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After 34 years of debilitating sickle cell crises, CRISPR gave her a new chance at life

After volunteering to be the world's first "prototype" for a CRISPR therapy, Victoria Gray traded a life that felt hopeless for a future she never thought she’d see — and has become a voice of hope for millions like her.

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Can ‘digital twins’ help California manage its growing flood risk?

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Why we don’t need more data centers to build better AI

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With new digital tools, UC Berkeley researchers are helping Joshua trees survive wildfires

How worried should you be about West Nile virus?

North and South America weren’t always connected, but their mammals still found a way to intermingle

New technique pinpoints human DNA inherited from ‘ghost’ ancestors

How climate change is redrawing the malaria map in Africa

Climate change increases wildfire risks in Yosemite and other national parks

Coral reefs are dying. A new documentary profiles the people trying to save them

UC Berkeley researchers create new metamaterials inspired by deep-sea sponges

From HBCUs to the Bay, mentoring the next generation of scientists

Scientists discover how algae colonized corals — a symbiosis that fueled the growth of the world’s reefs

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With AI, researchers discover new way to detect sudden cardiac death risk

Newly identified fossil sheds light on evolutionary history of saber-toothed cats

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