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Vegan-Free Plants

I’ve been watching a lot of Planet Earth lately (thank goodness for Netflix), and I started to realize that I do a lot of blogs about animals. Read More
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1 oz. of Beef vs. 30 Minute Showers: A Battle Royale for California’s Water Supply

“Take shorter showers!” “Don’t wash your car or water your grass!” How many times have you heard these ever-increasing aphorisms in our society? Water drought has become a serious problem in many places around the world, and it is slowly becoming a more dire and severe problem in California as well. Read More
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Research Roundup (Spring ’15, Week 6)

Every week our Research Editors highlight a few of the latest headlines in science news and explain why these pieces are interesting and applicable to our classes at UC San Diego. If you find an engaging science article, share it with us on our Facebook page and your highlight may just be featured! Read More
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Activating and Inactivating Memories

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have been able to selectively activate and inactivate memories in rats by activating nerves within the brain at different frequencies, either strengthening or weakening synaptic (nerve cell) connections. Read More
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Tyrannosaurus Sex? What The World Knows About Dinosaur Mating

Talk about earth-moving sex! Read More
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How the Tooth Fairy Helped in Autism Research

That is, until the Tooth Fairy came to help. Read More
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I’ve Had It With These Mako Sharks

...Three mako sharks secretly genetically engineered to have enlarged brains for experimentation, but instead the sharks use their superior intellect to shepherd the personnel through the facility. Read More
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Science and Philosophy: A Search for Truth Op-ed – A Take on an Issue Presented at the Veritas Forum

Despite this, the term for someone who studied nature did not remain “cultivator of science” or “natural philosopher” 1 but was replaced by “scientist,” which was coined in 1834 Read More
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Are Peanut Allergies Preventable?

For years, scientists have been intrigued by the steady increase in peanut allergies in certain countries but not others. Read More
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