On Jan. 6, the Wash Mill Laundromat on East Eighth Street closed its doors after 40 years of business. Another laundromat, the Quick Clean Center, used to be located on G Street but is no longer in business. After the closure of these laundromats, there remains only one laundromat in the city of Davis: The […]

Researchers from UC Davis and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have revealed the various parts of the brain that work together to recollect memories. According to Andrew Watrous, the lead author of the study and a UC Davis graduate student, other researchers and doctors have looked at the brain through fMRI […]

The dreaded hangover — the punishment of a night out for college students. With the headache, nausea and sensitivity to light, it will ruin your next day and make you regret everything when you have three midterms and a lab report due that week. What causes a hangover in the first place? “[It is a] […]

As natural disasters go, earthquakes are among the most destructive, as well as the most mysterious. Originating beyond the range of direct observation, miles below the surface, they usually strike with little or no warning. The magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan on March 11, 2011 was a humbling reminder that even […]

Memory Finals week is nearly here. There shall be too much caffeine. There shall be too little sleep. There shall be ramen and writing papers all night. There shall be the Scantron 2000. Sharpen your No. 2 pencils, steel your minds and prepare to run the gauntlet. Normal working hours do not apply anymore, if […]

A whistleblower report was recently released alleging a myriad of issues within the UC Medical System that are supposedly detrimental to patient care. The report, titled “A Question of Priorities: Profits, Short Staffing, and the Shortchanging of Patient Care at UC Medical Centers,” was released by AFSCME 3299, the statewide union of University of California […]

The problem: Finals are just around the corner. We all know what that means: the library has never been so packed and you are Googling the symptoms of a caffeine overdose (just to be safe). The icing on the cake? In that post-midterm slump you decided to treat yourself to a few days off of […]

An assault that occurred on Sunday at around 3 a.m. left 31-year-old Mikey Partida with major injuries after being severely beaten. Partida was attending a house party at the 300 block of I Street. On his way back to the party to retrieve his keys, a man began kicking and beating Partida while yelling out […]

In some dialects, the term “sucker” refers to one who is easily swindled or deceived. The natural world isn’t without its share of suckers in this sense. For instance, the cuckoo is a species of bird whose key reproductive strategy involves laying eggs in the nests of unsuspecting other species. The unfortunate parents fail to […]

Take one for the team Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) referred a student to Student Judicial Affairs (SJA) for using a stolen parking permit. In a meeting with a Judicial Officer, the student claimed that his friend gave him the parking permit and that he was unaware it was stolen. However, he would not disclose […]

With all the Thai restaurants in Davis, you are bound to hit a crossroads at least once when deciding which place to try out next. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen or Thai Nakorn? Fast like Thai Canteen, or a more formal setting such as KetMoRee? There are eight Thai restaurants in downtown alone. I can honestly say […]

One of the most common objections to capitalism is that it leads to unchecked negative externalities. An externality is an effect of economic activity that is not accounted for in the costs of the goods or services involved in the transaction. Many externalities are positive: For instance, when a park is created near some houses, […]