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Scientists discover how algae colonized corals — a symbiosis that fueled the growth of the world’s reefs

UC Berkeley biologists uncovered clues to how the symbiosis between algae and corals evolved using a new state-of-the-art lab devoted to year-round genetic experiments on spawning coral.

Research

Newly identified fossil sheds light on evolutionary history of saber-toothed cats

Mind & body

The nose knows: Electric schnoz can smell when your food’s gone bad

Mind & body

A breakthrough in electron microscopy delivers sharper images of our body’s tiniest proteins

As California warms, cases of dengue fever are expected to grow

Hi-res microscopes give biologists petabytes of data. Scientists are creating an AI assistant to make sense of it. - Video

New Gateway building creates dedicated campus hub for AI, computing

Scientists split gentoo penguins into four species, one totally new to science. Three of them are already threatened.

A new way to measure breast cancer risk before tumors appear

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

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

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

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