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A new (and surprising) way to use solar panels

In the middle of California's Central Valley, a new way to use solar panels could change how we think about clean energy and water. It’s a simple idea that people have talked about for decades, but only now is it finally being tested in real life.

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UC Santa Cruz |

A popular Humanities course is unwrapping the strange and fraught history and cultural afterlife of Egyptian mummies.

This spooky, one-of-a-kind class grew out of a years-long friendship between two professors fascinated by the connections between each other’s work.
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UC San Diego |

A new kind of authoritarianism: Democracy in decline at home and abroad

‘Future of Democracy’ faculty at UC San Diego sound the alarm on threats to democracy with new research.
A 6-sided die on a wooden table top. Of the 2 faces visible, one has a happy face and the other has a sad face drawn on it
UC Santa Barbara |

Is ‘U-shaped happiness’ universal? Not for rural subsistence populations, say researchers

People in industrialized societies tend to be happiest in early and late life. New research from UC Santa Barbara shows that pattern is far from universal.
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UC Riverside |

Cultural war conflicts cost US schools billions of dollars

A team including faculty from UC Riverside launched a school superintendent survey, which provides an estimate of costs to K-12 schools for dealing with conflicts over race, LGBTQ+ rights, and book bans.

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