Mammals going nocturnal to avoid humans
June 15, 2018
Human activity is causing the planet’s mammals to flee daylight for the protection of night, according to a new study.
Hot cars can hit life-threatening levels in only an hour
June 7, 2018
Interior temperatures can rise to 116 degrees Fahrenheit, potentially causing fatal injuries to children trapped inside.
Michael Pollan, on science, psychedelics and the human mind
May 31, 2018
The UC Berkeley professor talks his ‘trip’ through a whole new world on a new podcast.
Did your great-great grandpa eat bugs?
May 22, 2018
A gene for digesting crunchy insects suggests that our common ancestor in the Age of Dinosaurs was an insect eater.
Biologists ‘transfer’ a memory between snails
May 17, 2018
Research could lead to new treatments to restore memories and alter traumatic ones.
A drug lord and the world’s largest invasive animal
May 3, 2018
A zoo built by Pablo Escobar gives biologists a rare chance to study the impact of hippos gone rogue.
Should we bring back the Woolly Mammoth?
April 26, 2018
Scientists are getting closer to bringing big animals, and big questions, to life.
Football scuffles, auto injuries may raise risk for Parkinson’s
April 19, 2018
A shocking new study shows concussion is linked to a 56 percent increase in neurological disease.
UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute receives funding for Human Cell Atlas projects
April 19, 2018
Three new projects will support efforts to develop a comprehensive reference atlas of all cells in the human body.
Stopping an environmental disaster before it’s too late
April 19, 2018
How UC research sounded the alarm on the ozone layer.