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Scientists identify nearby 'super-Earth' as promising candidate in search for alien life - study

NASA plans to launch the Habitable Worlds Observatory in the 2040s, a mission whose goal is “to image Earth-like planets around other sun-like stars,” according to NASA’s website.

TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is shown in this conceptual illustration obtained by Reuters on March 28, 2018.
A man walks through the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, California, US, August 11, 2025.

UCLA, student president distance themselves from student gov't that condemned former Gaza hostage

Israa al-Jaabis (L), a 32-year-old Palestinian woman who detonated a small bomb on October 11, 2015 on the highway leading from the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim to Jerusalem, arrives for her sentencing hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem on November 7, 2016.

Failed car bomber released in October 7 deal gave video speech at Berkeley classroom

The University of California, Berkeley.

UC Berkeley agrees bans on Zionists ‘can violate university rules’ in antisemitism settlement


Do sugar-free candy, toothpaste, and gum give you gas? - study

In a new study, scientists from the University of California identify sorbitol, a chemical found in sugar-free products, as causing indigestion and stomach pain

 Amoxicillin penicillin antibiotics are seen in the pharmacy at a free medical and dental health clinic in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 27, 2016.

Can a new drug prevent hearing loss?

Mice studies in California show the way to a new drug that could prevent hearing loss from loud music and aging.

Hearing Hero

Jewish environmentalist disinvited from UC Berkeley class for pro-Israel views

"If we are to take equitable environmental action seriously," the protesting students wrote, "then one cannot dismiss the environmental apartheid occurring in Palestine."

 UC Berkeley Campus - view from Sather Tower of Memorial Glade

Oakland Hanukkiah destroyed in antisemitic act of vandalism

An investigation into the destruction of the Oakland Hanukkiah has been opened by the Oakland police department; one of a series of antisemitic attacks on the Oakland Jewish community.

 A Hanukkah menorah with lit candles.

Is too much oxygen harmful to the body?

California researchers, who studied mice, suggest that what they discovered could one day help decide whether to use supplemental oxygen as a medical treatment.

 Alan Baik is part of the team in Isha Jain's lab at Gladstone Institutes that uncovered why high levels of oxygen can cause lasting problems in humans.

Jewish groups sue UC Berkeley over 'unchecked' antisemitism

The lawsuit says UC Berkeley's "inaction" violates the plaintiffs' religious and equal protection rights under the Constitution and federal civil rights laws.

 Pro-Israel students at the University of Berkeley demonstrate next to Pro-Palestinian students.

99 orgs demand rejection of antisemitic, antizionist UC proposal

Nearly 100 organizations are demanding a proposal that would enshrine antizionism in high school curricula be rejected.

University of California Berkeley campus.

Shellfish dumped on UC Berkeley’s Jewish fraternity house

Given that the perpetrators used shellfish, forbidden under the laws of kashrut, and targeted the Jewish fraternity on the first Shabbat of the school year, AEPi considers this antisemitic.

University of California Berkeley campus.

Professor resigns after allegedly faking Native American identity

University of California, Riverside professor, Andrea Smith, has faced accusations for years that alleged she was co-opting an identity that wasn’t her own.

 Photograph of Gloria Wells on the left and Andrea Smith on the right taken at the 2011 Annual Women's Studies Conference on Saturday March 26th, 2011.

Stimulating hair growth possible within skin moles - study

The findings of the study could also help with therapy that can treat androgenetic alopecia.

 Woman with long, curly, brown hair.