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New Study Finds Partner’s Happiness Linked to Lower Stress Hormone Levels in Older Couples

by Alex Russell, College of Letters and Science
October 22, 2024

Society, Arts & Culture

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Exploring the Psychedelics Within Us

by Greg Watry
October 21, 2024

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Being Part of a ‘Civilization’ Only Reduces Violence If You’re a Woman in Ancient Andes Populations

by Karen Nikos-Rose
October 21, 2024

Society, Arts & Culture

"Asian futures, without Asians" by artist Astria Suparak showing artist in front of projected image (Courtesy, Mondavi Center)

Weekender: Mondavi Center's Performance and Talk with SFMOMA Curator

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
October 17, 2024

What Motivates Food Bank Donors?

by Alana Haynes Stein and Catherine Brinkley
October 11, 2024

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Weekender: Visiting Austrian Composer and Musical Theatre Dance Workshop

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
October 10, 2024

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AI: A Tectonic Shift in Human Society

by Alex Russell
October 08, 2024

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From Viruses to Galaxies, How Machine Learning Helps Scientific Discovery

by Greg Watry
October 03, 2024

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Weekender: Noon Concert is Back; London Phil Coming to Mondavi

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
October 03, 2024

Still from Clarissa Tossin’s Mojo’q che b’ixan ri ixkanulab’ / Antes de que los Volcanes Canten / Before the Volcanoes Sing, 2022, color digital video, sound. Image courtesy of the artist and EMPAC / Rensselaer.

Weekender: New Mobile Moo-seum, Movie Screenings, Art Events

by Jamie Gelfond, UC Davis News and Media Relations Intern
September 25, 2024

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Taking the Earth’s Temperature Over the Past 485 Million Years

by Smithsonian Institution Newsdesk
September 19, 2024

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Researchers Identify Tooth Enamel Proteins That Offer Window into Human Health

by Karen Nikos-Rose
September 19, 2024

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Rohde Awarded Commission from the Koussevitzky Foundation in the Library of Congress

by Jamie Gelfond, UC Davis News and Media Relations Intern
September 18, 2024

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Supported Youth Become Supportive Adults, Researchers Find

by Karen Nikos-Rose
September 12, 2024

Society, Arts & Culture

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What Does it Mean To Own Something?

by Greg Watry, College of Letters and Science
September 06, 2024

The Curiosity Gap

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Recent Volcanoes on the Moon?

by Andy Fell
September 04, 2024

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LZ Experiment Sets New Record in Search for Dark Matter

by Lauren Biron
August 26, 2024

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Physicist Receives $1.25 Million Grant to Investigate Superconductivity

by Greg Watry
August 22, 2024

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Media Experts on Economic Issues

by Karen Michele Nikos-Rose
August 22, 2024

Society, Arts & Culture

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No Evidence of a Common Set of Regeneration Genes

by Andy Fell
August 19, 2024

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The Conversation: What is the Meaning of Kamala?

by Archana Venkatesan, UC Davis professor of Religious Studies and Comparative Literature
August 14, 2024

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Children’s Lockdown Memories May Predict Declines in Psychological Well-being During the Pandemic

by Andy Fell
August 14, 2024

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Weekender: Manetti Shrem Museum Opens with Fall Exhibitions Aug. 8; Concert Next Week at Gorman; More Art News

by Karen Nikos-Rose, Arts Blog Editor
August 08, 2024

Arts Blog

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At the Olympics, Can Anyone Sideline Politics?

by Ethan Scheiner, UC Davis Professor of Political Science
August 07, 2024

The Curiosity Gap

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New Method Tracks How Psychedelics Affect Neurons in Minutes

by Greg Watry
August 05, 2024

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