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Biology

A new way to measure breast cancer risk before tumors appear

Researchers at UC Berkeley and City of Hope are using AI to determine a cell's "mechanical age" — and cancer risk.

Research

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

Research

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

Research

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

We may be underestimating the true carbon cost of northern wildfires

Urine tests confirm alcohol consumption in wild African chimps - Video

Basic research on Listeria bacteria leads to unique cancer therapy

Why are Tatooine planets rare? Blame general relativity.

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

Astronomers see fireworks from violent collisions around nearby star - Video

From Bob Dylan to Ice Cube: Mapping 60 years of storytelling in pop lyrics

A new ‘hypertropical’ climate is emerging in the Amazon - Video

All life copies DNA unambiguously into proteins. Archaea may be the exception.

How UC Berkeley is improving the affordability of hydrogen fuel

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