Mind & body

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close-up of a bowl of Halloween candy corn

Sugar restrictions in early childhood reduce risk of later chronic disease, study finds

October 31, 2024

A robotic arm assisting a surgeon during a minimally invasive procedure.

How robots could assist surgeons and improve patient outcomes

October 31, 2024

UC Berkeley professor of psychology looks at a still frame from the Pixar film 'Inside Out 2'

UC Berkeley professor breaks down the science of ‘Inside Out 2’

October 31, 2024

a simple continuous line drawing of a face that suggests the many dimensions of a person's personality

Berkeley Voices: Psychopathy goes undetected in some people. Why?

October 28, 2024

The White House in Washington D.C. at night, illuminated with lights and with a fountain in the foreground shooting water into the air.

Anxious about the election? UC Berkeley psychologists explain how to cope

October 24, 2024

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Bruce Ames, developer of a simple, widely used test to detect carcinogens, is dead at 95

October 10, 2024

An overhead photo of a child using a laptop, signaling how children spend an increasing amount of time online and may be exposed to increasing amount of concerning content and disinformation

To make children better fact-checkers, expose them to more misinformation — with oversight

October 10, 2024

a man in blue shirt with tousled hair stands in front of a whiteboard

David Baker, a UC Berkeley Ph.D., awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

October 9, 2024

a symmetric, oblong object covered with tiny patches of gray and bubble-gum yellows, blues, oranges and reds

Researchers simulate an entire fly brain on a laptop. Is a human brain next?

October 2, 2024

A woman with long hair stands at a podium and smiles at people seated nearby.

How UC Berkeley researchers are making online spaces safer for all

September 30, 2024

two women, left and center, listen to a third woman at right who is talking and gesturing

Bridging divides: from anger and mistrust to belonging — and hope

September 23, 2024

two toddlers in a room, with one looking over the shoulder of the other as they play with blocks. the child playing with the blocks has amassed several in front of him.

Can toddlers help explain the origins of our bias for wealth?

September 18, 2024

Coches manejan a través de esmog en un autopista de California

California ha mejorado la calidad del aire, pero persisten las desigualdades raciales/étnicas

September 13, 2024

Cars drive through smoggy air on a California highway

California has dramatically improved its air quality, but racial disparities persist

September 11, 2024

A hand holding three illustrations of faces, one with a straight face, one with a frown and one with a smile, meant to illustrate the connection between feeling stressed about being happy and how that can make a person feel sad

Stop worrying about being happy. It’s making you more depressed.

August 28, 2024

Michael Pollan and Mina Kim sit on stage in conversation

Berkeley Talks: It’s not just psychedelics that change minds, says Michael Pollan. Storytelling does, too.

August 23, 2024