The violence that turns a small-town protest into a fiery national spectacle like the one that has played out this month in Missouri is often unwittingly provoked by police, according to researchers at UC Berkeley.

Children’s social skills may be declining as they spend less time in face-to-face interaction due to their increased use of phones and other digital media.

The western U.S. is rising — literally — as water dwindles away. Scientists are using GPS technology to track the uplift from massive loss of water, estimated at 62 trillion gallons.

California will gain a new invasive species every 60 days. UC Riverside's Center for Invasive Species Research says some of these could lead to economic losses to the state of about $3 billion each year.

Weakness in the Android operating system was exploited through a very common app. Windows, iOS may be vulnerable too.

UC San Diego and other researchers find several loopholes in full-body X-ray scanners once used by the TSA and still used in courthouses, jails, and other government security checkpoints around the country.

Weather-related changes threaten key natural regulator of the region's water flow.

Navigation system helps diagnose, monitor and train patients with cognitive decline.

Are parents really less happy than non-parents, as many recent books and studies suggest? New research finds that the truth is surprising and complicated.

Researchers reveal state is overextended and is using complicated and outdated water policies.

A new study spotlights a high school subculture that has made an art of slacking, and may be destined to perpetuate the nation’s struggling lower-middle class.

Seven tiny grains, captured by NASA’s Stardust spacecraft, may turn out to be the first confirmed samples of contemporary interstellar dust.