Posts by Robert Sanders

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a brilliant green and blue, long-billed bird sitting under a flower head

Sunbirds suck, scientists find. Hummingbirds don’t. - Video

April 13, 2026

upside-down man in T-shirt viewed through a round window

In ‘Project Hail Mary,’ Ryan Gosling encounters aliens. How likely is that?

April 9, 2026

etched designs laid out in rows on a shiny plate reflecting blue, red and cyan light

Organ-on-a-chip can quickly test anti-aging drugs — in as little as four days

March 30, 2026

a bell tower stretches into the sky with the San Francisco Bay and a bridge in the background. The light is golden in color, showing the sun setting.

PTAB sides with Broad Institute over University of California on patent priority for use of CRISPR in eukaryotic cells

March 26, 2026

flat green plant surrounded by snow, sand, ice and parched dirt

One-of-a-kind experiment tracked plant evolution in response to climate change at 30 sites worldwide

March 26, 2026

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Eleven UC Berkeley faculty members elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

March 26, 2026

a hummingbird hovering near a deep pink flower

Birds do it, bees do it … sip alcohol, that is

March 25, 2026

a fuzzy white patch amid reddish swirls

Lightning bolts on Jupiter pack more than 100 times the power of Earth’s flashes

March 23, 2026

a spinning disk of material with blue-white jets emerging from the center

Astronomers capture birth of a magnetar, confirming link to some of universe’s brightest exploding stars

March 11, 2026

‘Reprogramming’ our gut bacteria could be key to fighting disease - Video

March 5, 2026

two blue streaks at the tail end of a tadpole-shaped are of red and yellow

Berkeley’s Blue and Gold satellites are now flying through Earth’s magnetotail — a first - Video

March 4, 2026

a chimp sitting on the ground eating fruit, with a pile of partially eaten fruit at its feet

Urine tests confirm alcohol consumption in wild African chimps - Video

February 24, 2026

nighttime shot of house with glowing lights surrounded by green and red curtain of light

New satellite mission will explore connection between colorful auroras and Earth’s magnetic tail - Video

February 23, 2026

3 pink cylinders with filaments coming out of them

Basic research on Listeria bacteria leads to unique cancer therapy

February 12, 2026

Berkeley Seismological Laboratory director Richard Allen points at a chart on a screen.

How the Berkeley Seismology Lab turns data into disaster prevention - Video

February 12, 2026

small orange spot next to large white circle, with a tiny black dot between them

Why are Tatooine planets rare? Blame general relativity.

January 30, 2026