As humans, our waking mind is preoccupied with thousands of thoughts on a daily basis, some of which are so habitual and subconscious that we cannot fully acknowledge their existence. In fact, these thoughts may... Read More
BY ANOKHI SAKLECHA | SQ STAFF WRITER | SQ ONLINE (2015-16) You step into the examination room and take a seat in the patient’s chair, prepared for your yearly physical exam. Minutes later, your... Read More
At first, I was underwhelmed; it just looked like eight horizontal lines on different sections of the screen. But when the operator told me to focus on one line and move my eyes left and right, the line dramatically shifted up and down. Then my focus shifted to another line that oscillated every time I blinked, and finally, when I ground my teeth, I saw every line on the screen scatter into clouds of multicolored dots all blending together. Read More
The arts and the sciences have long maintained a tense relationship which has only escalated in recent decades. Over the years, many schools and institutions have cut art programs or been forced into defensive stances... Read More
Like a prism of glass held up to light, our perception of the world around us is largely defined by the lens through which we look. The lens of COVID-19 is unprecedented in its ability... Read More
MADELEINE YU | SQ ONLINE | REPORTER 17-18 Recalling the right information can change everything. In the late 1990s, psychiatrists and psychologists all over the nation faced lawsuits for malpractice when patients under their... Read More
The Reck-Peterson, Villa and Leschziner groups at UC San Diego discovered that the LRRK2 protein, a mutated subset in Parkinson’s patients, has profound impacts on molecular transport in the cell and could influence the onset... Read More
By: Hannah Rosenblatt | SQ Staff Writer | SQ Online 2016-17 Although appearing as a bland blend of beige and black at first glance, catsharks and other bony fish species emit biofluorescence in dazzling greens,... Read More
How the fast food revolution established obesity as a primary concern in America. by Iliana Nguyen | staff writer | SQ Vol. 9 (2011-2012) Background After smoking, obesity is the leading cause of mortality in... Read More