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An interstellar visitor | BBC

A team of astronomers has captured the sharpest ever photo of a high-speed comet visiting our Solar System from elsewhere in the Milky Way galaxy, using Nasa’s Hubble Space Telescope … “No one knows where the comet came from. It’s like glimpsing a rifle bullet for a thousandth of a second,” David Jewitt, an astronomer at the University of California, Los Angeles, and science team leader for the Hubble observations, said in a statement.

EV fast chargers have a surprising health downside | Bloomberg

While EVs contribute vastly less to air pollution than combustion-powered vehicles, fast-charging stations are what a recent study called an “overlooked source of air pollution.”… The problem “can be solved,” said Yuan Yao, a co-author of the study and a postdoctoral researcher at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. “We want to make sure that EV adoption is clean.”  

Study reveals the biggest risk factors for getting early dementia | HuffPost

The study is meaningful to experts because it “looks at young-onset dementia risk factors in a way that has only been done in late-onset dementias previously,” according to Dr. Kevin Bickart, an assistant professor in neurology at the [David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA]. The study features “a very large sample that was prospectively followed from healthy baseline to a dementia diagnosis with lots of data collection.”

Ukrainian President comes to Washington D.C. | KCAL-TV

“What we hope to not have it look like would be repeat of the performance from earlier this year, when we saw Zelenskyy isolated and pretty much tapped by the President and the Vice President during that meeting,” said UCLA’s Benjamin Radd.

Experts warn of destabilized trading relations | The Guardian

Julia Powles, executive director of the Institute for Technology, Law and Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles, said the deal opens up questions of whether similar pressure can be applied to other tech companies.  

Found papers spill new details of Alaska summit | NPR’s “Morning Edition”

Jon Michaels, a professor of law at UCLA who lectures about national security, said that the documents found in the printer of the Alaskan hotel reveal a lapse in professional judgment in preparation for a high-stakes meeting. “It strikes me as further evidence of the sloppiness and the incompetence of the administration,” said Michaels. “You just don’t leave things in printers. It’s that simple.”

Hair loss remedies that work for women | NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday”

To understand hair loss, it’s important to understand hair growth, says Dr. Carolyn Goh, a clinical professor of dermatology at UCLA Health. Each hair on your head goes through cycles of growth, transition and rest. The rest phase is called telogen.

Colorado River forecasts put water talks under pressure | CalMatters

If current policies aren’t updated, the reservoirs are highly likely to reach deadpool — the level at which water can no longer be released — at least once in the coming decades, according to a soon-to-be published study. ”There’s a risk of these reservoirs dipping into lower water levels that can make them inoperable,” the study’s lead author Benjamin Bass, a researcher at UCLA’s Center for Climate Science, told CalMatters. “That’s really why we need to shift away from existing policy to something more stringent.”

Kaiser’s retreat on gender-affirming care | Southern California News Group

New research from the Williams Institute, a public policy think tank at the UCLA School of Law, shows the impact banning gender-affirming care has had on transgender minors. A lack of access could increase the risk of anxiety, depression and suicide among youth. In addition, many trans youth and families have also traveled out of states where care is banned to access services, and even youth in California are scrambling to find new providers, UCLA researchers said. (UCLA’s Elana Redfield was quoted.)

Fed up with U.S. health care costs, they moved abroad | Washington Post

“For anybody who has a chronic illness, for people who are middle class, people maybe lower on the income scale, this might be a very, very strong motivation to move to a country that has a more comprehensive health care system that is also less expensive,” said Gerald Kominski, a professor emeritus at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health.  

What customs sees when your passport is scanned | ABC News (Australia)

Nina Toft Djanegara, a technology, law and policy fellow at the UCLA School of Law, said a passport holds more than just your photo and details. “The chip embedded in your e-passport contains your photo and biometric data like fingerprints, which are compared in real-time,” Toft Djanegara said.

Newsom faces opportunities, risks with redistricting fight | The Hill

But at least in terms of the plan’s chances, Newsom has overcome adversity before, said Matt Barreto, a professor of political science and co-founder of the Voting Rights Project at the University of California, Los Angeles. He said a concern is whether voters will sign off on Newsom’s plan, but a major campaign for it is coming. 

A neurologist investigates his own musical hallucinations | Science Friday

Imagine you’re sitting at home, and then all of a sudden you hear a men’s choir belting out “The Star-Spangled Banner.” You check your phone, your computer, radio. Nothing’s playing. You look outside. No one’s there. This scenario is not a hypothetical. It’s what happened to my next guest after he received a cochlear implant. But he’s not just a patient. He’s also a neurologist. So, of course, he had to learn everything he could about his condition called musical hallucinosis. (UCLA’s Dr. Bruce Dobkin was interviewed.)