Posts by Robert Sanders

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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

a computer's user interface showing a rectangle covered with colored spikes

For 21 years, enthusiasts used their home computers to search for ET. UC Berkeley scientists are homing in on 100 signals they found.

January 12, 2026

two lumpy rocks colliding with fiery glow where they touch

Astronomers see fireworks from violent collisions around nearby star - Video

December 18, 2025

a fuzzy galaxy with a blue dot next to it, highlighted by hash marks

What’s powering these mysterious, bright blue cosmic flashes? Astronomers find a clue.

December 16, 2025

treetops with mist and distant clouds

A new ‘hypertropical’ climate is emerging in the Amazon - Video

December 10, 2025

Roughly diamond-shaped asteroid with a rocky, uneven surface, set against a completely black background

Strange ‘space plastic’ found on asteroid Bennu - Video

December 3, 2025

round purple things against a black background

All life copies DNA unambiguously into proteins. Archaea may be the exception.

December 1, 2025

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