Concrete Canoe is an engineering extracurricular activity revolving around the design, creation, and racing of a canoe made of concrete. Students learn valuable design and teamwork skills, and have the great opportunity to meet civil engineering students from schools across the nation.
How to escape a $400 traffic ticket with the power of physics
A UCSD physicist was able to argue his way out of a traffic ticket with a bit of audacity and four pages worth of complex mathematics.
Dmitri Krioukov, a senior research scientist at the University of California, San Diego, was issued a ticket for failing to completely stop at a stop sign. Rather than eat the $400 charge, Krioukov decided to fight  … More
SARASOTA — A new study on Manatee hearing shows the giant marine mammals can sense a wide range of pitches, including the sounds made by boats.
The project was led by Mote Marine Laboratory’s training and research coordinator Joseph Gaspard in collaboration with a team of scientists, including Dr. Gordon Bauer, professor at New College of Florida.
The study tested the hearing of Buffett and Hugh, the two resident manatees in at Mote … More
After my accident at Rocky Point, as I lay twisting and writhing on the examination table in the doctor’s office while he probed the long L shaped wound, I thought about my dreams of becoming a pro and wondered what might become of me if I failed. I had few peripheral interests aside from surfing. What would I do with myself? I couldn’t imagine myself as anything other than a surfer. Starting the next morning I had no choice but to find out  … More