Picture this: It is the year 3020, and the Martian soil you have been drilling into has finally worked out. Colonizing Mars is taking shape, and soon your family can permanently live on this rusty,... Read More
After a particularly long day full of dense lectures, looming deadlines, and cloudy skies, I decided to take the long way back to my apartment and explore parts of campus I hadn’t seen before. This... Read More
As I set out into the Indian Ocean, the waves crashed against the boat, increasing my seasickness. It didn’t help that the people on the shore looked more and more like tiny ants as we... Read More
The leaves crackled under the soles of our shoes as we made our way from one part of the island to the other. A few beams of light pierced through the thick overhead canopy as... Read More
During an on-campus fire drill in her junior year, recent graduate Syreeta Nolan realized that UC San Diego, like many universities, was asking her to either prioritize her physical health or her education. At the... Read More
If you study biology at UC San Diego (like yours truly), you will find that research plays a pretty big role at this university. Here by the temperate La Jolla seaside, there is a host... Read More
Famed Russian author Leo Tolstoy once said that “human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it.” While this may seem like a bold statement from someone who... Read More
With summer break in full force, many people are hitting the gym to achieve their fit summer bodies, striving for perfect 6-pack abs or bulging biceps. Body builders, however, take these fitness goals seriously all-year... Read More
For thousands of years, human history has been characterized by seemingly insurmountable physical challenges such as famine, disease, and warfare to name a few. In the 21st century however, much of the Western world is... Read More