Despite their importance to reef communities and distribution throughout much of the world’s warmer oceans, little is known about the mantis shrimp, a solitary ambush predator. However, with a fossil record dating back some 400 million years, the history of the mantis shrimp helps researchers understand the evolution of some of their more intriguing features.…

Most people don’t realize how much food they throw away every day — from uneaten leftovers to imperfect produce. In the United States food waste is at an all-time high. More than 40 percent of all edible food is tossed out each year and half of that is fresh but slightly imperfect produce. On top…

Global climate disruption is impacting the planet in ways never experienced in human history. Record-setting warmer temperatures are becoming the norm across the planet and sea-level rise poses a real threat to humanity. The University of California Carbon Slam held this past May brought forth a vision of solutions. At this system-wide event, students from…

In its third annual department showcase, the UCSB Department of Music has assembled students, faculty and special guests to exhibit different areas of the music and dance departments for a varied but compact program appropriately named “Montage.” In addition to the UCSB-based performers you’ll enjoy Grammy Award-winning soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, Santa Barbara Dance Theater’s Christina…

As the final segment of the multi-media collaborative project on ending AIDS, UCTV follows Dr. Diane Havlir of UC San Francisco as she and others implement the Getting to Zero SF campaign with aggressive prevention, testing and treatment of people living with HIV in her home town. She and her UCSF colleagues then bring their…

As we start thinking about sending kids back to school or just staying healthy as adults, it’s time to check to be sure your immunizations are up-to-date. Are your young children current? Are your college students protected? And don’t forget that older adults also benefit from vaccines. Check out these programs and get more information…

From tiny remnants of tartar (the calculus built up on your teeth) to a minuscule segment of a finger bone, ancient DNA data is providing unprecedented insights into the recent history of our species. In particular, methodological improvements and innovations over the last ten years have advanced our ability to recover small fragments, target specific…

Design thinking, or human-centered design, is a growing global trend that is being embraced by companies and local governments to help drive innovation and improve communities. The guiding principle of design thinking is to focus on the needs of people to ensure that the correct problem is being solved in the most effective way. Community,…

As it has every year since 1970, July heralds the arrival in San Diego of the pop culture phenomenon known as Comic-Con International. From its humble beginnings as a single-day comic book convention, Comic-Con has grown into a four-day multimedia extravaganza celebrating all aspects of popular arts – comics, science fiction and fantasy literature, collectibles,…

A visit to UC San Diego from Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group and member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy , was bound to cause a stir. But how do you explain his late arrival to a campus event on drug use and HIV in Tijuana? His flight was on time,…