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Mind & body

To make children better fact-checkers, expose them to more misinformation — with oversight

“We need to give children experience flexing these skepticism muscles and using these critical thinking skills within this online context,” a UC Berkeley psychology researcher said.

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Milestones

Bruce Ames, developer of a simple, widely used test to detect carcinogens, is dead at 95

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Awards

David Baker, a UC Berkeley Ph.D., awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Campus & community

Times Higher Ed ranks UC Berkeley No.1 public university in U.S.

Spotlight: Free Speech

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Free Speech at UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky talks to the camera next to a still photo of protestors holding a banner that reads

Watch the dean of Berkeley Law explain free speech in 101 seconds

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Bridging divides: from anger and mistrust to belonging — and hope

Research

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Mind & body

Researchers simulate an entire fly brain on a laptop. Is a human brain next?

By digitally mapping the whole brain of a fruit fly, scientists hope to gain insight into human brain disorders

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Research

This rocky planet around a white dwarf resembles Earth — 8 billion years from now

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Business & economics

Poverty-level wages pose urgent problem for U.S. childcare, study finds

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Politics & society

Electric vehicle tax credits cut pollution but may not be cost-effective, study finds

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Politics & society

Study links hurricanes to higher death rates long after storms pass

Arts & culture

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A new BAMPFA exhibit grapples with Syria’s civil war, inviting students to reflect

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Circus arts meet pro wrestling in a raucous theatrical performance

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Podcasts

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Berkeley Talks: With white helmets and GoPros, these volunteers risk it all in Syria’s civil war

Ketanji Brown Jackson

Berkeley’s john a. powell and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discuss her new memoir, ‘Lovely One’

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People

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Alumnus Gary Ruvkun shares 2024 Nobel Prize for discovering microRNA

Ruha Benjamin (left) and Keivan G. Stassun

Two UC Berkeley alums awarded 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ fellowships

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Campus & community

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New Berkeley center seeks “to make American democracy better”

(L to R) Nick Saban, Marshawn Lynch and Pat McAfee at the desk of ESPN's College GameDay.

See photos from ESPN College GameDay’s visit to UC Berkeley

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