Media Coverage
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Study explains mealtime for the minke whale, the ocean's littlest giant
Ocean scientist Ari Friedlaender was featured in coverage of his research on minke whales, including stories from Reuters, Science Daily, SciTechDaily, and other media outlets.
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UC Observatories Expand Telescope Access and Outreach
UC Observatories Director Bruce Macintosh was featured in a Good Times story about Lick Observatory's new outreach and education programs.
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It's boom times in ancient DNA research
Biologist Beth Shapiro was featured in an NPR story about research on ancient DNA.
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UC Santa Cruz researcher champions AI language generator SpikeGPT
Electrical and computer engineer Jason Eshraghian was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about his new spiking neural network, SpikeGPT.
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Elephant seals prioritize survival over reproduction
Biologist Roxanne Beltran was quoted in a story on Earth.com about her research on survival and reproduction in elephant seal populations.
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Milky Way stars found nearly halfway to Andromeda Galaxy
Astronomer Raja GuhaThakurta was quoted in an Astronomy magazine story about his research on the halo stars in our Milky Way galaxy.
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New Proof Distinguishes Mysterious and Powerful ‘Modular Forms’
Mathematician Geoffrey Mason was quoted in a Quanta article about the mathematics of modular forms.
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Snow falling on telescopes: Astronomy shut down on Mount Hamilton
Astronomer Elinor Gates was featured in a San Jose Mercury News story about the unusually large amount of snow on Mt. Hamilton and its impact on operations at Lick Observatory.
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That Foam on the Beach Is (Probably) Fine
Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela was quoted in a Bay Nature article about the origins of sea foam on the beach.
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Do Diamonds Rain on the Ice Giants?
Astronomer Jonathan Fortney was quoted in a Sky & Telescope article about the ice giant planets Neptune and Uranus.
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Astronomers Were Not Expecting This
Astronomer Wren Suess was quoted in an Atlantic article about the new view of early galaxies revealed by the Webb Telescope.
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Imperfect diamond: Myths of MLB geometry revealed by new larger bases
Physicist Zack Schlesinger was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about the geometric shape of a baseball diamond, which is changing slightly with the new larger bases.