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Yahoo News
Want a stranger's half-eaten pizza? Need to rent a tree house? Technology can help
Melanie DuPuis, professor of sociology and associate academic director of the UC Washington Center, was quoted widely in a Yahoo News article on how technology can help distribution within the local food industry.
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BBC Radio 4
All in the Mind: Dance and Cognition
BBC Radio 4 interviewed associate psychology professor Margaret Wilson about dance research she co-authored with theater arts professor Ted Warburton that was recently published in the journal Psychological Science, for a story about the British version of "Dancing with the Stars." Warburton was also featured in a story about their research in Dance Informa Magazine.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
UC Santa Cruz scientists sell Hawaiian monk seal toys to fund research
The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about biologist Terrie Williams's project to raise funds for monk seal research by selling monk seal toys. The story also ran in the San Jose Mercury News, Monterey Herald, Contra Costa Times, Inside Bay Area, and others.
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Scientific American
Climate Change Tweaks Pacific Ocean Chemistry
Ocean scientist Matt McCarthy's research using deep-sea corals to study the Pacific Ocean ecosystem received widespread coverage, including stories from Scientific American, Climate Wire, Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Discovery News, ABC Science (Australia), Research and Development, Nature World News, Life Sciences World, Marine Technology Society, Innovations Report, Science Daily,…
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German Press Agency
Google, Amazon making sci-fi real with robots, drones
Robotics expert Jacob Rosen was quoted in a story from the German Press Agency (DPA) Business Line about Google's recent acquisition of robotics companies.
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Science
Lick Observatory in Trouble as Austerity Starts to Bite
A news story in Science about the effects of budget cuts on Lick Observatory includes quotes from astronomers Sandra Faber, Steven Vogt, Garth Illingworth, and others. Stories about the cuts at Lick also ran in the San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Contra Costa Times, KQED Science, and Inside Bay Area.
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San Jose Mercury News
Monterey students are among thousands of young "citizen scientists" in California
Biologist John Pearse was quoted in a story about citizen scientists participating in a tide pool monitoring program he started in the 70s. The story ran in the San Jose Mercury News, Monterey Herald, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Contra Costa Times, and other media.
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Nature
Scientists search for clues in sea star die-off
Biologists Pete Raimondi, Hannah Perlkin, and Emily Tucker are featured in a Nature news story about efforts to find the cause of sea star wasting syndrome. The story also ran in Scientific American.
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NPR Here and Now
Sea Mammals Descend On Monterey Bay For Anchovy Feast
Biologist Baldo Marinovic was a guest on the NPR program Here and Now to discuss the unusual abundance of marine wildlife in Monterey Bay this year.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
State: Avoid shellfish from Monterey Bay
Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about a state ban on recreational harvesting of shellfish from Monterey Bay due to the algal toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning. The story also ran in the Monterey Herald, San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, and other media.