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Draw inspiration from these designers' desks to make your own bettera Or find solace that your workspace could be worse.

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 effectiveness of these meters in influencing users to choose stronger passwords had not been measured until recently.

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.

The Santa Clara Unified School District board of education voted unanimously May 9 to bring in Dr.

Many states are taking action to protect the general public from the nuisance of second-hand smoke.

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.

Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy 's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have reported the first fully integrated nanosystem for artificial photosynthesis.

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 .

UC Berkeley researchers tapped satellite imagery to locate warmer communities. They then used U.S. Census figures to determined who lived in those areas.

The UC Board of Regents discussed graduation rates, student-faculty ratios and other university-wide issues at yesterday's board meeting, while UC workers of the labor union AFSCME 3299 protested outside the meeting at the Sacramento Convention Center.

The administration of US President Barack Obama announced this week that it is committing US$200 million to create three advanced-manufacturing innovation institutes, focusing on digital manufacturing, lightweight composites and next-generation power sources.

Kim Wong Keltner says that "there are a lot of Asians suffering inside from loneliness and anxiety from this type of parenting." "Even though I'd gotten straight A's my whole life, earned a bachelor's degree with a double major at UC Berkeley in four years, worked a full-time job while my husband was in graduate school, wrote three novels before I ... (more)

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.

The Justice Department's snooping on journalists working for the Associated Press is an abuse of power in the broadest sense.

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As we bid adieu to our May heat wave, new research has "discovered" that minorities tend to live in hotter communities throughout the nation.

Dale Frail couldn't resist the prospect of watching a black hole swallow its prey.