Human Behavior
The Science of Love
By Margie CullenTo help us get a handle on the subject in time for Valentine’s Day, we turned to Simon-Thomas for answers on questions about the biological basis for love, the different kinds of human love, and unconventional arrangements like polyamory.
Awe is the Secret Ingredient to a Good Life
By Laura SmithWhat Dacher Keltner teaches isn’t likely to land you a job on Wall Street or even make you more hireable, but that’s not really the point.
The Edge Episode 21: Abolish Race (in Medicine)!
For centuries, doctors have medically treated people differently according to their race because they believed that race is biological. But in the last few years, medical professionals and activists have argued that this is both wrongheaded and can be dangerous to people’s health. In this episode, we talk to Stephen Richmond, a primary care physician and assistant professor at Stanford about the movement to abolish race from medicine and how race and biology do and do not intersect.
The Winter Issue’s Editor’s Note
By Pat Joseph“The University is not engaged in making ideas safe for students. It is engaged in making students safe for ideas.”
Tackling the Teen Sleep Crisis
By Laura SmithFive questions with Lisa L. Lewis '89, Author of The Sleep-Deprived Teen
Think your ideas are your own? Think again.
By Meher BhatiaWhile most of us like to think we come by our beliefs independently, new research out of Berkeley suggests otherwise.
“I am a minimally speaking autistic person who was not expected to go to college.” Now he’s getting his PhD
By Hari Srinivasan ’22 as told to Laura SmithI was not expected to go to college.
An Orchestra Conductor, Covid Vaccinations Without the Poke, and a Roma Activist
By Martin SnappAlthough he’s still in his twenties, Stefano Flavoni ’15 is already making his mark on the classical music scene.
Don’t Bother Trying to Debate Politics with That Uncle this Thanksgiving
By Maia NehmeA new study by a Berkeley political scientist challenges the long-held assumption that bipartisan interactions inevitably decrease divisions between voters.
The Man Who Loved DDT
By Elena ConisBerkeley biochemist Tom Jukes was an ardent conservationist and life member of the Sierra Club, but he just didn’t get 1960s environmentalism. The thing that bugged him most about the movement was its “emotional binge” against the pesticide DDT.
Into the Ishi Wilderness
By Laura SmithTo get to the Ishi Wilderness you’ll want a full tank of gas and four-wheel-drive. Even then, you should be willing to ditch the car and walk. The approximately 41,000-acre wilderness area is located in the Lassen National Forest in a remote part of the southern Cascade foothills northeast of Chico, within sight of Mount Lassen.
Animals Drink Alcohol Too
By Margie CullenHumans have many things in common with monkeys: large brains, hands that can grasp objects, complex social groups. A new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science confirms another commonality: a taste for alcohol.
