Research

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Research

Life cycles of some insects adapt well to a changing climate. Others, not so much.

Grasshoppers that overwinter as juveniles have a head start on those that emerge in the spring.

a black-and-silver robotic arm with a black whip attached has just struck a tower of Jenga blocks. One of the blocks is partially dislodged and about to fall out from the tower.

Research

Using AI, these robots learn complicated skills with startling accuracy

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Campus & community

When student stress levels are high, this UC Berkeley program turns to exercise as medicine

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Mind & body

Berkeley Voices: We learn what to fear. Can we unlearn it?

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Withdrawal from WHO could bring tragedy at home and abroad, public health professor says

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Berkeley Talks: Coming of age as an unaccompanied migrant youth in the U.S.

A triptych showing, left to right, Donald Trump at his 2025 inauguration; Giorgia Meloni; and Viktor Orban.

There’s a term for Trump’s political style: authoritarian populism

A chameleon flashing a bright array of rainbow and pastel colors sits on a tree branch.

New electromagnetic material draws inspiration from the color-shifting chameleon

UC Berkeley research scientist breaks down the TikTok ban

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Astronomers thought they understood fast radio bursts. A recent one calls that into question.

Black and white image of Martin Luther King Jr. with his back to the camera, and standing at a church pulpit speaking to a congregation of churchgoers sitting on church pews.

How Black Americans worked to reform America’s legal system before the Civil Rights Movement

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The Andromeda galaxy struts its stuff

Smoke emerges from forested hills. In the foreground, two fire trucks aim streams of water at a vulnerable home. Overhead, an aircraft releases a plume of red flame retardant chemicals.

Is the Bay Area prepared for major wildfires?

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UC Berkeley experts in wildfires, environmental health, climate change and more

A charred building, surrounded by debris and ash with a view through the structure toward a white-painted home that is intact and undamaged by fire.

What’s next for home insurance in California after the Los Angeles fires?

Uncovering the roots of prison labor in America