By: Grace Sahyouni | UTS Staff Writer | SQ Online 2016-17 It may be surprising that the illegal drugs in the world today were not always classified as controlled substances. The classic example that comes... Read More
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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
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BY CADE OOST | SQ ONLINE REPORTER | SQ ONLINE (2015-16) With Season 7 of “The Walking Dead” closing on a shocking note, and Season 2 of its Southern California prequel “Fear The Walking Dead”... Read More
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Paleocene mammals, such as ancestors of modern-day horses, were as small as common day housecats. Due to the rising heat, ectotherms, also known as cold-blooded animals, needed a bigger surface area to regulate their heat, so the bigger ectotherms were the winners and survived. Read More
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She felt the hunger painfully manifest since her awakening. In her ten years of life she dealt with food scarcity; however, the future was looking bleak as scarcity transitioned to absence. Read More
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As the beverage of choice for the sleep- deprived and energy deficient, coffee has found its way into the hands of people around the world. A Harvard study has shown that 54% of Americans over the age of 18 drink an average of 3.1 nine-ounce cups of coffee a day. Read More
For many modern day biologists, there will soon be another skill to add to the growing list of expectations: computer programming. With improving DNA sequencing technologies (as elaborated on in an earlier article), we’re on... Read More
BY ANOKHI SAKLECHA | SQ STAFF WRITER | SQ ONLINE (2015-16) As the second leading cause of death in the United States, cancer justifiably seems like an undefeatable menace. However, researchers at San Diego’s... Read More
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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