Seeing Both Sides of the Algorithm
By H. J. ValerioWriter Jenny Williams helped tech companies try to make AI ethical. Then she learned it was trained on her own novel.
Science & Tech
Test Case
By Nathalia AlcantaraHard questions about AI in the classroom
The Astounding Life of an Email
By Pat JosephEver wonder where an email goes after you hit send on your phone?
From Art to State of the Art
By Coby McDonaldBiotech incubator marks five years in former Berkeley Art Museum
Editor’s Note: Fall 2026
By Pat Joseph“How strange it would be if the apogee of digital technology delivered us back to blank notebooks and pencils.”
The House that Doudna Built
By James Pagett TollenIGI-affiliated researchers have spawned more than 30 startups. Here are just six of them.
Research Radar: Fall 2026
The upgraded sniff test, Cal's coral nursery, CRISPRing cancer, and more
From Thought to Voice
By Hussain KhanHow a UC Berkeley and UCSF partnership is giving people who lost speech to stroke and paralysis a way to speak again
A Blessing of Unicorns
By James Pagett TollenBerkeley alumni have founded nearly 80 billion-dollar startups. Here are six of them.
Research Radar: Summer 2026
The latest findings and breakthroughs from Berkeley researchers
Q/A: Speaking Out for Science
By Pat JosephNobelist Randy Schekman on the State of Scientific Research in the U.S.
Can We Talk?
By Nathalia AlcantaraScientists turn to AI to understand whale language.
