Posts by Robert Sanders

Research

The eruption that destroyed Pompeii is helping scientists date Earth’s history

Historical accounts of the eruption nearly 2,000 years ago provide a precise timeline that allowed recalibration of one of the most versatile dating methods.

Mind & body

How tiny balls of human brain tissue are revealing the causes of childhood epilepsy — and possible treatments

Mind & body

The ancient ancestor of CRISPR is a unique and potentially powerful genomic tool

Research

To read 2,000-year-old burned scrolls, scientists burn their own

Decagon wave emerges near Saturn’s south pole

Nature’s color palette explains why everything we see is a mix of red, yellow, green and blue

Clues to longevity may reside in the genomes of long-lived bats

Amid trend in health optimization, Berkeley scientists focus on optimizing the brain

North and South America weren’t always connected, but their mammals still found a way to intermingle

New technique pinpoints human DNA inherited from ‘ghost’ ancestors

Scientists discover how algae colonized corals — a symbiosis that fueled the growth of the world’s reefs

UC Berkeley quantum computing chip to be buried in national time capsule celebrating America’s 250th birthday

New fossils upend catastrophist narrative that flowering plants flourished only after dinosaur extinction

Newly identified fossil sheds light on evolutionary history of saber-toothed cats

A breakthrough in electron microscopy delivers sharper images of our body’s tiniest proteins

New CRISPR technique selectively shreds cancer cells, providing a new avenue for treating malignancies

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