Professor says legislators should study climate goals in relation to tax policy.

Tensions within the GOP have been building for a quarter century, growing "deeper and more acrimonious" with each passing year, says Lawrence Rosenthal, a scholar on the political right wing. Read his analysis of GOP civil war and the remarkable rise of Donald Trump.

UC Berkeley holds onto its title as the all-time top producer of Peace Corps volunteers since John F. Kennedy launched the program in 1961, as the 2016 college rankings were made public today. Including the

New NASA mission will unravel secrets of dark energy and dark matter, and explore evolution of the cosmos

President Obama this week named three young UC Berkeley faculty members as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering

Fifty years after the Black Panther Party’s founding, the ideals that sparked the controversial black power organization resonate again with the Black Lives Matter movement. And the Panthers’ central ideas — equality for African Americans

Earlier this month, the CDC released a report recommending that women of childbearing age who aren’t taking birth control should abstain from drinking alcohol. Melissa Murray, the faculty director of the Center of Reproductive Rights and Justice at Berkeley Law, says the report gives the impression that women are incapable of making responsible choices about their reproductive health.

From now through March, UC Berkeley is holding a campuswide "Sugar Savvy" campaign to help people reduce the amount of added sugar in their diet.

Lyle Nevels, assistant vice chancellor for IT, has been named as the executive director of the newly formed Office of Strategic Initiatives at UC Berkeley.

Find out the housing policies in your neighborhood with the latest installment of the Urban Displacement Map.

Inclusionary policies can produce lots of housing, but fill just a fraction of the affordable housing need.

Mitchell Crispell asks what can be done about displacement.

In this podcast, the Urban Displacement Project's Miriam Zuk offers a personalized look at displacement.

Find out the housing policies in your neighborhood with the latest installment of the Urban Displacement Map.

Loopholes in condo conversion regulations limit their effectiveness, researchers report.

While relatively effective in limiting displacement, few cities implement rent control policies.

GPS instruments already in place around the world could provide more rapid and more accurate warning of a tsunami, allowing nearly 20 minutes more to evacuate coastal areas, UC Berkeley seismologists report. Current early-warning systems

Berkeley Blog authors weigh in on the 2016 presidential campaign, looking at the role of gender and generational issues, Donald Trump's long and uncertain path to 1,237 delegates, and the predictive nature (or not) of recent results from Iowa and New Hampshire.

Paul Alivisatos, UC Berkeley’s newly appointed vice chancellor for research and the outgoing director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has been awarded the international Dan David Prize for his contributions in the field of nanoscience.

It looks like virtues such as honesty and ethics offer the best path to effective leadership, in the U.S. Senate, according to new research.