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Mushy Magma Under Yellowstone

  • by Andy Fell
  • December 02, 2022
  • Egghead
  • Driven by Curiosity
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Hibernating Corals and the Microbiomes That Sustain Them

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • December 01, 2022
  • Science and Climate
  • Driven by Curiosity
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Citizen Scientists Help UC Davis Researchers Spread Native Plant Seeds in Urban Areas

  • by Tiffany Dobbyn
  • November 15, 2022
  • Science and Climate
  • Driven by Curiosity
  • Society, Arts & Culture
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Looking for Romance? That First Impression Matters

  • by Karen Nikos-Rose
  • October 31, 2022
  • Society, Arts & Culture
  • Driven by Curiosity
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California Families Project: Resilience and Community

  • by Kathleen Holder
  • October 31, 2022
  • Driven by Curiosity
  • Human & Animal Health
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Nano-Sized Islands Open Possibilities for Application of Single-Atom Catalysts

  • by Tina Hilding
  • October 26, 2022
  • Driven by Curiosity
  • Science & Technology
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The Ripple Effects of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs Decision on ‘The Backdrop’ Podcast

  • by Soterios Johnson
  • October 25, 2022
  • University
  • Driven by Curiosity
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Modern Plants Show More Insect Damage Than Fossilized Plants

  • by Kathy Keatley Garvey
  • October 14, 2022
  • Egghead
  • Driven by Curiosity
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UC Davis-Led Team Awarded $3 Million Grant to Assess Pandemic Recovery Efforts by Community Colleges

  • by UC Davis Staff
  • October 05, 2022
  • Driven by Curiosity
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Most Twitter Users Don’t Follow Political Elites, Researchers Suggest

  • by Karen Michele Nikos
  • September 30, 2022
  • Society, Arts & Culture
  • Driven by Curiosity
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Newly Discovered Gravitational Lenses Could Reveal Ancient Galaxies and the Nature of Dark Matter

  • by Bill Condie
  • September 29, 2022
  • Driven by Curiosity
  • Science & Technology
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Biodiversity Genomics Europe Aims to Reverse Biodiversity Loss

  • by Andy Fell
  • September 28, 2022
  • Egghead
  • Driven by Curiosity
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Revealing the Genome of the Common Ancestor of All Mammals

  • by Andy Fell
  • September 27, 2022
  • Driven by Curiosity
  • Science & Technology
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Discovering Sirtuin Longevity Proteins in Early Branches of Animal Life

  • by Andy Fell
  • September 22, 2022
  • Driven by Curiosity
  • Human & Animal Health
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New Startups Built From UC Davis Innovations Drive Solutions in Food, Health and Agriculture

  • by Neelanjana Gautam
  • September 21, 2022
  • University
  • Driven by Curiosity
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Has Social Media Discourse Affected People’s Hesitancy to Get Vaccinated Against COVID?

  • by Karen Michele Nikos
  • September 21, 2022
  • Driven by Curiosity
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Whose Farm, Which Fork?

  • by Professor Kimberly D. Nettles-Barcelón
  • September 15, 2022
  • The Curiosity Gap
  • Driven by Curiosity
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What Effect Does Proximity Bias Have in Today's Workplace?

  • by H. Rao Unnava, Graduate School of Management
  • September 12, 2022
  • The Curiosity Gap
  • Driven by Curiosity
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Lensless Camera Creates 3D Images From Single Exposure

  • by Nancy D. Lamontagne
  • September 12, 2022
  • Egghead
  • Driven by Curiosity
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The Conversation: Is Ukraine Adapting the Ancient Practice of Trophy Displays?

  • by Anya Free
  • September 09, 2022
  • The Curiosity Gap
  • Driven by Curiosity
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Ultracold Atoms Enable Quantum Discoveries

  • by Jade Boyd
  • September 06, 2022
  • Egghead
  • Driven by Curiosity
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Engineers Study Bird Flight

  • by Andy Fell
  • September 06, 2022
  • Driven by Curiosity
  • Science & Technology
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How Automated YouTube Recommendations Foster Polarization

  • by Noah Pflueger-Peters
  • August 25, 2022
  • Egghead
  • Driven by Curiosity
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The Conversation: Can Businesses Continue to Ignore Extreme Heat Events?

  • by Paul Griffin, Distinguished Professor of Management, UC Davis, and Co-authors
  • August 24, 2022
  • The Curiosity Gap
  • Driven by Curiosity
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How Did America's Right-Wing Newspaper Barons Help Fuel Hitler's Extremism?

  • by UC Davis Staff
  • August 19, 2022
  • The Curiosity Gap
  • Driven by Curiosity

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