The University of California was chartered in 1868 and its flagship campus — envisioned as a “City of Learning” — was established at Berkeley, on San Francisco Bay. Today the world’s premier public university and a wellspring of innovation, UC Berkeley occupies a 1,232 acre campus with a sylvan 178-acre central core. From this home its academic community makes key contributions to the economic and social well-being of the Bay Area, California, and the nation.
Cuban farming is a model of agroecology -- growing food without heavy use of fossil fuel or chemicals. But closer relations with the U.S. could push Cuba back toward large-scale industrial farming.
What makes gifted kids from advantaged families get ahead?
David Woo
America's low-income but high-achieving kids fail to find the necessary resources, and consequently fall behind. This has huge implications for innovation as well as the GDP.
A look at spending inequality suggests America is a bit more equal than we thought.
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A new study on inequality analyzes the impact of fiscal policy, dramatically altering the standard view of rich and poor in America. It may also change how voters and candidates think about the issue.
Look at me! They’re not called peacock spiders for nothing.
Maddie Girard
Biologists, along with most of the internet, have been puzzled as to why peacock spiders have such flamboyant courtship displays. So we decided to find out.
Who will stand out after Wednesday’s debate?
Reuters
Candidates sparred among themselves and the media but still managed to debate some of the key economic issues that matter most to Americans – though they ignored a few.
Les migrations, animales et humaines, sont parties intégrantes de l'histoire de la vie.
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Les migrations ne sont pas le propre de l’homme. Sur notre planète, les espèces circulent, notamment en raison des aléas du climat. Préparons-nous à accueillir les migrants du futur, bêtes et hommes.
Renewable energy developers choose sunny locations, which can be near protected lands.
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Viewing human migration through the lens of natural history makes one thing clear: society needs to prepare for more migrations of people and the species we depend on.
A New Delhi laborer’s dirtied hands after work in a shoe factory.
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Regulations are catching up with toxic chemicals we're exposed to as products' end users. But workers in un- or underregulated places are still at risk, even from chemicals designed to be "green."
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A re-analysis of research into deworming interventions at Kenyan schools has confirmed some findings and disputed others. However, it does not take away from the programme's effectiveness.
A sensor monitors carbon dioxide from the rooftop of the SF Exploratorium.
Alexis Shusterman
Scientists build network of inexpensive air monitors to track emissions with fine-grained spatial detail – an alternative to satellites or pricey land-based CO2 monitors.
Many are ready to call it quits with the euro, but down that road lies nothing good.
Reuters