Mind & body

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UC Berkeley psychology professor Alison Gopnik looks into the camera, next to a still picture of a robot hand reaching out towards a baby's hand.

Why studying children’s minds could help us build better AI

August 13, 2024

Collage of three photos. Left: Paul Raftery; middle: Therese Peffer; right: Hui Zhang.

UC researchers awarded $8 million to advance commercial building decarbonization

August 12, 2024

doctor writing a prescription

Altered States: Will doctors soon prescribe ecstasy?

August 9, 2024

a colorful gradient background with four headshots of Dacher Keltner, Lisa Damour, Allison Briscoe-Smith and Maurissa Horwitz

Berkeley Talks: The science behind the emotions in ‘Inside Out 2’

August 9, 2024

glowing green elongated worms cluster together like segments of an orange

Do smells prime our gut to fight off infection?

August 7, 2024

Kamala Harris speaking at a campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia, with a crowd of people cheering behind her.

A UC Berkeley linguist explores what Kamala Harris’ voice and speech reveal about her identity

August 6, 2024

A person is leaning back and closing their eyes while driving a car.

Dozing at the wheel? Not with these fatigue-detecting earbuds

August 5, 2024

A robot made mostly of white plastic-like materials, with a round device at the back of its head, stands before a field of complex equations, pondering.

To err is human — and in the age of AI, it may be humanizing

July 31, 2024

Michael Yartsev stands in a darkened room with his hands on his hips. Yellow and teal lights swirl around him.

UC Berkeley Professor Michael Yartsev named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

July 23, 2024

closeup of the face of a snarling dog and a cute, red-headed baby with adorable blue eyes

New study shows how the brain reacts emotionally to the real world

July 15, 2024

a compilation of four illustrations, including of a child, a wheelchair, and a brain, all centered around the word eugenics, meant to signify the numerous ways science and society are still shaped by the legacy of eugenics.

The legacy of eugenics

June 21, 2024

A close-up photo of a plant with a small white flower.

Can engineered plants help make baby formula as nutritious as breast milk?

June 13, 2024

side by side portraits of a woman and a man

UC Berkeley neuroscientist and nanoscientist among this year’s Kavli Prize winners

June 12, 2024

An illustration of a brain with flowers growing out of it.

Psychedelics change how we see the world. A UC Berkeley study aims to find out why.

June 11, 2024

illustration of two people hugging, one person hugging themself and another person meditating

The Science of Happiness: Being kind is good for your health

June 4, 2024

outlines in red of a woman's torso and four circles containing a thermometer, a face with a rash, a painful knee and a woman sleeping

Tracking down the genetic causes of lupus to personalize treatment

May 23, 2024

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