Media Coverage
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How facial expressions could be the next game controller
A story on Polygon and MSN about facial expressions as game controllers featured work in the lab of Katherine Isbister, professor of computational media.
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Have you seen fewer sea stars lately? Scientists are still working out why
Biologists Melissa Douglas and Pete Raimondi were quoted in a San Luis Obispo Tribune article about sea star wasting disease.
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Group of biologists tries to bury the idea that plants are conscious
Biologist Lincoln Taiz was quoted in stories about the dubious concept of plant consciousness, including coverage in the Guardian, LiveScience, MSN, Cosmos, Neuroscience News, Science Alert, and other media outlets.
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A deadly fungus is killing millions of bats in the U.S. Now it’s in California
Biologist Winifred Frick was quoted in stories about the detection in California of the deadly bad disease called white-nose syndrome, including coverage in the Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and other media outlets.
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Governance challenge for India
Economics Professor Nirvikar Singh penned a column for the Financial Express about governance challenges facing India.
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How Santa Cruz’s Dr. Doom beat extinction anxiety
Biologist Barry Sinervo is profiled in a cover story in the Santa Cruz weekly Good Times.
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Students are overdosing on potentially dangerous amounts of tuna, study finds
Environmental toxicologist Myra Finkelstein was quoted in coverage of her research on student consumption of tuna and mercury exposure risks, including stories from IFL Science, Victoria Now, Health Medicine Network, Daily Heralds, BioPortfolio, and other media outlets.
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Lead ammunition is now banned for hunting wildlife in California
Environmental toxicologist Myra Finkelstein was quoted in a KQED News story about the ban on lead ammunition for hunting in California.
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A vast water reservoir has been discovered deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean
Hydrogeologist Andrew Fisher was quoted in an NBC News story about the discovery of a large aquifer of fresh water beneath the Atlantic Ocean.
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Corals can survive in acidified ocean conditions, but have lower density skeletons
Marine scientists Adina Paytan and Donald Potts were quoted in coverage of their research on coral reefs, including stories in PhysOrg, Science Daily, Bioengineer, Scienmag, and other media outlets.
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Incredible observation links two different radioactive phenomena inside a thunderstorm
Physicist David Smith was quoted in a story about gamma rays associated with lightning strikes published in Gizmodo, Daily Heralds, and other media outlets.
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California Asked to List Mountain Lions as Endangered
Environmental Studies Professor Chris Wilmers was featured in SCV-TV coverage of a proposal to declare mountain lions endangered in California.