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Looking for a Buzz

I was covered from head to toe, with every possible opening shut tight by zippers or elastic. This was my first time in a bee suit, and it was making me slightly claustrophobic. Professor John Neeves at UC San Diego had offered to give me a tour of the beehives he keeps in the biological field station on campus. Read More
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Competitive Advantage?

DANIEL LUSK | BLOGGER | SQ ONLINE (2018-19) A while back, I missed a lecture. I think it was for... Read More
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Communication and the Coronavirus Pandemic

Even though life pre-2020 feels like a completely different era, we once lived most of our lives in-person: school, extracurriculars,... Read More
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Welcome to the Polar World

There wasn’t any wind whipping around to bite at the exposed skin on my face, but the chill that rose from the packed snow was enough to keep my cheeks and nose red. Patrick and I waited outside the known den of a mother polar bear for about two days. Read More
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Trying to see the big and relevant picture

Connecting what we learn with what we love Read More
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American Idiocracy

I would have thought the electrolytes would have acted as fertilizer; I swear I’m not an idiocrat. Read More
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A Trip Through Tripping

Yahoo! Mario hits his head on a yellow mystery block. When I do that, I get a concussion, but when... Read More
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Participation Points

DANIEL LUSK | BLOGGER | SQ ONLINE (2018-19) Welcome to Winter quarter, a very special time at UC San Diego.... Read More
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CTAATGT: Not a Typo

Lexie Frye Rochfort | Blogger | SQ Online (2014—15) See what I did there? The title is the complementary strand... Read More
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SQ Online is part of the Saltman Quarterly program, a biology student organization committed to communicating science and research. The late Dr. Paul Saltman inspired the program’s creation, and the Saltman Family continues to generously support our efforts. For more on Dr. Saltman’s legacy, read our tributes. If you are the copyright holder and believe our website has not properly attributed your work to you or has used it without the requisite permission, please let us know. Refer to the Notice and Takedown Policy for further details.

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