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"As I spend my days doomscrolling and grieving over all that we have lost and will lose to the climate crisis, I also find myself deeply craving tangible solutions, so I picked up this book."
See if Eleanor Wang found what they were craving in this review
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written by @samoaksleaf.bsky.social and illustrated by @nlue8.bsky.social and Albany Blackburn
The real "scientific method" isn't perfect. It's human.
So maybe more people will trust science, even fall in love with science, if we're honest about its joys, flaws, and impact.
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Black holes are just cool. Learn more about how to "see" them here!
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With all the hype around AI with supposedly human-level intelligence, scientists are actually quite far from a precise understanding of how our own brains work. Maybe an interdisciplinary approach to neuroscience is required for truly sustainable AI...
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Academia has an ugly past of exploiting the Indigenous people on whose land we still live and work. But some scientists confront that past with honesty, paving a new way for researchers to learn and work alongside Indigenous communities. Read about it here!
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In issue 49, you can dive into a black hole, ride the next wave in sustainable packaging, or open your mind to new ways to study the brain.
You'll meet scientists confronting academia's ugly past while sharing their authentic selves. Read it all here!
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“I find that we are the collection of all of the people who have mentored us before in some ways” - Professor Irene Chen.
Learn more about Dr. Chen's commitment to mentorship, equity, and pioneering research here:
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“People think that when you are seeking to address issues that have political implications, the science suffers. But it doesn’t have to. It doesn’t have to if you maintain intellectual rigor.” -Dr. Cesunica Ivey
The vital work of air quality modelers here:
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“I was so happy I couldn’t sleep for a week, but it was awesome."
That's how excited Dr. Matt Durant was to discover the latest major advancement in gene editing. Read about it here!
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"So what we perceive is actually an inferred model of how the world is structured." - Dr. Sean Noah @psilocybin.bsky.social
In this article from issue 48, Madison Brown brings us on a trip through UC Berkeley's Center for the Science of Psychedelics.
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Such a cool one!
Gosh dang does issue 48 look good too. Thanks design team! @eleanorwang.bsky.social
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Issue 48 is here and I love it. Take a trip through the therapeutic promise of psychedelics. Understand the beauty and necessity of the urban farm. Get the latest on advances in gene editing. Appreciate the invaluable work of air quality modelers. Read it all here: berkeleysciencereview.com
🔭 #DarkEnergy may be even stranger than we thought. As one researcher put it to @space.com, “What a time to be alive and to be a cosmologist!” @desisurvey.bsky.social 🧪
Designing safe and effective gene therapies is a daunting yet crucial task. Find out how to overcome this challenge by carefully leveraging the power of machine learning!
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#AI #MachineLearning #SciComm
Many thanks to @bretthelms.bsky.social for explaining is awesome work on this one! @berkeleylab.bsky.social
Maybe the best way to sustainably reuse carbon is to take inspiration from biology. Learn more about the "bio-synthesis" of low-cost, easily recyclable plastics and the other immediate steps we need to take to close the carbon cycle here! berkeleysciencereview.com/article/2024...
#climate #SciComm
The #DarkEnergy result from the DESI Survey is one of @quantamagazine.bsky.social's top #physics breakthroughs of the year! Get the recap here ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhG5...
To know how animals behave in the wild, you have to observe them in the wild. It's a challenge to step outside the lab and do animal research in realistic habitats, but this is the hard science that's done at UCB's Field Station berkeleysciencereview.com/article/2024...
#scicomm #animalbehavior
Issue 47 will show you how freezing coral can help us preserve our ecosystems. It'll teach you to study animal behavior the right way. And it will lay out the roadmap for near-term decarbonization from some of the top researchers in the world! berkeleysciencereview.com #sciencecommunication