Every now and then, I like to take a break from looking at the beauty of nature to look at the weirder, more terrifying things. For all the beautiful creativity that nature shows in the world around us, a close look can also find creatures that we find horrifying. The most likely kind of creature […]

In a recent study conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, 29 percent of Americans owned at least one tablet or e-reader in January. This is an increase of 18 percent since from just two months before in November 2011. In the 2000s, Microsoft attempted to create tablets for the purpose […]

With only nine stores comprising this small chain, Nugget Market was ranked number 34 on Fortune’s 2012 list of 100 best companies to work for, making the cut with bigger companies such as Google (number one), number eight ranked Recreational Equipment (REI) and Zappos.com (number 11) from CNN’s website. The list is created by “the […]

Chris Fassnacht, a professor in the UC Davis Physics department, has co-authored a paper appearing in Nature, which provides evidence to corroborate a theory of how galaxies form in a process that involves dark matter by detecting a faint satellite galaxy 10 billion light years away. Fassnacht is currently visiting his alma mater, the California […]

Teams: UC Davis at Cal State Fullerton Records: Aggies, 13-7 (5-3); Titans 9-11 (2-6) Where: Titan Gym – Fullerton, Calif. When: Today at 7 p.m. Who to Watch: Though Head Coach Jennifer Gross and her team stress their collaborative effort, junior Hannah Stephens has certainly had the hot hand lately. Stephens has tallied a total […]

On Monday, interns at the Women’s Resource and Research Center (WRRC) reported that a life-sized representation of a Barbie doll had been hung with a noose in North Hall. “This act comes at a time in which the Student Life Centers have been under attack and is a reminder of the acts of hate perpetrated […]

Society continues to consume an increasing amount of its media in more interactive ways, in terms of music, videos and games. The medical community is also taking steps to provide its students with the tools to make learning more engaging and convenient. More specifically, medical students are gaining a new way to learn how to […]

Beginning in Fall 2012, all incoming first-year students will be guaranteed space in the residence halls for their first  two years as a UC Davis student. This is due to an expected availability of beds in Fall 2012, which has not occurred for three years. Of the 4,300 freshman students that are usually housed in […]

Richard Dawkins combined the ancient Greek word for imitate, mimeme, with the sound of the word “gene” to coin the term “meme” in 1976. To Dawkins, memes are units of culture through the process of natural selection. Just like genes, cultural ideas and objects could be produced and reproduced through the forces of variation, inheritance, […]

Danielle Mae Thanh, sophomore environmental toxicology major The Aggie: What are you wearing? Thanh: “A pair of thrifted patterned [harem] pants, a Target shirt and a Sway scarf. My watch is Nine West and the bag is from Forever 21. These shoes are Report. They’re really comfortable.” How did you decide what to wear today? […]

The fight against cancer has been long and arduous. Researchers have made the occasional advance in treatment, but as of yet, cancer is still at large. However, a group of researchers based at UC Davis has made a major advance in cancer treatment that will dramatically augment our ability to fight cancerous tumors. This advance […]

If I were to give you a food sprayed with poison, would you eat it? Due to pesticide use, fruits and vegetables are beginning to spark this very question. Does that mean you should buy everything labeled organic? Not necessarily. In truth, eating five or more servings of fruits and vegetables per day greatly lowers […]