The Force, taken literally, would crush you, and light sabers wouldn't work.

UC Irvine physics professor compares St. Nick’s powers to those of traditional caped crusaders.

Imagine a community center that’s not your typical chunk of cinderblock — instead it’s an architecturally avant garde space where neighbors gather to grow, cook and eat food.

From bearded lady acts to the Victorian practice of hair collecting, grad student Sarah Gold McBride is teasing out the meaning of hair in 19th-century America, and how it reveals evolving ideas about race and gender.

Modeling expert lets viewers marvel at Chicago World’s Fair that drew 27 million people from around the world.

Helps launch Irish studies program at UC Berkeley.

Famed writer mandated that his autobiography remain unpublished for a century after his death.

U.S. poet laureate — a UCLA alumnus and UC Riverside professor emeritus — has been called an 'American original.'

Research center's interdiscipolinary projects will focus on water for the next two years.

Juan Felipe Herrera, UC Riverside professor emeritus, is bringing a new sense of wonder and drama to the position.

Asian American Studies Center project collects evidence of resistance during the war years.

Nobody blows things up like Hollywood. Now, with the help of a tool called Wavelet Turbulence, filmmakers can generate realistic swirling smoke and fiery explosions that are more detailed, easier to control and faster to create.