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A phalanx of police officers prepared for a night-time demonstration
Berkeley’s Institute for Data Science, Graduate School of Journalism, and partners will collect, curate and make accessible records that a 2019 state law unlocked for the public.
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At least one group has found evidence that the rhythms of these pulsars are affected by the stretching and squeezing of spacetime by these long-wavelength gravitational waves.
Illustration of Juana Maria Rodriguez with yellow and pink sun rays in the background.
Professor Juana Maria Rodríguez's new book relates intimate stories of Latinx sex workers from around the world and demonstrates the ways they have always “formed part of queer worlds.
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Can you create an antivenom in time to stop a green plague from taking over the world? VENOMventure - aVENENOtura is a fun game for any family, thanks to UCMP.
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A stiff jaw in mammals is thought to be a side effect of establishing a uniquely mammalian hearing system.
Hackers sitting in front of a computer screen perplexed.
Dubbed “the Woodstock of Hackathons,” the event was hosted by Berkeley’s premiere startup accelerator, Berkeley SkyDeck, and Cal Hacks, a nonprofit that runs collegiate hackathons.
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To Celeste Kidd the answer is simple: It’s dangerous and perhaps the most concerning aspect of generative AI’s rapid expansion. 
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New study demonstrates that hummingbirds happily sip from sugar water with up to 1% alcohol by volume, finding it just as attractive as plain sugar water.
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A new study is the first to document how removing commission fees on trading platforms improves returns for the average trader.
A bird stands on one foot in a flooded field. The bird is standing behind a chain-link fence, which has a sign that reads "Caution: Hazardous substances area, unauthorized persons keep out."
A new report finds that rising groundwater levels in the San Francisco Bay Area could impact more than 5,200 state- and federally-managed contaminated sites at risk.
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Karthik Shekhar has been awarded this scholarship for research on the evolution of neural diversity and patterning in the visual system. 
U.S. President Donald Trump, in a blue suit and red and white tie, speaks at a campaign event.
Dan Schnur says last week's criminal indictment for mishandling top secret information and obstructing the federal investigation has given Trump a political boost.
gold plated electronics of a quantum computer
A new study shows that, even lacking good error correction, there are ways to mitigate errors that could make quantum computers useful today.
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Chemists are working to retool the cell’s polypeptide manufacturing plants to generate polymer chains more elaborate than what can now be made in a cell or a test tube.
Dozens of bankers boxes, some possibly containing classified documents, stored on an unsecured Italianate stage at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.
One in which there is a plausible scenario that Trump shared classified information with other governments, including Russia’s.
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California magazine talks with faculty, author, and research center director Dacher Keltner about his research on awe.