Global elimination of meat production could save the planet: Eliminating emissions linked to animal agriculture could restore native vegetation by 30% on Earth’s land surface…

UC Berkeley economists have launched a new tool that allows users to track how economic growth and public policy affect the distribution of income and wealth among the United States: In 2021, U.S

The first comprehensive analysis of drinking water quality in California finds that 370,000 or more rely on drinking water that may contain unsafe chemical contaminants and that communities of color are more likely to be impacted.

Anxiety and PTSD linked to increased Myelin in Brain’s Gray Matter: Study links anxiety behavior as well as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to increased myelin—a substance that expedites communication between neurons—in areas of the brain associated with emotions and memory.

With Stuart Russell, UCBerkeley Kavli Centers on Ethics, Engagement in Science

New evidence that all stars are born in pairs

Low-income kids use different brain function to ace achievement tests. Findings challenge socioeconomic stereotypes

New diagnostic test predicts if impulsivity is pathological by testing people's reactions to disturbing visuals

Neuroscientists roll out first comprehensive atlas of brain cells

Largest Study of Its Kind Finds Face Masks Reduce COVID-19

Teenagers aren’t as lonely in lockdown if interacting positively online

Wildfire restored a Yosemite watershed

UC Berkeley: Cellphone radiation is harmful, but few want to believe it

Word gap“ When money's tight, parents talk less to their kids

Humans and rats share a neural basis for altruism biased toward in-group members

For reasons unknown, Earth’s solid-iron inner core is growing faster on one side than the other, and it has been ever since it started to freeze out from molten iron more than half a billion years ago, according to a new study by seismologists at the University of California…

FDA approves first test of CRISPR for genetic defect causing sickle cell disease

Plastics that are programmed to self-destruct - finally, truly compostable

Scientists estimate the total number of T. rex to ever live: 2.5 billion, with 20,000 alive at any one time. This suggests an individual T

When parole, probation officers choose empathy, returns to jail decline

For the first time, scientists have neurophysiological evidence that distinguishes different patterns of internal thought, allowing us to understand the varieties of thought central to human cognition and to compare between healthy and disordered thinking

People with both anxiety and depression, with symptoms such as worrying a lot, feeling unmotivated or not feeling good about themselves, had the most trouble adjusting to changes

Zebra finches amazing at unmasking the bird behind the song due to near-human language mapping skills

Liberal's and Conservative's brains fire differently when presented with controversial political issues, suggesting a neural basis for partisan biases

Researchers Finally Create Metal Wires Made from Carbon

Being rude and selfish does not help career prospects, says 14 year study of college graduates

How we sleep today may forecast when Alzheimer's disease begins

Treating children for worms yields long-term benefits, says new study

Women are nearly twice as likely than men to suffer adverse side effects of medications because drug dosages have historically been based on clinical trials conducted on men, suggests new research.

Vision scientists discover why people literally don't see eye to eye

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