UCSF |

Preventing disease with the help of social media

Eleni Linos focuses on how technology influences our behaviors to make an impact on health.

UC Riverside |

Understudied racial minority groups show alarmingly high rates of obesity and diabetes

A new study highlights major health problems affecting historically ignored racial groups.

UC Merced |

Is biology behind your political views?

How your body processes its fight or flight response may affect your opinion, a new study finds.

UCLA |

‘Get Out’-inspired class gets students to dig into portrayals of race and fear

Jordan Peele stops by lecturer Tananarive Due's course on how depictions of blackness have shaped real-life prejudice.

UC Berkeley |

Sex, power and the systems that enable men like Harvey Weinstein

If we want to stop the predators among us, we have to look at how power corrupts.

UC Irvine |

Social media can increase stress during a crisis

Official use of social media can be effective. The unverified rumor mill? Much less so.

UC Merced |

Human speech, jazz and whale song

Three wildly different samples show how much forms of communication have in common.

UC Berkeley |

How generosity in disasters flows in both directions

Sharing what we have activates pleasure circuits in the brain, says the Greater Good Science Center.

UC Irvine |

Teens’ online friendships just as meaningful as face-to-face ones

Digital communication can even provide more benefits but also carries more risks.

UC Davis |

Blocking the 'love hormone'

A new study finds that blocking oxytocin works better than Prozac to help stressed mice.

UC San Diego |

Kids praised for being smart more likely to cheat

How we encourage our kids affects their ability to deal with setbacks honestly, a new study shows.

UC Santa Cruz |

Love 'em or hate 'em, robots are here to stay

Here's how we make them better, says psychology prof.