How to find truth in today’s partisan world
July 9, 2018
The Ethics Bowl teaches you not to win or lose a debate, but something more important: how to think.
Thank Instagram and Snapchat for your fading memories
June 27, 2018
Documenting your life may come at the cost of actually being able to remember it.
Spiders vs. scorpions
June 21, 2018
Spider fear is one of the most well-studied phobias, but a new study shows people are more afraid of scorpions.
Opioid crisis: This doctor’s street-level views could change the course of the epidemic
June 21, 2018
UCSF's Daniel Ciccarone explores opioid use up close to try to stem the rising tide of overdoses.
Does pain expected equal pain felt? Ask a kid
June 14, 2018
A science-backed strategy can help calm your kid before their next blood draw or shot.
The rise of California's tent cities
June 14, 2018
The extreme shortage of affordable housing is driving California's epidemic of homelessness.
Bus driver turned UCLA graduate steers life in new direction
June 11, 2018
Sequoia Thompson follows her dream of becoming a clinical psychologist and working with queer black youth.
Welfare backlash tied to white fear of declining status
June 7, 2018
Racial resentment is found to fuel opposition to government anti-poverty programs.
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.
Mother and daughter become Fulbright scholars
May 24, 2018
Inspired by her daughter, Violet Barton applied to grad school, and now follows her to El Salvador on a Fulbright.