Posts by Yasmin Anwar

A photo of a diver swimming between two sperm whales in a clear blue ocean.

Research

A race to converse with, and save, the ocean’s brainiest eco-predators

Berkeley researchers are attempting to decipher the Morse code-like communications of the mighty sperm whale

Cris Gomez, a UC Berkeley graduate and campus counselor, listens to instructions on how to clean the bathroom while volunteering at a shelter in Santa Rosa on Friday. (UC Berkeley photo by Jeremy Snowden)

Campus & community

UC Berkeley research centers awarded $750,000 to boost statewide public service

Young woman holding an electronic device with hearts and likes floating in the background.

Mind & body

Like it or not, we’re prone to adopt popular beliefs, even fake ones

Quirina Geary (third from left) at the 2018 Breath of Life conference at UC Berkeley. She was joined (left to right) by Peter Nelson, Rosario Torres, Alesia Moniz and Abran Lopez.

Arts & culture

After pandemic hiatus, Native American language survival workshop returns to campus

Anjika Pai, the 2022 top graduating senior, sits on campus with the campanile in the background.

In top graduating senior, East Coast grit meets Berkeley utopianism

Hari Srinivasan, a psychology major and winner of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.

‘Minimally speaking autistic’ student wins Soros fellowship for Ph.D.

Teacher helping Black school student.

Empathy softens teachers’ biases, cuts racial gap in student suspensions

Older couple having fun together at a fairground.

Sweet vibes between longtime couples are tied to longer, healthier lives

Health worker with mask looking exhausted.

Burnout: What we’re feeling and how to use it to make positive change

The head of cognitive science researcher Benjamin Pitt floating amid numbers.

Our mathematical reasoning is shaped by language and culture, studies show

Rosemary Joyce, professor of anthropology.

Anthropologist Rosemary Joyce awarded a distinguished honorary doctorate

Peggy Lemaux, professor of cooperative extension, specialist in crop genetics

Reasons to be hopeful, optimistic and maybe even cheerful in 2022

Four faces

Like our social media feeds, our brains take a little while to update

Schoolchildren working in a classroom.

Low-income kids use different brain function to ace achievement tests

Woman holding her head in regret.

Oops! You did it again. New test predicts if impulsivity is pathological

Quinoa growing on Bolivia's Taraco Peninsula.

The superfoods that fueled ancient Andeans through 2,500 years of turmoil