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Younger Lagoon Reserve, at the western end of Santa Cruz, encompasses a seasonal lagoon, beach, and coastal prairie.

Students survey life on campus natural reserves

Student teams are conducting surveys of the birds, plants, fish, fungi, insects, vascular plants, mammals, bryophytes, and lichens at the four UC Santa Cruz Natural Reserves.

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Psychology explains Trump backers' vehement support

Psychology explains Trump backers' vehement support

UC Santa Cruz research professor Thomas Pettigrew and two colleagues write that social psychology can explain the president's hard-core supporters.

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Undergraduate researcher probes ‘deficit thinking’

Undergraduate researcher probes ‘deficit thinking’

Circumstances common for first-generation undergraduates can result in misperceptions by tutors which can hamper students' academic progress.

Bias can affect who gets to speak at conferences

Bias can affect who gets to speak at conferences

A study by psychology professor Margarita Azmitia shows how scientists from racial and ethnic minorities get fewer chances to speak at conferences.

New system will capture and reuse scarce helium

New system will capture and reuse scarce helium

A new recovery system will help ensure a reliable supply of the increasingly expensive and scarce element needed for powerful research instruments.

San Francisco Bay seen as potential sea otter nursery

San Francisco Bay seen as potential sea otter nursery

A study concludes that California could more than triple its population of southern sea otters by reintroducing them into San Francisco Bay.

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