Fast food may seem cheap, but a new report says the fast-food industry costs American taxpayers nearly $7 billion annually because its jobs pay so little that 52 percent of fast food workers are forced to sign their family members up for public assistance.

Musician Mickey Hart worked with UCSF researchers to develop representations of his brain in light and music.

Marian Diamond, the first female student in the department of anatomy at UC Berkeley, researched Einstein's brain.

Biologists at the University of California, San Diego, have developed a revolutionary new method for identifying and characterizing antibiotics, an advance that could lead to the discovery of new antibiotics to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Professor of molecular and cell biology won prize in physiology or medicine for work on how yeast secretes proteins.

Study forecasts that Los Angeles and environs will heat up an average 4 to 5 degrees by mid-century.

Sharing platforms such as Facebook, Twitter open a window to self-aggrandizing behavior.

BPA, found in plastics and food containers, can alter the body's metabolism, making it difficult for children to lose weight.

A dry winter has led to a fiery spring, and climate change may increase fire danger in the future.

Researchers are looking to the natural world for breakthrough ideas that can turn ordinary people into super humans.

DNA of people in high altitude locales may reveal how humans have adapted to different environments.

A class at UCLA teaches all about the science behind what makes lettuce crispy, coffee bitter, and apple pie truly tasty.