Berkeley
Varsity Rocketry
The Race to Launch the First Student-Built Rocket into Space Is On
Rocketry teams compete for the milestone of becoming the first student team to reach space.
Becky Ferreira
2.23.18
thanks a lot
Cryptocurrency Miners Are 'Limiting' the Search for Alien Life
Berkely's SETI project can't get its hands on the latest graphics cards, which are popular with cryptocurrency miners.
Matthew Gault
2.14.18
first amendment
Berkeley Doesn't Have to Choose Between Social Justice and Free Speech
Framing the controversy in terms of “classic” trolling rhetoric allows us to talk about more than just free speech.
Whitney Phillips
9.26.17
humans of the year
Physicist Mary Gaillard Has Spent Over Three Decades Fighting For Women in Science
She was Berkeley's first tenured female physics professor, and she's still fighting for equality.
Farnia Fekri
4.5.17
Berkeley
This Is How the CRISPR Trial Will Determine Our Future
Two big institutions are at odds over one of the biggest intellectual rights debate in this century.
Meredith Rutland Bauer
12.8.16
Berkeley
The 'Rationality' Workshop That Teaches People to Think More Like Computers
The Center For Applied Rationality wants to help humans make better choices.
Louise Matsakis
5.17.16
Space
Supermassive Black Holes May Be All Over the Damn Place
According to astronomers, even the quietest regions of space may be populated by sky-chewing black holes.
Michael Byrne
4.6.16
News
Berkeley Astronomer Geoff Marcy Will Resign After Sexually Harassing Students
A world-famous astronomer will leave the university after he admitted to sexually harassing at least four students.
Jason Koebler
10.14.15
copyright
From Pacemakers to Driverless Cars, the Absurdity of Banning Reverse Engineering
DMCA exemption filings offer a bleak look at IP copyright.
Michael Byrne
7.5.15
Space
How a Bunch of Tiny Robots Will Help Crack Dark Energy
Automating the tedious work of manually resetting thousands of fiber-optic cables at a time.
Michael Byrne
6.28.15
robots
Nothing Stands in the Way of an Exoskeleton-Clad Cockroach Bot
Watch cockroach bots scuttle through obstacles with ease.
Emiko Jozuka
6.23.15
Space
These Runaway Stars Went Supernova in Deep-Space
Life in intergalactic space has its bonuses ... until your star explodes.
Becky Ferreira
6.6.15
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