Posts by Robert Sanders

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Mind & body

Scientists complete the most thorough analysis yet of India’s genetic diversity

A comparison of more than 2,700 complete genomes from South Asians uncovers a wealth of ancient and recent diversity and genetic links to disease.

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Research

Leinweber Foundation and UC Berkeley establish $18 million endowment to fund theoretical physics research

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Mind & body

Are groovy brains more efficient?

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Mind & body

Infant born with deadly disease now thriving thanks to customized CRISPR treatment six months after birth

green blob representing CRISPR enzyme on a blue double helix of DNA

Federal appeals court sends CRISPR-Cas9 patent case back to patent office for reconsideration

painting of a bright pink flamingo against a deep blue background, standing in water and creating little tornados

Flamingos create water tornados to trap their prey

an orange star is stretched out to loop around a dark oval at the center of a pink swirling mass

Not one, but two massive black holes are eating away at this galaxy

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Planetary scientist Lindy Elkins-Tanton to head Space Sciences Laboratory

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Indigenous knowledge helps biotech find new drugs. This grad student wants those companies to give back.

Artificial leaf uses sunlight to capture carbon and produce valuable chemicals

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A spate of suicides drew this alumna back to UC Berkeley to confront mental health issues in academia

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On Jupiter, it’s mushballs all the way down

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Half of the universe’s hydrogen gas, long unaccounted for, has been found

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Seven faculty members named fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Scientists discover why obesity takes away the pleasure of eating

3 gold circles against a blue background, with leaping squirrels in two and a leaping robot in the middle

No robot can match a squirrel’s ability to leap from limb to limb — until now