Science & Tech
Editor’s Note
By Pat JosephEyes open, eyes closed, it didn’t matter, I saw the same thing: an ant venturing deeper and deeper into a fern. Then somehow I became that ant, in the fern, going deeper and deeper.
Electric Kool-Aid Peer Review
By Coby McDonaldBerkeley Experts Come Together to Shape a New Wave of Psychedelic Research
The Edge Episode 15: I’m in Love With a Robot
It’s not easy coming up with the perfect opening line on Tinder. Artificial intelligence is already helping us compose emails and complete sentences, so why stop there? Laura and Leah talk to the founder of Keys about the possibilities—and dangers—of letting robots do the talking for us.
The Edge Episode 14: Blockchain for the People
You hear about blockchain everywhere: social media, the news, the guy next door. Laura and Leah talk to Medha Kothari, a Berkeley alum and founder of she256, a non-profit promoting diversity in blockchain, about what blockchain is and why it has the potential to be a fairer technology than the ones we’ve already built.
The San Joaquin Valley Has a Salinity Problem
By Glen MartinAfter decades of salt accumulation, Berkeley scientists look for new solutions.
This Woman is Reshaping Our Understanding of the Living World
By Hope HendersonRocking the tree of life.
As Water Runs Low, San Joaquin Valley Adapts to a Drier Future
By Glen MartinIn the heart of the valley
Fishing for Answers with Robert Tjian
By Pat JosephThe professor of biochemistry on the intersection of science and entrepreneurship
Can We Make Mars Exploration More Affordable?
By Dhoha BarecheBerkeley will launch two satellites to study Mars in a new era of space exploration.
United Nations and Berkeley Experts Warn “Climate Change is Now”
By Susan KarlinThe UN's report on climate change argues that there's no wiggle room.
New Life Sciences Incubator Opens for Business
By Margie CullenBerkeley is Going Big on Bioscience.
When Berkeley Burned
The first signs of trouble were subtle. For some, it was the strange amber hue of the midday light. Others caught the distinctive scent of burning eucalyptus. By two in the afternoon of September 17, 1923, just about everyone in Berkeley had taken note of the uncommonly warm, dry wind blowing in from the northeast. […]
