The sky is falling for some astrologists, but many are simply
not looking up.
According to some experts, the Sidereal zodiac, which follows
the exact location of the constellations in relation to the Earth,
is so inaccurate that, for example, those who have been reading the
Gemini horoscope their entire life should actually be reading it
for Taurus.

There are more effective ways to counter the spread of HIV/AIDS
beyond simply preaching abstinence and safe sex, according to UCLA
Regents lecturer Dr. Loretta Sweet Jemmott.

The largest federally-funded clinical trial on medical imaging
is under way at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center.
The cancer center is seeking 2,475 women to participate in the
Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial to determine whether
digital mammography is equal or superior to standard film
mammography.

Give a professor a million dollars, and he’ll change the
world of undergraduate science education.
Two UCLA professors are preparing to do just that thanks to a
new program funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which
awarded $1 million grants to each of 20 professors in 19
universities across the nation.

UCLA students are taking field trips to the cathedrals in Spain
and into the microscopic world of molecules ““ all while
sitting comfortably in their seats here on campus.

“Take two Charlie Chaplins and a small dose of the
Simpsons and call me in the morning.” This is the kind of
prescription UCLA doctors hope to one day prescribe.

Since its discovery almost a decade ago, the believed benefits
of the “anti-obesity hormone” called leptin has
fluctuated back and forth.
The hormone first caused a stir when scientists announced they
could cause fat mice to lose weight by injecting them with the
weight-regulating hormone.