Media Coverage
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Tiny, snackable fish are linchpins of coral reef ecosystems
Biologist Giacomo Bernardi was quoted in a Scientific American article about the importance of small, rapidly reproducing fish species in coral reef ecosystems.
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What wrapping a rope around the Earth reveals about the limits of human intuition
Aeon digital magazine debuted a new animated video from UCSC's Center for Public Philosophy.
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John Okada’s No-No Boy Is a Test of American Character
The Atlantic Magazine published a book review by literature professor Karen Yamashita about the re-release of a classic novel about Japanese Americans' incarceration during World War II.
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Natalie Batalha: A Planetary Sense of Love
Astronomer Natalie Batalha was featured on radio journalist Krista Tippet's podcast "Becoming Wise".
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Watch a Munk’s devil ray breach
Biologist Melissa Cronin was quoted in a story accompanying her video of a breaching devil ray in The Scientist.
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Scientists are 'racing against the clock' to collect crucial data on life in Antarctica
Biologists Ari Friedlaender and Logan Pallin were featured in a story on ABC Nightline about their research on whales in Antarctica (also featured on other ABC News sites).
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Wild observation shows white dwarf stars merging Into something new
Astrophysicist Josiah Schwab was quoted in a Gizmodo article about observations of a merger of two white dwarf stars.
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Scientists think they know how Pluto's hidden ocean stays liquid
Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo was quoted in Gizmodo, New Scientist, and other media outlets in stories about his team's research suggesting how a subsurface ocean on Pluto may have remained liquid instead of freezing.
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On social media, hate speech takes a dangerous turn
The Jewish News of Northern California quoted Nathaniel Deutsch, professor of history and co-director of UCSC's Center for Jewish Studies, in an article about the rise of hate speech and anti-Semitism on social meda.
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Santa Cruz legal experts talk RBG, gender, and equal rights
The Santa Cruz Good Times published a cover story about an upcoming community event celebrating Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, featuring feminist studies professor Bettina Aptheker and alumna Syda Cogliati, Santa Cruz County's newest Superior Court judge.
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No Lone Shooter: How Anti-Semitism Is Winning New Converts on the Internet
KQED featured a story about The Humanities Institute's "Anti-Semitism and the Internet" event held at the Computer Science Museum in Silicon Valley.
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Whales team up in amazing bubble-net hunt
Biologist Ari Friedlaender described how humpback whales use bubbles in their feeding strategies in a National Geographic article, also published on MSN and other media outlets, about how various animals use bubbles.