Infectious disease expert and clinician Charles Chiu answers your questions about the flu.

How Robert Rosenthal brought behavioral psychology to the masses with “Pygmalion in the Classroom.”

Our quest for just the right moment often means missing out on having a good experience.

A glimpse of UC Davis' bottomless collection.

Researchers try to discover how many dry years plants can survive.

A week with UC Berkeley lawyer Paula Raffaelli, who volunteered to help detainees navigate the legal system.

Historical context helps explain the urgency of present-day Central American migrations.

Roland Geyer's much lauded finding is a sobering one: 91 percent of the world's plastic waste has never been recycled.

A new Oxford handbook restores women to their rightful place on the world's stage.

A looming beer shortage, the gender paradox and consumer products dominated the conversation this year.

A new lab investigates the smartphone generation.

Why does your family know how to push your buttons? They installed them. Here's how to take stress out of the holidays.