Humans and finches may be birds of a feather when it comes to learning how to speak and sing. According to UCLA researchers, similarities between how humans learn to speak and songbirds learn to sing may be rooted in shared genes. Read more...

A team of UCLA graduate student researchers is working to eliminate a variety of security and privacy problems by creating a portable device that would identify users by their thumbprints. Read more...

Booze, firewater, grandpa’s cough syrup, the reason my girlfriend left me ““ alcohol has been around for thousands of years and earned notoriety for nearly as many reasons. Read more...

The greatly polarized debate over genetically modified foods has labeled the crops as either public health saviors or ecological time bombs. Genetically modifying a food by transplanting foreign DNA has the potential to increase food production and the nutritional value of the food supply. Read more...

Drug improves treatment for juvenile diabetes A new drug, based on the findings of a UCLA study, may help halt the progression of type I diabetes. Read more...

A patient is given a pill to take daily as a painkiller. After a month, the pain is gone. Surprise ““ the pill contained no active ingredients, but was merely a sugar pill. Read more...

It’s been a long week here at UCLA. You got crushed by your statistics midterm, the dorm cafeteria served up mystery meat again, and to top it off, the UCLA basketball team suffered a heartbreaking loss to that dreaded school across town. Read more...