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a fuzzy white patch amid reddish swirls

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

March 23, 2026

a spinning disk of material with blue-white jets emerging from the center

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

March 11, 2026

Crew members prep two traditional canoes to go sailing in clear waters in the Mariana Islands

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

March 9, 2026

a seated man in jacket and blue shirt holding a large yellow and red molecular structure

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

March 6, 2026

Ted Miguel poses in a group photo in 1998 with about a dozen NGO members working on the deworming project in Busia, Kenya

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

March 5, 2026

A fire in a conifer forest

We may be underestimating the true carbon cost of northern wildfires

February 27, 2026

a chimp sitting on the ground eating fruit, with a pile of partially eaten fruit at its feet

Urine tests confirm alcohol consumption in wild African chimps - Video

February 24, 2026

nighttime shot of house with glowing lights surrounded by green and red curtain of light

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

February 23, 2026

Berkeley Seismological Laboratory director Richard Allen points at a chart on a screen.

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

February 12, 2026

two images set side by side to show the contrast between different housing in Bangkok, Thailand. On the left is rundown housing on stilts in the water; on the right is a new upgraded neighborhood made possible by the government's

The U.S. housing crisis looms large. Could a Thai model help solve it? - Audio

February 5, 2026

A stack of wood panels at a lumber yard.

How UC Berkeley research is turning waste wood into green buildings

February 3, 2026

A group of faculty sit around a table in a wood-paneled room, looking at a screen

Despite budget threats, UC Berkeley invests in six new tenure-track Asian American and Pacific Islands specialists

February 3, 2026

A puma faces off with two penguins on a Patagonian plain.

Penguins are rewriting the social rules of Patagonian pumas

February 2, 2026

small orange spot next to large white circle, with a tiny black dot between them

Why are Tatooine planets rare? Blame general relativity.

January 30, 2026

From quantum theory to the modern laser: Why ‘basic science’ is the foundation of innovation - Video

January 15, 2026

a computer's user interface showing a rectangle covered with colored spikes

For 21 years, enthusiasts used their home computers to search for ET. UC Berkeley scientists are homing in on 100 signals they found.

January 12, 2026