Education

State revisits climate change in curriculum

State revisits climate change in curriculum

For the third time in recent years, Assemblymember Luz Rivas is introducing a bill that would require students in grades 1-12 to learn about the effects of climate change and ways to mitigate it. “California is falling behind other states and countries about teaching...

Could we change our genes? CRISPR, genetic-altering technology

Could we change our genes? CRISPR, genetic-altering technology

For years, genetics have been the end all be all. The reason to why we have our traits, why we look how we look, why we are how we are, what diseases we were susceptible to and everything was set in stone. However, recent medical innovation, CRISPR/Cas9 has proven otherwise and that indeed we can change our genetics.