By Sharada Saraf | SQ Online Reporter | SQ Online (2016-2017) Imagine being in a year-long group project with five other people. The class is notoriously difficult, and an A in it would be glorious for your GPA. So, you all work hard: you pull all-nighters, you exhaust yourself intellectually, and when you finally reach a breakthrough, you…
BY BAR YOSEF| SQ ONLINE WRITER | SQ ONLINE (2016-17) ____________________________________________________________________________ Today, there is only one PhD scientist in Congress. Bill Foster, the Democrat from Illinois, is a member of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the “go-to-guy for both parties when it comes to technical scientific matters,” which unsurprisingly come up often for a…
By Sharada Saraf | SQ Online Reporter | SQ Online (2016-2017) ________________________________________________________________________________________ President Trump wants to cut billions of dollars in research grant funding, and institutions like UC San Diego have become seriously concerned about the future of science. Presidential budget proposals, while never implemented in their final form, are good indicators of what the Executive Office wants…
CALLUM ARRAS | BLOGGER | SQ ONLINE (2016-17) Translational medicine—this term for healthcare was new to me as I approached the Telemedicine Building for the first time for a reason other than a turbo combo from Club Med. My immediate assumption was that the “translational” aspect pertained to the conversion of RNA to protein…
By Sharada Saraf | SQ Online Reporter | SQ Online (2016-2017) ________________________________________________________________________________________ For years, La Jolla Cove’s striking sea life and beautiful scenery has drawn thousands of visitors from across the world to California. However, some animals that make the cove their home have been increasingly seen as unwelcome and inconvenient by the residents of La Jolla. Perhaps…
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 doctor walks in, and after briefly shaking hands with you, situates himself behind his large computer monitor. He begins asking…
An eight legged creature with over a hundred suction cups on each of its tentacles lurking among the great depths of the ocean is not only one of the ocean’s top predators but also one of the most intelligent invertebrates undersea.
The entertainment that the Sun God Festival brings to UCSD is a cherished campus tradition that is threatened to be cancelled. But the problem has a simple, clear solution: To drink responsibly.
A debate on the Blackfish documentary & its ensuing animal rights issues was hosted on campus last week. We break down the discussion between a UCSD philosophy professor and a SeaWorld corporate director.
This satirical take on biotechnology and patenting brings some important questions to the table: How much of science can a company own? And is the Supreme Court making the right choices for science?