Research

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

Collecting nectar from a variety of flowers blooming in the UC Botanical Garden, biologists found low levels of alcohol in nearly all of them. For birds and bees that slurp nectar all day long, that could add up.

Humanities

From designated hitters to robot umpires, how baseball has — and hasn’t — changed over its 200-year history

Research

Harnessing real-world data to bring life-saving drugs to the public sooner

Arts & culture

From Sproul Plaza to 924 Gilman: How the East Bay helped define punk’s radical legacy

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

Peak leadership: Haas MBA students plan trek to Mt. Everest base camp

Researchers grow immune cells with more targeted cancer-fighting abilities

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

Voices Carry: Tax the ultrarich?

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

An urgent project at Berkeley Law aids immigrants in federal detention

We may be underestimating the true carbon cost of northern wildfires

Innovative support for youth in foster care reduced risk of sexual exploitation, study finds

Urine tests confirm alcohol consumption in wild African chimps - Video

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