Posts by Robert Sanders

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Awards

Six young faculty members named Sloan Fellows

The awards honor early career researchers who have demonstrated innovation and creativity

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Research

En busca de una rana venenosa y de un nombre culturalmente apropiado

brown frog with yellow stripe on side, sitting on a brown leaf

Research

In pursuit of a poison frog — and a culturally appropriate name

a brown grasshopper on sand soil

Research

Life cycles of some insects adapt well to a changing climate. Others, not so much.

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Astronomers thought they understood fast radio bursts. A recent one calls that into question.

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The Andromeda galaxy struts its stuff

A helicopter in the center frame drops water on a fire as yellowish smoke clouds the sky.

Health, housing and the path ahead: UC Berkeley researchers on the Los Angeles fires

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UC Berkeley’s Jennifer Doudna receives National Medal of Technology and Innovation

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Fly vs. wasp: Stealing a defense move helps thwart a predator

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Ken Ribet awarded math prize for influential proof

red and black human figures on the wall of a cave, with DNA helices inside each figure

A new timeline for Neanderthal interbreeding with modern humans

Massive astronomical dataset could accelerate AI discoveries about the cosmos

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Magnetic tornado is stirring up the haze at Jupiter’s poles

a planet against a blue background is exploded in layered hemispheres resembling clouds, an ocean, an amber layer and a core

A clue to what lies beneath the bland surfaces of Uranus and Neptune

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A nearby supernova could end the search for dark matter

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Watch a UC Berkeley neurologist explain how concussions really work