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Thursday, March 27

Enthralled: What Explains Our Unshakeable Fascination with Cults?

Professor Poulomi Saha and California editor-in-chief Pat Joseph discuss what the surge of movies and documentaries about cults reveals about us.

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Data Is Fueling the AI Revolution. What Happens When It Runs Out?

Experts warn the internet may not be big enough to sustain AI innovation
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Charles Poloka

The Edge Episode 27: Life, the Universe, and Everything with Alex Filippenko

Astrophysicist and educator Alex Filippenko joins Editor-in-Chief Pat Joseph live onstage to discuss eclipse chasing, dark energy, and the abiding mysteries of the universe 
Nathalia Alcantara

Mixed Media: March 2025

Berkeley-connected works we recommend this month

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Please Allow Him to Introduce Himself

By Pat Joseph

Rich Lyons is Berkeley's 12th—and rockingest—chancellor.
Illustration by Michiko Toki

Math Education Needs Reform. It Got a War Instead.

By Nathalia Alcantara

Decoding the debates over high school data science
Illustrations by John Hersey

The Wild Ride of College Sports

By Ron Kroichick

How a bevy of recent changes are shaking up the game
Photographs by Kai Hanschen and Marcus Hanschen

High-Class Housing

By Leah Worthington

Transfers find deluxe digs at Anchor House

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The Contrarian

Q&A with former Washington Post columnist, Jennifer Rubin ’83, J.D. ’86

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Coach Mo’s Momentum

What explains the resurgence of the Cal throwing program?

Photo by Matthew Howard Ehrichs, University of Maryland

Q&A: Is Berkeley Next?

Wildfire scientist Michael Gollner on protecting the East Bay from disaster
Photo by Mathew Burciaga

Five Questions for Vishal Subramanyan ’24

The wildlife photographer captured the first images of the rare Mount Lyell shrew.

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An Incurable Infection Is on the Rise. A Vaccine Remains Elusive.

Despite long-running efforts by UC researchers, there is still no vaccine for valley fever.
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On the Frontlines: Women Led the Fight Against the 1918 Pandemic

As women sewed masks and tended to soldiers, they were also sowing seeds of a larger shift.
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De-extinction Could Reverse Species Loss. But Should We Do It?

What would it mean to reintroduce woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons now?
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