Science & environment

The history of vaccine hesitancy, from smallpox to COVID-19

NASA launches spacecraft with UC Berkeley-built instruments to study Earth’s hydrogen halo

In the wild, chimps likely ingest the equivalent of several alcoholic drinks every day

UC experts explain how the U.S. became a science superpower

Watch a professor explain agroecology in 101 seconds

Campus Bridging Project event will seek to cross professor-graduate student divides in biosciences labs

California communities can reduce wildfire damage by half. Here’s how.

Berkeley Talks: Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna on CRISPR and the future of gene editing

Wing-like fans on the feet of ripple bugs inspire a novel propulsion system for miniature robots

Scientists hack microbes to identify environmental sources of methane

Is the ‘love hormone,’ oxytocin, also the ‘friendship hormone’?

Pups in tow, Yellowstone-area wolves trek long distances to stay near prey

Three standout stories uncovered by the California Local News Fellowship

Wildfire season is here. UC Berkeley scholars are helping Bay Area communities prepare.

Pioneering theoretical physicist Mary K. Gaillard has died at 86

A T. rex with feathers? Scientists say dinosaurs were likely different from what most of us picture