Along with the sneezing and wheezing, this year’s flu season has also brought with it a particularly virulent attack on our wired and electronic counterparts. The Mydoom e-mail worm, which first reared its ugly head on Monday, Jan. Read more...
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February 2, 9:00 pm
UCLA weathers e-mail worm storm
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February 2, 9:00 pm
Gov. maps shift from gas to hydrogen
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is planning to establish a network of hydrogen fueling stations throughout California by the end of the decade. His plan, known as Hydrogen Highways, would set up 200 fuel stations, each spaced 20 miles apart, along major highways by 2010. Read more...
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January 26, 9:00 pm
Briefs
Bird flu outbreak causes 7 human deaths Eight countries ““ Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam ““ have reported the occurrence of bird flu. Read more...
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January 26, 9:00 pm
Your health: Exercise a necessary, healthy addiction
So there you are, sitting in the dungeons of Powell Library with so much studying to do you feel like you may never leave. You realize you haven’t had any sort of exercise in months, and consequently, your body has turned into what feels like the rotting nutty peanut butter in your mini-fridge at home. Read more...
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January 26, 9:00 pm
Studies link shyness with diseases
They’re the quiet ones in class. The ones that stare at the ground and avoid eye contact. They shrink away from large crowds, preferring the company of a few close friends. Read more...
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January 26, 9:00 pm
Internet hits 35th birthday mark
The Internet, the small network of computers that became a World Wide Web, celebrates its 35th birthday this year. UCLA, in conjunction with Stanford University, UC Santa Barbara and the University of Utah, began constructing the Internet’s first incarnation for the Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency in 1969. Read more...
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January 19, 9:00 pm
The Beef on Mad Cow: U.S. learns from past cases, other nations
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, was first found in British cattle in 1986. Now, almost 20 years later, BSE has been found in U.S. Read more...