Science & Tech
A Lens on the Mysteries of the Universe
By Brad BalukjianA new gravitational lens sheds light on dark matter.
Mussels Inspire New Surgical Glue
By Brad BalukjianSuperglue can save lives.
Breaking It Down on Plastics Recycling
By Nathalia AlcantaraBerkeley researchers develop a breakthrough chemical process to vaporize plastics.
Tampons, Toxins, Taboo
By Margie Cullen, M.J. ’22A Berkeley researcher takes on harmful metals in women's products.
Wearables That Wake You
By Pat JosephThese are not your average earbuds.
Keeping It Cool in a Whole New Way
By Pat JosephThis ice-free freezing technique could help save lives and the planet.
The Motion Scientist
By Pat JosephFive Questions with Victor Ortega Jiménez, Assistant Professor in Integrative Biology
The Edge Episode 26: Psychedelics with Gül Dölen
Octopuses and humans have very little in common, but there’s one thing we do seem to share: MDMA makes us both a lot cuddlier.
To Infinity (Err, Umm, the Moon) and Beyond
By Geoff KochNASA astronaut Woody Hoburg Ph.D. ’13 on life in space and why returning humans to the Moon matters.
Neanderthal-Human Overlap
By Katherine BlesieWhat 45,000-year-old bones reveal about the earliest history of modern humans
Mother of Neutrino Detectors
By Glen MartinBerkeley physicists build a new device to detect one of the universe’s most elusive particles.
None Like it That Hot
By Glen MartinIn a bit of bad news, it turns out that scientists have been underestimating the heat index, or how hot it feels, amid deadly heatwaves.
