Posts by Jason Pohl

Two monkeys sit on a branch, with one looking disapprovingly toward the other.

Mind & body

Do animals get jealous like people? Researchers say it’s complicated.

New UC Berkeley research looks at years of studies into whether non-human animals have a similar sense of fairness. The answer is more nuanced than it may seem.

several rows of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages on a shelf

Mind & body

Bay Area soda taxes don’t just affect sales. They help change people’s minds.

People inside a vehicle hand boxes of food to others outside the vehicle while also coordinating where the various apartments are located.

Campus & community

UC police and students deliver 100 turkeys and Thanksgiving fixins to University Village families

In a black and white photograph, a group of people, including children, stand in front of the White House holding signs that say

Politics & society

How World War I helps explain what gave rise to Trump’s second term

With a row of American flags on the left and right side of the frame, Donald Trump walks in the distance while supporters cheer

UC Berkeley scholars say the economy, sexism and conspiracies fueled Trump’s reelection

A robotic hand types on a computer keyboard, signifying the advances in AI technology's ability to be creative and craft stories.

Don’t worry. Study shows you’re likely a more creative writer than ChatGPT. For now.

The White House in Washington D.C. at night, illuminated with lights and with a fountain in the foreground shooting water into the air.

Anxious about the election? UC Berkeley psychologists explain how to cope

Chancellor Rich Lyons, standing at a podium and wearing his ceremonial robes, speaks into a microphone during his inauguration ceremony.

At his inauguration, Chancellor Lyons thanks UC Berkeley, charts path for ‘the people’s university’

An overhead photo of a child using a laptop, signaling how children spend an increasing amount of time online and may be exposed to increasing amount of concerning content and disinformation

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

Chancellor Rich Lyons sits in a chair in front of a bookshelf filled with texts about economics.

Chancellor Rich Lyons talks finances, rankings and ‘painting a picture’ of UC Berkeley’s future

two toddlers in a room, with one looking over the shoulder of the other as they play with blocks. the child playing with the blocks has amassed several in front of him.

Can toddlers help explain the origins of our bias for wealth?

A crowd of supporters holding signs and wearing Trump-branded shirts cheer as Donald Trump, blurred in the foreground, walks onto a stage.

Sociologist examines Appalachian voters’ rightward shift, with Trump as their ‘shame shield’

A person during an event for business startups at UC Berkeley demonstrates a dental implant that her company produces.

UC Berkeley ranked No. 1 for generating startup founders, companies and female entrepreneurs  

An artist rendering of several large mammoths walking through a field

To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pikes, not throwing spears, researchers say

Kamala Harris speaking at a campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia, with a crowd of people cheering behind her.

A UC Berkeley linguist explores what Kamala Harris’ voice and speech reveal about her identity

President-elect Donald Trump in December, 2015, at a rally in Pennsylvania

After Trump’s election, women of color had more underweight, premature babies, study finds

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