Science & environment

Awards

Two UC Berkeley faculty members win New Horizons prizes for math and physics

Mathematician Yunqing Tang and physicist Benjamin Safdi were honored for their early career contributions.

Mind & body

When better sleep becomes ‘crisis work’ - Audio

Research

Sunbirds suck, scientists find. Hummingbirds don’t. - Video

Research

In ‘Project Hail Mary,’ Ryan Gosling encounters aliens. How likely is that?

One-of-a-kind experiment tracked plant evolution in response to climate change at 30 sites worldwide

Eleven UC Berkeley faculty members elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Birds do it, bees do it … sip alcohol, that is

Lightning bolts on Jupiter pack more than 100 times the power of Earth’s flashes

Astronomers capture birth of a magnetar, confirming link to some of universe’s brightest exploding stars

Traditional Pacific navigators bring the intricate science of wayfinding to the Bay Area

Berkeley Talks: Nobel laureate Omar Yaghi on turning air into water for all - Audio

What do parasitic worms and wages have in common? More than you think - Audio

We may be underestimating the true carbon cost of northern wildfires

Urine tests confirm alcohol consumption in wild African chimps - Video

New satellite mission will explore connection between colorful auroras and Earth’s magnetic tail - Video

How the Berkeley Seismology Lab turns data into disaster prevention - Video

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