progscrape: news.berkeley.edu

Staunchly conservative Fox News viewers who spent a month tuning in to CNN instead reported a broad shift in their political opinions, study finds

4 years ago news.berkeley.edu

A new study of black-handed spider monkeys in Panama shows that they seek out and eat fruit that is ripe enough to have fermented, containing as much as 2% ethanol

4 years ago news.berkeley.edu

Axion is the most favored candidate for dark matter

4 years ago news.berkeley.edu

A study has found today’s marine invertebrates have chromosomes with the same ancient structure they inherited from their primitive ancestors more than 600 million years ago…

4 years ago news.berkeley.edu

New studies show that basic mathematical operations such as counting may be dependent on language and culture, challenging long-held hypotheses about the innateness of numerical thinking

4 years ago news.berkeley.edu

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…

4 years ago news.berkeley.edu earth

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

4 years ago news.berkeley.edu economic

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.

4 years ago news.berkeley.edu california

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.

4 years ago news.berkeley.edu brain

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

4 years ago news.berkeley.edu