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California researchers attempt ocean climate solution | Associated Press
Is there a way to cleanse seawater of carbon dioxide and then return it to the ocean so it can suck more of the greenhouse gas out of the atmosphere to slow global warming? ... The technology, dubbed SeaChange, developed by the University of California Los Angeles engineering faculty, is meant to seize on the ocean’s natural abilities, said Gaurav Sant, director of UCLA’s Institute of Carbon Management.
Impact of emissions for law enforcement helicopters | KABC-TV
“The climate emissions aspect, where this burning of fossil fuels is part of the global climate crisis that has myriad effects,” explained UCLA Professor Nicholas Shapiro who helping examine the helicopters. Shapiro looked at data from October 2019 to October 2020 and figures LAPD helicopters used about 766,000 gallons of fuel. An average car might use about 500 gallons a year – so that means it is the equivalent of about 1,500 cars on the road.
Senator wants Chief Justice Roberts to testify at ethics hearing | CNN
“The appearance of propriety is pretty clear, I think, and it does affect the public’s perception of the court, the legitimacy of the court, the public standing in peoples’ views that the court can actually function and do its job in the way it’s supposed to do. So that’s very serious,” said UCLA’s Scott Cummings (approx. 3:10 mark).
Gun laws were stricter in the Old West | MSNBC
“We know that the founders did have gun control. They barred large portions of the population from possessing guns, including people who were enslaved and also free Blacks, and even white men who opposed the revolution, said UCLA’s Adam Winkler (approx. 1:40 mark).
‘Stand Your Ground’ laws and the shooting of Ralph Yarl | Time
As protesters took to the streets of Kansas City, Mo., to demand charges against the white homeowner who shot Black teenager Ralph Yarl after he accidentally stopped at the wrong house, the city’s police chief said that investigators were considering whether Missouri’s “Stand Your Ground” law could factor into the case. … “Under Missouri law you can use deadly force to repel burglary and unlawful entry into your house,” says Eugene Volokh, a law professor at UCLA.
Reflecting on former Mayor Richard Riordan | LAist 89.3 FM’s ‘AirTalk’
“Los Angeles was down on itself in 1993, when the mayor’s race took place. We’d been through the civil unrest, we’d had floods, we’d had fires, we’d had a recession. Nothing seemed to be working. The Disney Hall concert project, Concert Hall project was on life support. And he came in with really a breath of fresh air,” said UCLA’s Zev Yaroslavsky (approx. 4:40 mark).
A new generation revives Western Armenian in L.A. | LAist
So I was intrigued to find out that, at UCLA, Professor Hagop Gulludjian is teaching Western Armenian through creative writing projects. Last year, he was the first recipient of the Kachigan Family Lectureship in Armenian Language and Culture. “What happened when people had to go to Lebanon, Syria, Greece — survivors of the Genocide — many of them were Turkish [language] speakers,” he explains. (UCLA’s Alexia Hatun was also quoted.)
Price of overdose antidote kit draws criticism | Washington Post
But advocates have long worried that the price of Narcan — a four-milligram spray version of the liquid drug naloxone that comes two to a kit — might be a barrier for those who need it the most. “It’s still too expensive for pretty much everyone I’ve ever provided it to — mainly teens and people experiencing homelessness,” said Chelsea Shover, a professor of epidemiology at UCLA. “That price point is probably fine for many businesses or organizations who want or have to have a Narcan kit or two publicly available.”
‘Snowfall’ reignites conversations about Miami’s crack era | Miami Herald
How these truths evolved into a conspiracy theory involving the CIA and cocaine is part of the myth-making that develops when a marginalized community is impacted by a power structure in ways it can’t confirm, said Patrica A. Turner, who studies folklore and conspiracy theories in Black culture. “This gives a very specific story,” added Turner, the current dean of the University of California Los Angeles college and the author of a book that explored many rumors within the Black culture, including the allegation of the government’s involvement in trafficking cocaine. “This gives a mechanism through which the majority population is inhibiting the progress of the minority population.”
Does cracking your knuckles cause arthritis? | HealthDay News
Dr. Thanda Aung, an assistant clinical professor in UCLA’s Division of Rheumatology, explains there haven’t been enough studies to explain the mechanism behind the cracking noise. However, she says there are two hypotheses. The first is the popping noise “could be from the movement of all the structures” in the finger such as the bones, tendons and ligaments.
China’s crackdown on deepfake apps offset by U.S. audience | NBC News
“China as a hub for AI development is increasingly seeking to export its own vision of what AI governance means,” said Michael Karanicolas, the executive director of the UCLA Institute for Technology Law & Policy. “For all the focus on Chinese apps’ disrupting the American economy, China is saying we need rules around this stuff.”
Elephant seals take power naps during deep ocean dives | New York Times
“Sleep is an adaptive trait,” said Jerome Siegel, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies the evolution and function of sleep. “Animals have evolved to sleep in certain situations and not in others.” It makes perfect sense, Dr. Siegel said, that elephant seals would limit the amount of time they spend sleeping while at sea to make the most of their food intake and reduce the amount of time they are vulnerable to predators.
Man gets nearly 22 years for shooting teen in hate crime | New York Times
The [UCLA] School of Law reported last year that “[LGBTQ] people are nine times more likely than non-[LGBTQ] people to be victims of violent hate crimes.” The school also found that [LGBTQ] violent hate crime victims are more likely to be younger.
The story of the biggest, wettest winter in western history | LAist
Of course, not every climate change-fueled severe storm will be a megaflood. Megafloods are considered to have a 1-in-1000-year chance of occurring any year. But a recent study out of UCLA found human-caused climate change has doubled the chances of megafloods similar to, and likely bigger than, 1862.
