greenest campus in the country. This recognition, however, is not being made withou...
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Many students wonder: as one of the “Top 50 Green Schools” with a commitment to environmental sustainability and conservation, how is UCSB still able to maintain lush green lawns amidst the grueli...
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Decades ago, Type Ia Supernovae, or “standard candlelight’s,” as their known, have lent to significant advancements in cosmology, providing scientists with a marker with which to estimate the ag...
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I invite you to question a friend who has recently acquired a coffee habit: chances are they will speak of their consumption with a tone of culpability, admitting a need to cut down as soon as finals ...
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The dawn of free-thinking robots may soon be upon us. Researchers at UC Santa Barbara and Stony Brook University have developed an artificial neural circuit that emulates the electrical design of the ...
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In the past few years, the rate of people in the United States using some form of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) — better known as Ecstasy or Molly — has skyrocketed. Psychiatrists have begu...
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A team of 27 scientists from six American and German institutions has, for the first time, achieved the task of detecting the frequency of radiation of a lone, orbiting electron. The group’s researc...
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Ride through the bike path without crashing
Find a seat at the red couches on the second floor of the library
Sunrise and sunset dip on the same day
Find parking on Del Playa Drive
Drunk for 24 hours
Bagel crawl
First pick at an Arbor muffin in the morning
Participate in a mosh pit at a band show
Finally talk to their class crush
Get an earlier pass time than their friends in GOLD
Graduate
Successfully walk through I.V. without seeing an old hookup
