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Mars to lose its largest moon, but gain a ring
In 10-20 million years, Phobos will get so close to Mars that it'll be shredded into a ring
Can’t tell green from red? Berkeley alums can help
One in 10 males are born colorblind, and as common as the condition is, there are few options for those who have it. But a Bay Area company co-founded by UC Berkeley alumni is working to change that.
Decade-long volcanic eruptions may not have caused global extinctions
Sulfur emissions from years-long lava eruptions, one of the proposed causes of massive die-offs in earth's history, may have had less grim consequences than once thought
Three new AAAS Fellows from UC Berkeley
Election recognizes achievements in advancing science or its applications
Sneak peek at new Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Excitement is building, literally, for the Jan. 31 opening of the new Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
Bin Yu: Seeking data wisdom
A profile of UC Berkeley data scientist Bin Yu, professor of statistics and electrical engineering and computer science, whose research is a powerful synergy of science, computation and statistics — something she things is an underappreciated aspect of data-intensive research today.
Uber and Lyft to get environmental scrutiny
UC Berkeley and the Natural Resources Defense Council are teaming up to conduct a yearlong national study of the environmental impacts of ride-hailing companies, Uber and Lyft.
Survivor: Game Theory for MBA students mirrors real-world business challenges
Students in John Morgan's game theory course are asked to apply their survivors' skills.
Sleuthing rare manuscript’s history leads to prestigious award
The American Musicological Society's prestigious Claude V. Palisca Award is being shared by a faculty expert on the Nazi-era confiscation of musical cultural property.
Severin Borenstein recognized for contributions to the field of energy economics
Haas professor Severin Borenstein has energy to spare.
Acorn worm genome reveals gill origins of human pharynx
The earliest creatures with gill slits tell biologists about the origin of structures that allow us to bite, chew, swallow and speak
Big Give — the big day, in photos
For Big Give — taking place Thursday, Nov. 19 — UC Berkeley students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends are harnessing their creativity to express how the campus helps them “Think Bigger.” Some are posting images
‘A Murder of Crows,’ a bird’s-eye view of a heedless world
Set in a harsh, dystopian future, A Murder of Crows — the latest play by the Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies — follows a dysfunctional small-town family living in a warped world on the verge of total ecological destruction.
Molenbeek, Belgium: Europe’s capital of jihad?
French authorities now believe that those responsible for the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris have a connection to Molenbeek, a disenfranchised suburb of Brussels. In a post on the Berkeley Blog, Jeroen Dewulf, director of the Institute of European Studies, shines a light on the neighborhood and its history.
Of war, water and working to fix South Sudan
Engineering student gives 6th graders the inside scoop on his native South Sudan
Reduced breathing capacity in kids linked to early pesticide exposure
First study to show effects on lung health in kids living near fields where organophosphates used
Berkeley Lab dedicates new science building to late UC Berkeley professor
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has opened a new building dedicated to energy supercomputing and networking, and named it after a late UC Berkeley pioneer in semiconductor lasers. Shyh Wang Hall, a 149,000-square-foot facility built on
World record: A love story, on wheels
High school sweethearts and now a power couple on the UC Berkeley faculty, Molly and Rob Van Hoeweling share a passion for bicycle racing. Their years of dedication paid off on Sept. 12, when Molly set a new women’s world record for cycling.
Big Give marshaling alumni and campus to ‘Think Bigger’ Nov. 19
Big Give is back. The one-day giving blitz, asking alumni, students, faculty, staff and Cal parents to support the campus with a donation, starts at 9 p.m. PST on Wednesday, Nov. 18, and runs until 9 p.m. PST on Thursday, Nov. 19.
OITNB’s Laverne Cox to tell her story in inaugural ‘campus climate’ talk
Orange Is the New Black star comes to Pauley Ballroom on Dec. 2