CBC Radio covered a new study by UCLA neurobiologist Duncan Leitch and his colleagues that found the Surinam toad — commonly called a star-fingered toad — uses its fingertips to sense tiny movements in the water made by nearby prey. “Frogs have four fingers on their hands,” Leitch told “Quirks & Quarks” host Bob McDonald. “Those [fingers] split into four different lobes on each of the fingertips, and then, subsequently, each of those lobes split four times again in sort of this fractural pattern.” Read more about UCLA in today’s Los Angeles Times, Associated Press and others.
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Caltech students organized a ‘Mathathon’ sponsored by Anthropic and Open AI. Then came the backlash | LAist
AI has conjured much debate in the math community, some of which has been overdue, said Dimitri Shlyakhtenko, a UCLA math professor who has followed Mathathon developments but did not sign the open letter, told LAist. From the outside, it may look like AI is upending the field by solving high-profile problems that have stumped mathematicians for decades. But the reality is more nuanced, Shlyakhtenko said.
Cramming for exams? Experts weigh in on how to study better | Associated Press
Highlighting or underlining and repeatedly reviewing notes feels engaging because those approaches keep you focused for a short period. But studies show they don't make a significant difference long-term either, said Robert Bjork, professor emeritus of cognitive psychology at UCLA, where he founded the Bjork Learning and Forgetting Lab with his wife, Elizabeth Bjork.
Are Ohio COVID cases rising? What data shows as states see increases | Columbus Dispatch
"Right now, the picture is quite different depending on where you are: The West is seeing a substantial increase, activity is also rising in parts of the Midwest and Northeast, while the South appears to be further along in its wave," said Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and director of the Center for Global Health Security.
In-N-Out forces Northern California high school football team to delete photos shot at restaurant | Los Angeles Times
Mark McKenna, co-director of the UCLA Institute for Technology Law and Policy, said that the high school photo shoot doesn’t strike him as an especially strong trademark legal claim. “It’s not like a business that’s running its own Instagram account where people viewing the thing might think ‘Oh, this is a collaboration between In-N-Out and something else,’” he said. “It’s a high school football team; they’re not really commercial users.”
The California colleges where popular majors deliver top pay | Los Angeles Times
Johanna Vu, 22, credits the resources for first-generation and transfer students such as herself at UCLA as one major factor in helping her graduate in June with a bachelor’s in sociology and quickly get a job as a behavioral health provider. Vu said events on how to build a resume were particularly helpful, as was a fellowship that provided a mentor and seminars on how to get a health-oriented job. Less than a year out of school, she earns around the median income of UCLA sociology grads four years after completion.
UCLA forecast sees growth despite inflation, weak jobs market | Mirage News
The UCLA Anderson Forecast's September 2026 outlook finds an economy that has largely weathered a series of disruptions, with economic growth remaining resilient, even as inflation and interest rates have risen, and labor markets nationally and in California remain weak. (Also: KABC-TV and KCBS-TV.)
