Posts by Kara Manke

Arts & culture

From Sproul Plaza to 924 Gilman: How the East Bay helped define punk’s radical legacy

A new book by UC Berkeley and Cornell professors reclaims the punk movement’s diverse, countercultural roots.

Research

We may be underestimating the true carbon cost of northern wildfires

Milestones

In memoriam of Professor Emerita Clare Cooper Marcus, expert in user-centered design

People

AI has a bias problem. Can we build something smarter?

From Bob Dylan to Ice Cube: Mapping 60 years of storytelling in pop lyrics

Prescribed burning helps store forest carbon in big, fire-resistant trees

Vision scientist Teresa Puthussery receives MacArthur ‘genius’ award

Do chatbots have a moral compass? Researchers turn to Reddit to find out.

California communities can reduce wildfire damage by half. Here’s how.

Are we truly on the verge of the humanoid robot revolution?

How seeing the new color ‘olo’ opens the realm of vision science

A stroke stole her ability to speak. Eighteen years later, scientists used AI to bring it back.

Pups in tow, Yellowstone-area wolves trek long distances to stay near prey

UC Berkeley scientists uncover neural mechanisms behind long-term memory

Wildfire season is here. UC Berkeley scholars are helping Bay Area communities prepare.

From COVID to cancer, new at-home test spots disease with startling accuracy

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