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the Ratliff family of two parents and three adult children walk in the sun

Arts & culture

Ahead of ‘The White Lotus’ finale, Berkeley professor unpacks show’s Freudian themes and fantasies

Poulomi Saha, who studies post-colonialism and psychoanalytic critique, breaks down season three of the HBO series, from why it's set in Thailand to the unforgettable monologue in episode five.

Humanities

Ethnic Studies marks its PhD program’s 40th anniversary

Two steelhead trout swim within the bubbling waters of a flowing stream.

Research

A single dry winter decimated California’s salmon and trout populations

A male patient arrives at the therapy clinic complaining of low back pain. The therapist examines the patient's physical pain in examination room photo.

Research

To understand low back pain, researchers are looking closely at how our bodies move

an illustration of an eye with a pinwheel of four alternating colors surrounding it, suggesting that the eye is seeing those colors

Do vowels have colors? According to some with synesthesia, yes.

A wall in an art exhibition of replicas of many famous artworks, like van Gogh's Sunflowers and da Vinci's Mona Lisa

Fakes, replicas and forgeries: What counts as art?

Closeup of gloved hands connecting a brain-computer-interface to the back of research participant's head.

Streaming brain-to-voice neuroprosthesis restores naturalistic speech

A photo of a small, white, propeller-shaped object that is held between the tips of two fingers. The object is smaller than the width of a fingernail.

UC Berkeley engineers create world’s smallest wireless flying robot

Ashmita Kumar holds a prize from startup competition at UC Berkeley.

With AI and an iPhone, UC Berkeley student’s startup aims to detect stroke signs and save lives

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

an outline of the human brain as seen from the side, filled with images of high-fat foods

Scientists discover why obesity takes away the pleasure of eating

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How is slavery represented at American tourist sites today?

Alex Filippenko and Pat Joseph talk onstage

The Edge: Life, the universe and everything with Berkeley astrophysicist Alex Filippenko

Various members of the Khmer community sit at rows of tables at a room. Many of them appear to be engaged in conversation. One wears a flower in her hair, while another is smiling serenely while wearing a fur hat.

The complex story of how the pandemic impacted the Asian American diaspora

A closeup of the U.S. Constitution resting atop an American flag.

Berkeley Talks: Law professors debate originalism

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

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