Posts by Kara Manke

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An electric vehicle at a charging station.

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

October 7, 2024

A woman with long hair stands at a podium and smiles at people seated nearby.

How UC Berkeley researchers are making online spaces safer for all

September 30, 2024

Coches manejan a través de esmog en un autopista de California

California ha mejorado la calidad del aire, pero persisten las desigualdades raciales/étnicas

September 13, 2024

Cars drive through smoggy air on a California highway

California has dramatically improved its air quality, but racial disparities persist

September 11, 2024

A black and white illustration depicts an artist’s imagining of an aquifer, showing a large underground mass sprouting a collection of small arms that reach for the roots of plants growing above.

Can an aquifer be injured? Scholar brings a disability lens to ecological repair

August 22, 2024

A white squirrel with red eyes faces the camera with a nut in it’s paws.

How color shapes which animals we fear — and which we protect

August 13, 2024

A person is leaning back and closing their eyes while driving a car.

Dozing at the wheel? Not with these fatigue-detecting earbuds

August 5, 2024

Michael Yartsev stands in a darkened room with his hands on his hips. Yellow and teal lights swirl around him.

UC Berkeley Professor Michael Yartsev named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

July 23, 2024

A firefighter points a hose at a burning structure, while orange flames blaze in the background.

Researchers reveal a hidden factor in California’s insurance crisis: The ‘winner’s curse’

July 18, 2024

A close-up photo of a plant with a small white flower.

Can engineered plants help make baby formula as nutritious as breast milk?

June 13, 2024

An illustration of a brain with flowers growing out of it.

Psychedelics change how we see the world. A UC Berkeley study aims to find out why.

June 11, 2024

A rendering of a five-story building with a glass façade.

Bakar ClimatEnginuity Hub: Berkeley’s new home for climate innovation

May 16, 2024

A small green parrot stands at the entrance to an artificial nest box, which is constructed from a wide PVC pipe. Five parrotlet babies stick their heads out of the nest entrance.

Why parrots sometimes adopt — or kill — each other’s babies

May 6, 2024

A pink robot hand and a pink human hand reach for each other against a blue background.

How to keep AI from killing us all

April 9, 2024

Water flows through a series of concrete channels that zig-zag across a dry, grassy mountainside. In the foreground, Two researchers are placing a wood-framed mesh grid into one of the channels to prevent fish from entering the experiment. Snowy mountain peaks rise up in the background.

What artificial streams can teach us about insects, algae and our changing climate

March 18, 2024

An Egyptian fruit bat hangs upside down from a branch.

What bats can teach us about the evolution of human speech

February 29, 2024