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How Biotech Crops Can Crash—and Still Never Fail
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Maywa Montenegro de Wit coauthored an opinion piece for Scientific American critiquing the U.N. Food Systems Summit's focus on biotechnology.
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After 35 years, NASA’s amazing new space telescope is ready to launch
Astronomer Garth Illingworth is featured in a Fast Company article about his role in the James Webb Space Telescope, and he was also quoted in a New York Times story about the telescope's successful launch.
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Mother seals recognise pup's voice at two days old
Biologist Caroline Casey was featured in a BBC News story about the ability of female elephant seals to recognize the voice of their pup.
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The US has said they support efforts for rapid and credible elections in Somalia
Politics Professor Mark Fathi Massoud spoke with BBC World News about the conflict between Somalia's president and prime minister over ongoing election delays.
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With omicron now dominant, depleted U.S. hospitals struggle to prepare for the worst
Infectious disease expert Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a story on NPR about the spread of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2.
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Why some astronomers once feared NASA's James Webb Space Telescope would never launch
Astronomer Garth Illingworth was featured in a story on NPR about the history of the James Webb Space Telescope, and he was also quoted in a Washington Post story about JWST.
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UCSC astronomers poised to join NASA’s search for signs of life in distant galaxies with new telescope
Astronomers Jonathan Fortney, Andrew Skemer, and Natalie Batalha were featured in a San Jose Mercury News article about the James Webb Space Telescope. The story also ran in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Monterey Herald.
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Why humans should embrace our role as meddlers of nature — so that we can do it better
Biologist Beth Shapiro was interviewed about her new book on the CBC Radio program 'Quirks & Quarks.'
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This new space telescope should show us what the universe looked like as a baby
Astronomer Garth Illingworth was quoted in an NPR news story about the James Webb Space Telescope.
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The benchmark for human diversity is based on one man’s genome. A new tool could change that.
Biomolecular engineer Benedict Paten was quoted in coverage of his team's research on pangenomics, including stories in Popular Science, Genetic Engineering News, and other media outlets.