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UC Berkeley archeologists say the findings might help resolve the debate about Clovis points and reshape how we think about hunting some 13,000 years ago.
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UC Berkeley Economics and Public Policy Professor has been awarded the 2024 Daniel M. Holland Medal by the National Tax Association.
Vice President. Kamala Harris wears a serious expression as she stands before a pair of microphones
Women who rise through the ranks and succeed win our respect, but we also penalize them because we see them as less warm, less nurturing.
a small white and black tube sits on pebbly red ground in the shade of the Insight lander on Mars
The Perseverance rover gathered sediments that can only be analyzed on Earth to retrieve more detailed information on Mars' water history.
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Explore Berkeley French professor's Guggenheim Year and her recent academic endeavors.
UC Berkeley psychology professor Alison Gopnik looks into the camera, next to a still picture of a robot hand reaching out towards a baby's hand.
Watch UC Berkeley professor Alison Gopnik explain the surprising overlap in just 101 seconds.
A white squirrel with red eyes faces the camera with a nut in it’s paws.
From albino squirrels to black coyotes, urban wildlife with unique color variations reveal the role of human bias in wildlife conservation.
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Professor Jason Corburn teaches first Berkeley Public Health class on urban gun violence prevention
the brick-red planet Mars with white caps at poles
Seismic data from NASA's Insight lander indicate deep, porous rock filled with liquid water.
Kristin Persson holding a molecule model.
Prominent scientist honored for pioneering data-driven approach to accelerate clean energy innovations
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In Berkeley Talks episode 206, Keltner joins a panel of others who worked on Inside Out 2. Together, they discuss the unique pressures that teenagers face, the science behind emotions, and how all of them, even the most uncomfortable, have a purpose.
glowing green elongated worms cluster together like segments of an orange
Nematodes react to the odors of pathogens by prepping their guts to withstand an infection. Do humans react similarly?
Kamala Harris speaking at a campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia, with a crowd of people cheering behind her.
As a modern candidate, she embodies all of the ways the country has moved on from the idea that you can only be one thing at once.
A person is leaning back and closing their eyes while driving a car.
UC Berkeley researchers have created earpieces that identify brain activity associated with relaxation and drowsiness.
Collage of three photos. Left: Paul Raftery; middle: Therese Peffer; right: Hui Zhang.
The California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE), in partnership with the Center for the Built Environment (CBE), has been awarded two major grants, totaling approximately $8 million, from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to advance research on commercial building decarbonization.
Gabe Rossi and Keane Flynn, a graduate student at the University of Nevada, Reno, examine the pikeminnow weir.
A new perspective published this week calls on California leaders to do more to recover degraded freshwater ecosystems and protect the resilience, health, and viability of existing ecosystems.