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Meet Bunny, the TikTok famous 'talking' dog, who uses buttons to speak to her owner. Scientists are observing her to learn more about our pets' secret lives.
The research is trying to understand dog cognition to show that these animals are smarter than we h…
Joshua Zitser
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Gen Z turns to TikTok to find the perfect school. Some college students are cashing in.
TikTok has emerged as a way for Gen Zs to scrutinize prospective colleges from the eyes of other st…
Erin Liam
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A scientist tested knock-off Ozempic sold online. He found dangerous ingredients and doses — and got scammed out of money.
Weight-loss drugs sold online without a prescription are likely a scam or have dangerous doses, say…
Gabby Landsverk
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I built a 655-square-foot tiny home in the backyard of my San Diego rental property and rake in $2,500 a month renting it to a college water-polo team
Villa, a company that helps Californians build tiny houses in their backyards, worked with Eugene C…
Kelsey Neubauer
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A San Diego woman died after a man jumped off a building and landed on top of her
The San Diego County Medical Examiners Office identified the woman as Taylor Kahle, 29. She was wal…
Taylor Ardrey
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The Dalai Lama says we can use the same formula for inner peace and world peace
The selection of the Dalai Lama, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 and is the spiritual leader …
Shana Lebowitz
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Botox may ease depression, whether it's used for wrinkles, migraines, or muscle spasms
Get Botox for wrinkles, migraines, incontinence, or excessive sweating and you may benefit from a p…
Anna Medaris Miller
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A group of college students have a plan to brew beer on the moon in a Google-backed mission
The students, who attend the University of California, San Diego and call themselves Team Original …
Leanna Garfield
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The 10 Best Careers Right Now For Recent College Graduates
Almost half of the careers in the top 10 dealt with computers and technology, including the top two…
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The 10 Best Careers Right Now For Recent College Graduates
Almost half of the careers in the top 10 dealt with computers and technology, including the top two…
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Silicon Valley's favorite sleep tracker is being used to help detect COVID-19 symptoms early and tackle big questions about the coronavirus' aftermath
Researchers are working with Oura to see if its smart rings can detect COVID-19 symptoms early. So …
Lisa Eadicicco
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Viruses discovered a century ago may be our best defense against a threat that could kill 10 million people a year by 2050
The treatments are made of bacteria-killing viruses called bacteriophages, or phages for short. Dis…
Lydia Ramsey
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It's Getting Better, But America Is Still Paying A Historically High Price For Oil Imports
The economic burden of imported oil is represented not by the number of barrels, but instead by the…
Rob Wile
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Parents On Welfare Are Bequeathing A Culture Of Welfare Unto Their Children
The researcher also found that when parents are on welfare, the probability of the child working or…
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DIGITAL HEALTH BRIEFING: Precision medicine is gaining momentum - AWS taps healthcare, finance for blockchain - Apps could solve medication adherence
UCSD EXPLORES THE HEALTH POTENTIAL OF WEARABLE PATCHES: A team of researchers from the University o…
Laurie Beaver
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We're a couple who was furloughed from our jobs, so we're using the time in self-isolation to turn our passion project into a viable business - here's how we're making it happen
Anastasia Bendebury studied the role of electricity in bacterial communication during her PhD at Co…
Anastasia Bendebury and Micha…
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This increasingly popular retail strategy has one huge problem
The Science of Us's Melissa Dahl points to several studies from the Proceedings of the National Aca…
Mallory Schlossberg
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Child Labor Bans Actually Make Things Worse For The Poorest Children
The study uses data from India, a country where the problem of child labor is particularly egregiou…
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Pharmaceutical companies are backing away from a growing threat that could kill 10 million people a year by 2050
"The costs to develop a new antibiotic drug are no less expensive compared to development of drugs …
Charlotte Hu
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We know less about marijuana than we think - here are the biggest mysteries researchers are trying to solve
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) considers marijuana a drug with no medical value, so it's hard to…