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Doubling down on genetic change

In many ways, biological evolution at the molecular scale is a series of small steps. But scientists have not agreed on exactly how those...
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Column: Universe: The Musical

Human beings, vegetables or cosmic dust — we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper. — Albert...
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Criminal predictions

If we could predict the future, what would the world be like? There would be millions of lottery winners every day. There would be...
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The forgotten resource

It is no secret that the planet is running out of resources, some faster than others. Many sources predict we will run out of...
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Tech Tips

Digital Adderall The Problem It’s late at night and a big paper is due tomorrow morning. There is an empty Word document staring angrily back from...
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Putting Einstein to the test

Albert Einstein is one of the most respected scientists of all time. His ideas and theories have changed the way that physicists view the...
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The Anti-Science Committee

A few months ago, the science journalism community, myself included, and a large portion of the nation’s population went justifiably apeshit over Todd Akin’s...
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Using big science to find tiny clues for life on Mars

For 10 days out of the month, UC Davis graduate student Amy Williams gets to wake up on Mars. Along with the several hundred...
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Proteins gone wild

Thirty years ago, Stanley Prusiner had a heretical idea: that proteins, the complex molecules involved in virtually all cell functions, could go bad and...
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Commemorating Niels Bohr

Great intellects always exist. However, it is far more seldom that those intellects extend far enough to shape history — far enough to execute...
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Column: The middle children

“We are the middle children of history.”  This iconic line from the movie Fight Club was right on the money, but not in the sense...
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Two computers in one

Computers are essential these days and come in a variety of brands and styles. But sometimes the software you own is not compatible with other...
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On democracy and social revitalization

Editor’s note:  This article is part two of three in a series about Steve Wozniak. “Steve has this saying. He’ll say: ‘A family of five...
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Researchers find new link between diet and breast cancer

In a finding that challenges decades of science orthodoxy, a team of researchers from UC Davis has isolated what appears to be a key...
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New breakthroughs in quantum computing

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara are breaking new ground in demonstrating the effectiveness of using the quantum properties of matter to build new “quantum...
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