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black-and-white photo of race start, showing men propelling themselves off the starting blocks

Far from toxic, lactate rivals glucose as body’s major fuel after a carbohydrate meal

May 14, 2024

full skeleton of a platypus against black background

Museums’ vertebrate collections go online — in 3D

March 7, 2024

An Egyptian fruit bat hangs upside down from a branch.

What bats can teach us about the evolution of human speech

February 29, 2024

small brown bird with yellow patch near eye, and two birds with orange beaks

Junk DNA in birds may hold key to safe, efficient gene therapy

February 20, 2024

graphic showing a circular bubble buds from a flat membrane

Highly targeted CRISPR delivery advances gene editing in living animals

February 1, 2024

3 gray and white slices through the brain with a few areas highlighted in orange and yellow

Innovative design achieves tenfold better resolution for functional MRI brain imaging

November 27, 2023

Michael Rapé discusses Berkeley’s new Division of Molecular Therapeutics

July 28, 2023

dozens of silhouettes of animal jawbones, in black and other colors

A jaw-dropping conundrum: Why do mammals have a stiff lower jaw?

June 23, 2023

a hummingbird with red throat sipping from a red flower, against a black background

Do hummingbirds drink alcohol? More often than you think.

June 22, 2023

blue, pink and magenta figures illustrating the ribosome translation of mRNA into protein

Retooling the translation machine could expand the chemical repertoire of cells

June 13, 2023

A portrait of Eva Nogales standing outside.

Berkeley biophysicist wins Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine

May 31, 2023

a comb jelly versus a sponge

What did the earliest animals look like?

May 17, 2023

black and white portrait of Valentine, with beard and glasses

James Valentine, paleontologist who grappled with the origin of animal diversity, has died at 96

May 11, 2023

poster of Nelson Mandela on a pillar with people walking along nearby street

On the forefront of genetics, mental illness and trauma’s lasting effects

May 4, 2023

collage of 2 women and 5 men

National Academy of Sciences elects seven from UC Berkeley

May 3, 2023

hand holding cute newt

Newts take the stage during annual mating ritual at UC Botanical Garden

April 4, 2023