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Can You Change Your Factory Settings?

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What Loneliness Does to Your Brain

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Stress: How Our Body Responds to Pressure

Amy Peng | SQ 2025-26

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Partly Human: How Biohybrid Fish Are Brought To Life With Human Stem Cells

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The Long Lasting Damage of Wildfires on Unseen Organisms

From expansive blackouts in California to enormous wildfires in Australia, it seems that wildfires are becoming a more prominent issue... Read More
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One death, 200 years of life

With an average weight of 330,000 pounds and a vocalization of up to 188 decibels (which can be heard 160... Read More
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Did our ancestors have superior poop?

Let’s talk about poop. Every day, we ingest food. Whether it’s from your favorite taco truck or your own kitchen,... Read More
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Particulate-ly Damaging: Wildfires and Lung Health

Many of us may remember the feeling of rising apprehension each October as year after year, weather broadcasts relay reports... Read More
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Implications and Gray Matter of Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder

Some early mornings, a thick marine layer drifts over campus. If you are unfortunate enough to be caught in it,... Read More
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Catching California’s Most Dangerous Fugitive

In just minutes, entire homes are ravaged and innocent lives are turned upside down by a single culprit. All that... Read More
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The Making of a Researcher: The Merits of Mentorship

Principal Investigator. Professor. Soccer mom. Dr. Sonya Neal is a principal investigator, or PI for short, at UC San Diego... Read More
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Hydrogels: The Structure of Us

Old body parts, fluids, and an exploration in alchemy become a reality in Frankenstein, when a grotesque creature is brought... Read More
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The Truth About the Serial Killer Gene

I have a confession to make: sometimes when I’m really, really bored, I find myself watching Riverdale. Anyone else? (Feel... Read More
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