California Magazine Archive
What Happens to Women Who Are Denied Abortions?
By David Silverberg‘Genius’ grantee Diana Greene Foster has devoted her career to answering the question.
To Silicon Valley and Beyond!
By Glen MartinSince its founding in 1930, Moffett Field has had multiple incarnations. Now, it’s poised for another role: the Berkeley Space Center.
The Man Who Shot the Unabomber’s Cabin
By Leah WorthingtonThe hideout was evidence, a symbol, and in Richard Barnes’s photos, art.
Ken Goldberg Isn’t Scared of Artificial Intelligence
By Coby McDonaldRobots can do a great many things, but they can’t make art. That view, common even among AI boosters, has taken a hit.
What’s on Your Berkeley-Inspired Playlist?
By Pat JosephWhile music may not be the first thing most people think of when they think of Berkeley, both the campus and town have been home to an enormously influential and eclectic music scene across the years, one with deep roots in the folk and blues revivals of the mid-20th century.
How the Pac-12 Meltdown Sent Cal Packing
By Margie CullenIt was July 25, and the schools of the Pac-12 were anxious and restless.
Spying the Secrets of Creativity
By Coby McDonaldIn late January of 1958, five of America’s most renowned writers converged in a repurposed frat house just off the Berkeley campus for what promised to be a long, strange weekend.
Walk of Life
By Pat JosephAccording to what has long been the dominant theory, the first humans to settle North America arrived via the Aleutian land bridge from Asia sometime between 16,000 and 13,000 years ago, after Ice Age glaciers receded.
Blog Calls out Bogus Data
By Pat JosephIt was a new wrinkle in a bombshell story. Not one, but two superstar researchers appear to have independently faked data for two separate, highly publicized studies about (irony of ironies!)
How to Turn Desert Air Into Water
By Esther OhMetal organic frameworks offer solutions to "the greatest problems facing our planet."
What Your Brain Sounds Like On Music
By Pat JosephUsing artificial intelligence software, Berkeley scientists successfully reconstructed the Pink Floyd song “Another Brick in the Wall” from recordings made of electrical activity in patients’ brains as they listened.
Same Bat Channel
By Margie CullenBats, they’re just like us!
