Marijuana is illegal in the United States, but that does not stop UCLA students from celebrating 4/20 today, the unofficial marijuana user’s holiday. April 20 has fallen on the weekend in the past few years, giving people more of a reason to celebrate at home instead of on campus. Read more...

Dr. Jay Cavanaugh’s first dose of marijuana was given to him by his mother ““ who had obtained it through a member of her bridge club. Read more...

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 bottle of Lysol can’t make a dent in the bacterial colonies teeming in trillions of numbers around us, on us and even in us. The ability of bacteria to exist in practically every imaginable environment on Earth makes them an integral part of life and a necessity we cannot wash away. Read more...

UCLA E-Week features events, activities, Idol The Engineering Society of UCLA and engineering student groups will be holding events for the annual UCLA Engineers Week this week. 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...