Implications and Gray Matter of Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder March 5, 2022 9 min readSome early mornings, a thick marine layer drifts over campus. If you are unfortunate enough to be caught in it,... Read More
Catching California’s Most Dangerous Fugitive February 26, 2022 3 min readIn just minutes, entire homes are ravaged and innocent lives are turned upside down by a single culprit. All that... Read More
Hydrogels: The Structure of Us February 21, 2022 6 min readOld body parts, fluids, and an exploration in alchemy become a reality in Frankenstein, when a grotesque creature is brought... Read More
Why Talking is Indeed a Big Deal January 14, 2022 12 min readVerbal communication is a powerful staple of the human experience. Without it, lamenting to a friend about a bad day... Read More
You’re Gonna Need a Better Water Filter: Giardia, Giardiasis, and Its Lasting Effects December 10, 2021 9 min readThe Jaws theme song intensifies as you swim through the pool. Panicked, you look around, scanning for any bloodthirsty animals... Read More
When Cows Go Mad: An Overview of Prion Protein Diseases December 10, 2021 8 min readIn 1732, a shepherd in Spain noticed a sheep compulsively scraping against a fence, a behavior that soon spread throughout... Read More
Can Infections Cause Alzheimer’s Disease? December 9, 2021 7 min readIn 2019, immunologist Leslie Norins offered to award one million dollars of his own money to any scientist who could... Read More
The more we sea, the less we know November 12, 2021 13 min readUntil recently, it was commonly assumed within the scientific community that the deepest parts of the ocean were lifeless voids... Read More
What STEM Fields Lack is Disability Culture November 12, 2021 18 min readDuring an on-campus fire drill in her junior year, recent graduate Syreeta Nolan realized that UC San Diego, like many... Read More