The Good Fight

Features

Shot from a Distant War

A Hemingway photo captures a single, fragile victory. By Robert Roper
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The Teeming Metropolis of You

Every day, a host of bacteria are at war within you. By Brendan Buhler
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The Ecology of Conflict

Can nature thrive in a war zone? By Glen Martin
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The Eunuch Admiral

A Ming cup leads to a Berkeley scholar and the marvelous tale of China’s greatest seafarer. By Frank Viviano
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PR Occupied Berkeley

The Israeli/Palestine conflict plays out on campus as a war for public perception. By Chris Smith
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Lab + Field

Hot Topic

A Berkeley physicist takes the temperature of climate change. By Timothy Lesle
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Beauty and the Pest

New research supports old-fashioned pest management. By Rachel Gross
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Automatic Writing

The artificial intelligence behind Wikipedia. By Jyoti Madhusoodanan
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Arts + Letters

What Wiseman Knew

Frederick Wiseman, at work on a new film about higher ed set in Berkeley, embraces complexity to capture the way we live. By Liza Gross
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Far Flung

Trading Luxor for Revolution

A Cal Discoveries tour to Egypt missed some historical sights, but witnessed history in the making. By Eric Simons
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Taste Test

Justice—and Good Grub—For All

Berkeley alumni envision a new food system for Oakland. By Sarah Henry
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The Play

The Free Agent

For years, Joe Kapp fought the NFL. Now he’s tackling his memoirs. By Pat Joseph
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Sather Gate

Novel Approach

The post-political career of a White House spin doctor. By Carol Pogash
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Out of the Gate

My First Job

In 1978 I was a sixties dropout, trying to crawl back into The System at Berkeley ten years later. By Andrew Moss, Ph.D. ‘79
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