Science & Technology

Medical Technology: A 16-year-old in London has recently been fitted with a bionic arm to replace the arm he lost to meningitis as a child. What’s more impressive, however, is that he can control his arm from a smartphone. It runs off a rechargeable battery, and can articulate over 25 common gestures such as shaking […]

A disturbingly large fraction of Americans are just dying to be skinny, and dying is no mere understatement. The psychological health disorders anorexia and bulimia nervosa are exceedingly prevalent among the U.S. population. Roughly 20 million Americans (about 1 in 15 people) suffer from these diseases, and many more likely go undiagnosed. Combine that with […]

YouTube, one of Google’s most popular services and the third most popular website worldwide, offers the most features and content of any video sharing website to date. With roughly a billion unique visits every month, the company is constantly upgrading and adding features. Naturally, it is useful to know some of the tips and tricks […]

Editor’s note: This article is part one of two in a series about the human intersection of technology and medicine. Although the body is one single entity, it is one single entity that is far greater than the sum of all of its many interconnected parts. Look at the body as a set of systems […]

Most people are familiar with the image of corporate America. An image of men in business suits in a very tall building comes to mind. We associate these images with wealth and status, which have always been very important societal values. Wall Street, Fortune 500 companies and other big business, and even many scientific fields […]

Day in and day out, the U.S. population is bombarded with controversial opinions and claims about global warming. As with many mainstream scientific issues that implicate mankind of wrongdoing, there appears to be a split in popular belief. There are even those who simply have no desire to acknowledge different arguments. Some people are of […]

Medicine: Medical researchers have recently developed a “nano-sponge” that can enter your bloodstream and soak up deadly bacteria like MRSA that are resistant to conventional antibiotics. The nano-sponge, which measures about 1/300,000th of an inch, is surrounded by a membrane that mimics a red blood cell. The harmful bacteria attach harmlessly to the sponge and […]

You have to give a presentation. Whether it be for class, for work or in a desperate attempt to try to convince your parents of something, presenting an idea can be a daunting task. In such a situation, nearly everyone turns to their trusted friend: PowerPoint. It’s the simple, standard way to organize ideas and […]

*Editor’s note: This is a new section of the science page. Every week, we will publish the top seven (according to us) most fascinating science breakthroughs that we don’t have space to write articles about. Health: Sorry guys, size does matter (but not a lot). A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National […]

The Scenario: You’re working on a project within a group, but need to distribute the data to everyone. No one has time to meet up, and the documents and PowerPoints are simply too big to email. Distribution via flash drive would involve everyone meeting up at one point or another, a task made difficult when […]

It’s spring in Davis and the student body is abuzz with excitement for the nice weather. Unfortunately, along with the beautiful sunshine comes another, less-loved phenomena: wind. If you’ve been at UC Davis for more than a year, the odds are that you have some sort of story in which the wind has embarrassed you. […]

*Editor’s note: This is a new section of the science page. Every week, we will publish the top seven (according to us) most fascinating science breakthroughs that we don’t have space to write articles about. A study published last week showed that the fossil-fuel industry has been subsidized by nearly $2 trillion in 2012. Trillion […]