Sivanto poses a range of threats to honeybees, depending on seasonality, bee age and use with common chemicals.
The ‘bee safe’ pesticide that isn’t
What’s in your drinking water?
Carl Cranor doesn't just want you to know — he wants to empower you to do something about it.
Warm seas scatter fish
Climate change is shifting productivity of fisheries worldwide.
Saru Jayaraman a relentless advocate for marginalized restaurant workers
The director of the Food Labor Research Center at UC Berkeley is a nominee for the Chronicle's Visionary of the Year award.
UC Santa Barbara's new coastal jewel
Philanthropist Charles T. Munger makes a gift of the 1800-acre Las Varas Ranch.
How to make the best pie ever using science
What's going on in Grandma's recipe at a molecular level.
Moringa — the next superfood?
The “miracle tree” that could help feed the world.
Sex on the kitchen table
Now that professor Norman Ellstrand has your attention, he’d like to teach you about plant reproduction.
Is plastic making us fat?
When it comes to the obesity epidemic, plastics are fuel for the fire.
I’m a fourth-generation California farmer. My research is one reason to support UC
UC Davis grad student Telha Rehman has carried his family's legacy into research that could change the world.
How California became a food and wine lover's dream
The little known history of the land of milk and honey.
The diet that helps fight climate change
You don’t have to go vegan to fight climate change. Research shows that small changes to our diets can make big differences.