Think back to New Year’s Day. It’s a brand new year, and you’re ready to wipe away the previous one and start with a clean slate. You might have some resolutions for improving yourself. Maybe you feel uncertain about what the new year will bring. Or maybe it’s just another day to you–nothing special. For many people, however, the new year is an optimal time to form better habits. Some people vow to exercise more, meditate more, save more money, and so on. One common resolution is to reduce the amount of alcohol one consumes, specifically during “Dry January”.
From what I’ve seen of TheLord of the Rings trilogy, there’s one scene that stands out to me as a scientist. In The Two Towers, there’s a tree that comes to life and begins walking. These “Ents” are some of the oldest and largest living things in the fantasy world of Middle-earth.
The Ents remind me of our coastal redwoods and giant sequoia trees here in California–the oldest and largest trees in the world. Historically they’ve thrived in California because they are well-adapted to mild climates and occasional fires. ... Read more about A Race Against Climate Change for California’s Forests
My name is Daniel Olivares-Zambrano and I am currently a MS biology student studying rockfish speciation at CSULA in the Aguilar Lab. I am the child of...Read more about Daniel Olivares-Zambrano
Alba Menéndez Pereda is a PhD candidate in the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA where she specializes in Inca archaeology. She holds a BA from...Read more about Alba Menéndez Pereda
I am a first year PhD Student in the entomology department at UCR. In the McFrederick Lab I study Ascosphaera, a fungi that only associates with bees and...Read more about Jessica Maccaro
Isabelle Rosenthal is a graduate student in Computation and Neural Systems at Caltech. A dual citizen born in Los Angeles, she spent several years in...Read more about Isabelle Rosenthal
Krystal Vasquez is a PhD Candidate at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) studying atmospheric chemistry. Her research focuses on developing...Read more about Krystal Vasquez
Biochemistry Ph.D. Candidate at University of California, Los Angeles
Fay is originally a New Yorker who moved to Los Angeles to pursue her PhD in Biochemistry at UCLA. Her research uses math models to simulate immune... Read more about Fay Lin
Nutritional Biology Ph.D. student at University of California, Davis
Tatiana is a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) and a nutritional biology Ph.D. student at UC Davis, where she works under the supervision of Dr. Francene... Read more about Tatiana Diacova
