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Photographs by Kai Hanschen and Marcus Hanschen

High-Class Housing

By Leah Worthington

Transfers find deluxe digs at Anchor House.

FSM protesters and onlookers mass in Sproul Plaza. UC Berkeley, University Archives

Math and Conscience

Debates over how to teach math to high schoolers have gotten messy, plus much more in this issue

Photo by Jami Smith/UC Berkeley Library.

New Works by Berkeley Authors and Artists

By Editorial Staff

Rachel Kushner’s new novel, the limited series Earth Abides, RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life’s Deepest Secrets, and more

Michiko Toki

High-Protein Nobels

By Coby McDonald, M.J. ’17

List of Cal-connected laureates grows by four

Illustrations by Patrick Welsh

Cal Curators

By Dano Nissen ’18

Meet Berkeley alumni shaping the art world.

You’ll Never Believe It Came from Berkeley

By Coby McDonald, M.J. ’17

Quantum blue, the mouse, card stunts, and more

UC Berkeley. University Archives

As It Happened

By Pat Joseph

How the magazine covered the FSM

Lenticular: Gravitational lenses could help scientists unravel the mystery of dark energy. William Sheu/UCLA

A Lens on the Mysteries of the Universe

By Brad Balukjian

A new gravitational lens sheds light on dark matter.

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Mussels Inspire New Surgical Glue

By Brad Balukjian

Superglue can save lives.

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Breaking It Down on Plastics Recycling

By Nathalia Alcantara

Berkeley researchers develop a breakthrough chemical process to vaporize plastics.

Tampons, Toxins, Taboo

By Margie Cullen, M.J. ’22

A Berkeley researcher takes on harmful metals in women's products.

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Wearables That Wake You

By Pat Joseph

These are not your average earbuds.