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As graduation day approaches, some high school seniors without college plans fear they may have missed their chance to pursue higher education at the school of their dreams.

When you listen to a lively Mozart piece in a major key, what colors do you see? If bright yellows and oranges swirled in your mind, it wouldn't surprise a group of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley.

According to new research, the brain perceives speeding objects as further along in their trajectory than seen by the eyes, giving us time to respond.

A slew of politicos and celebrities have been asked by their alma maters to come dole out advice to the class of 2013 in the coming weeks.

The White Rabbit, Cheshire Cat and a little girl meet up in the Berkeley Playhouse production of Disney's Alice in Wonderland Jr .

Scientists have been mourning the news that NASA's prolific planet-hunting Kepler Space Telescope may have to cease its search for good.

Hundreds gathered Friday to remember the late grandson of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X as mourners said Malcolm Shabazz was well on his way to cementing his own legacy.

Marlene Castro knew the tall blond woman only as Laurene, her mentor. They met every few weeks in a rough Silicon Valley neighborhood the year that Castro was applying to college, and they emailed often, bonding over conversations about Castro's difficult childhood.

Q The streets leading up to the I-80 east/I-580 west onramp just north of the Berkeley/Emeryville border at the southern edge of Aquatic Park are in the worst condition I've ever seen.

Susan Billy moved from Berkeley into her grandmother's house, the one her grandfather built at the turn of the century on the Hopland Rancheria in 1973.

Rockridge takes a new approach to getting people on the streets this year, with a new spring stroll from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday.

For instance, Mozart's jaunty Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major is most often associated with bright yellow and orange, whereas his dour Requiem in D minor is more likely to be linked to dark, bluish gray.

Some racial groups are more likely to bear the brunt of extreme heat waves because of where they live, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.

Adam Berinsky , Professor of Political Science and director of the Political Experiments Research Lab , has won the Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research .

A instrument designed to study the Earth's thermosphere is part of a satellite mission that NASA has selected to move forward into development.

NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has been shut down by the failure of one of the reaction wheels that keep it pointed, the space agency announced Wednesday, May 15.

If you've lived in Oakland long enough, chances are, you've run across Ryan Parks - B. Hamilton's frontman, songwriter, and all-purpose id : He's the tall guy at the warehouse/bar/party with a beer permanently affixed to his hand and a theory of some kind constantly leaving his mouth; or the one semi-indecipherably singing-screaming into a mic at ... (more)

Frustrated state senators pressed California Department of Transportation officials at a Tuesday hearing about how they will deal with thousands of suspect steel parts in the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge which were installed even though they had not met specifications.

Almost a year after Jose Lumbreras killed his girlfriend and her 6-year-old son in a drunk-driving accident, the UC Berkeley master's graduate admitted the crimes in court.

Mad Monk , the ambitious new two-story project from Rasputin Music and Blondie's Pizza owner Ken Sarachan, is currently working its way through the permitting process in Berkeley, and just secured some major approvals last week .