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A person bends over to tie their running shoe, with a water bottle in the foreground.

Research

New wearable sweat sensor can track your hydration status

The sensor measures electrodermal activity, an electrical property of the skin, to monitor hydration levels during physical activity.

A new electric train at the Caltrain San Francisco station.

Research

Electric trains are quieter, more reliable than diesel. New study finds they’re healthier, too.

layers of fuzzy blue and red clouds on a 3D grid

Research

On Jupiter, it’s mushballs all the way down

a classic building on the University of California, Berkeley, campus, with the Campanile towering in the background

Campus news

UC Berkeley graduate programs soar to elite status in latest US News rankings

Two steelhead trout swim within the bubbling waters of a flowing stream.

A single dry winter decimated California’s salmon and trout populations

A photo of a small, white, propeller-shaped object that is held between the tips of two fingers. The object is smaller than the width of a fingernail.

UC Berkeley engineers create world’s smallest wireless flying robot

an outline of the human brain as seen from the side, filled with images of high-fat foods

Scientists discover why obesity takes away the pleasure of eating

3 gold circles against a blue background, with leaping squirrels in two and a leaping robot in the middle

No robot can match a squirrel’s ability to leap from limb to limb — until now

a large green iguana with narrow yellow stripes rests on the lower trunk of a palm tree with a beach and ocean in the background

Iguanas floated one-fifth of the way around the world to colonize Fiji

Mars depicted as a brown and blue orb

Ancient beaches testify to long-ago ocean on Mars

Study finds persistent spike in hate speech on X

brown frog with yellow stripe on side, sitting on a brown leaf

En busca de una rana venenosa y de un nombre culturalmente apropiado

brown frog with yellow stripe on side, sitting on a brown leaf

In pursuit of a poison frog — and a culturally appropriate name

a brown grasshopper on sand soil

Life cycles of some insects adapt well to a changing climate. Others, not so much.

Dr. Michael V. Drake, the 21st president of the University of California.

UC President Michael V. Drake’s message on federal funding freeze

looping steel structure lit up against a starry sky

Astronomers thought they understood fast radio bursts. A recent one calls that into question.

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