Brain & Behavior
Strangers Trust Others More When They Put Down Their Phones
It’s practically a ritual: As soon as we sit down on the bus or get in line at the post office, we pull out our phones.
Jul 22, 2024
Health
Genetically Engineered Plants Could Provide More Nutritious Baby Formula
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Davis, have successfully reprogrammed plants to produce a diverse array…
Jun 14, 2024
Brain & Behavior
Imagined otherness: Why we dehumanize our political opponents
Some of human history’s greatest atrocities—genocide, slavery, ethnic cleanings—are rooted in our ability to dehumanize people from other social, political, or cultural groups.
May 29, 2024
Social Sciences
Our political debates may not be as antagonistic as we think, study shows
Spend any time scrolling through social media or news sites and it feels like America is a nation in constant argument.
May 29, 2024
Health
Buddy Up for Success: How Pursuing Goals with Friends Can Boost Motivation and Achievement
Setting goals is easy, but sticking to them can be a challenge. Whether it's weekly targets, annual resolutions, or five-year plans, many of us struggle to stay on track.
May 1, 2024
Technology
Electric vehicles are measurably lowering Bay Area's carbon emissions
A network of more than 80 carbon dioxide (CO2) sensors set up around the San Francisco Bay Area has provided the first evidence that the adoption of electric vehicles is measurably lowering the region's carbon emissions.
Apr 4, 2024
Health
Junk DNA in birds may hold key to safe, efficient gene therapy
The recent approval of a CRISPR-Cas9 therapy for sickle cell disease demonstrates that gene editing tools can do a superb job knocking out genes to cure hereditary disease.
Feb 21, 2024
Earth & Environment
Trump White House rule dramatically deregulated wetlands, streams and drinking water
The 1972 Clean Water Act protects the "waters of the United States" but does not precisely define which streams and wetlands this phrase covers, leaving it to presidential administrations, regulators, and courts to decide.
Jan 26, 2024
Earth & Environment
Pacific kelp forests are far older that we thought
The unique underwater kelp forests that line the Pacific Coast support a varied ecosystem that was thought to have evolved along with the kelp over the past 14 million years.
Jan 16, 2024
Life
Mystery solved: how hummingbirds fly through gaps that are too small
Soaring, wings outstretched, many birds sail through the air unhindered. However, species that dine on fruit, seeds and nectar must negotiate tiny gaps in cluttered foliage to secure a feast.
Nov 10, 2023
Brain & Behavior
Is there a link between a mother's mental well-being and their children's?
UC Berkeley Anthropology Professor Andrew Wooyoung Kim reveals transformative insights into mental health, focusing on the intergenerational effects of mental well-being in Uganda.
Aug 15, 2023
Space
Hundred-year storms? That's how long they last on Saturn.
The largest storm in the solar system, a 10,000-mile-wide anticyclone called the Great Red Spot, has decorated Jupiter's surface for hundreds of years.
Aug 12, 2023
Space
James Webb Space Telescope sees Jupiter moons in a new light
With its sensitive infrared cameras and high-resolution spectrometer, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is revealing new secrets of Jupiter's Galilean satellites, in particular Ganymede, the largest moon, and Io, the most volcanically active.
Jul 27, 2023
Physics
Parker Solar Probe Unveils the Sun's Secrets: Fast Solar Wind Traced to Coronal Holes
NASA's Parker Solar Probe (PSP) has achieved a remarkable feat by getting really close to the sun.
Jun 9, 2023