Predicting Empathy Unconventionally
By Tiffany Liang How would you tell how empathetic someone is? You might base it off of how they react…
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COVID-19: Insights from UC Berkeley’s Infectious Disease Experts
COVID-19: Insights from UC Berkeley’s Infectious Disease Experts By Sharon Binoy, Ananya Krishnapura, Esther Lim, Elettra Preosti, Melanie Russo, Michael…
Awe in nature and its therapeutic effects
By Erin Fernwood During these months spent in quarantine during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, never before have we had…
Perfecting the Rabies Vaccine Formula
By Sarea Nizami You may often associate the word “rabies” with dogs. But, did you know that 70% of rabies…
Born to Kill? The story of ‘Serial Killer’ genes
By Anusha Subramanian All the way back in 2010, an Italian judge made legal history by decreasing the already reduced…
New experiments can predict occurrences of quantum jumps and may require scientists to reevaluate old theories
By Amar Shah When the mathematical rules for quantum mechanical theory were first created, Niels Böhr and Werner Heisenberg proposed…
The mysterious culprit of cancer
By Joshua Wu Cancer, often described as the emperor of all maladies, is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell…
In a galaxy far, far away…extragalactic oxygen sighted for the first time
By Nanda Nayak On June 27th 2019, Matty Roberts listened to an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast,…
New wave sanitation
By Nicole Xu In light of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most commonly proposed safety precautions is…
The unique journey of finding a cure for HIV
By Nicole Xu HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, is a tedious, lifelong disease. It spreads through bodily fluids and…