Media Coverage
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Murky outlook for crab season
Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela is quoted in a story about prospects for this year's crab season in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Marin Independent Journal.
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New evidence sheds light on how humans colonized America
Biologists Beth Shapiro and Peter Heintzman were quoted in coverage of new findings on the opening of an ice-free corridor for human migration into the Americas, including stories in the New York Times, Nature, Christian Science Monitor, Scientific American, and an Associated Press story that ran in the Sacramento Bee, CBS News, Yahoo News, Salon, and many…
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Genesis in a jar: How chemical gardens may lead us to alien life
Biomolecular engineer David Deamer is quoted in a New Scientist feature story about research on the origins of life.
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The blob that cooked the Pacific
Alumna Kathi Lefebvre and ocean scientist Raphael Kudela are quoted in a National Geographic magazine feature story on the effects of the "warm blob" on marine life along the West Coast in 2015.
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Creative incentives to boost groundwater recharge
The Water Deeply news site ran a feature story on hydrogeologist Andrew Fisher's groundwater recharge project in the Pajaro Valley.
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Analysis of metastatic prostate cancers suggests treatment options
Research on prostate cancer led by biomolecular engineer Josh Stuart was covered by Science Daily, Medical Xpress, Ecancer, Science Newsline, and other media outlets.
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This sea lion grooves to Earth, Wind & Fire — and science shows she’s got rhythm
A new study of Ronan the beat-keeping sea lion led by biologists Peter Cook and Andrew Rouse has prompted a fresh round of media coverage, including a story and videos in the Washington Post, Daily Mail, Sacramento Bee, Miami Herald, Toronto Sun, Independent, International Business Times, Bioscience Technology, and other media outlets.
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UCSC researchers get clues on otter lactation syndrome
New research led by biologist Nicole Thometz on female sea otters and the cost of rearing a pup was covered by the Santa Cruz Sentinel, LiveScience, Yahoo News, PhysOrg, and other media outlets.
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Open Road: UC Natural Reserve System
Biologists Dan Costa, Barry Sinervo, and others are featured in an "Open Road" episode on the UC Natural Reserve System on NBC Bay Area News.
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In Alaska, some of the last woolly mammoths died of thirst
Biologist Beth Shapiro is quoted in a Christian Science Monitor story about the fate of the last woolly mammoths on Saint Paul Island in Alaska.
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Trawlers suspected in disappearance of shad, herring offshore
Fisheries biologist Eric Palkovacs was quoted in an article in Bay Journal about the impact of marine bycatch on river herring populations.
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To uncover Earth’s origins, scientists must Look beyond it
Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo is quoted in an article in Smithsonian magazine about studying other planets to understand the origins of our own.