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3 hrs ago | Creative Pro

Nigel French

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

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Related Topix: Arts, Graphic Design

7 hrs ago | US News & World Report

5 Commencement Guests Who are Speaking at Colleges You Wouldn't Expect

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.

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Related Topix: Scandal, Entertainment, Television, Kerry Washington, Berkeley, CA, George Washington University, Comedy

8 hrs ago | Slashdot

Password Strength Testers Work For Important Accounts

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

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Fri May 17, 2013

Space.com

Astronomer's Poem Mourns Ailing Kepler Spacecraft

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

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Related Topix: Astronomy, Science, Science / Technology, Space, NASA, Berkeley, CA

KFVS12

Mourners gather to remember Malcolm X's grandson

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.

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Related Topix: Documentary Movies, Malcolm X, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Oakland, CA, World News, Mexico, Berkeley, CA

Anchorage Daily News

Modest billionaire makes her way onto philanthropic stage

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.

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Related Topix: Berkeley, CA, Steve Jobs, East Palo Alto, CA, Immigration Reform

San Jose Mercury News

Santa Clara Unified names new superintendent

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

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Berkeley, CA, UC Santa Barbara

Examiner.com

Student smokers at UC campuses: Prepare for 2014

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

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health

Thu May 16, 2013

Science Daily

Bach to the blues, our emotions match music to colors

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.

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Related Topix: Classical, Bach, Berkeley, CA, Mozart

Science Daily

Artificial forest for solar water-splitting: First fully integrated...

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

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Department of Energy, Chemistry, Science, Solar Energy

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Berinsky Awarded for Contributions to Public Opinion Data

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 .

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Related Topix: Berkeley, CA

Directions Magazine

Research: US Minorities Live in Heat, Whites in Cooler Areas

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

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Related Topix: African-American

The Daily Nexus

Regents Meeting Focuses on Ending 'Super Senior' Trend

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.

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Related Topix: Jerry Brown

Scientific American

Obama Administration Announces 3 Advanced-Manufacturing Innovation Institutes

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Wed May 15, 2013

Silicon Alley Insider

'Tiger Baby' Strikes Back: What It Was Like Growing Up With a Tiger Mom

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)

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Related Topix: Parenting, Family

Contra Costa Times

UC Berkeley grad student guilty of killing girlfriend and her son in 2010 DUI crash

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.

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Related Topix: Berkeley, CA

Government Executive

What the AP Subpoena Scandal Means for Your Electronic Privacy

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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Related Topix: US News

Medgadget

Berkeley Brain Injury Detector Rivals CT in Spotting Cerebral Edema, Intracranial Hematomas

EHS offers "a single point-of-contact for purchasing digital advertising and sponsorships online, in email, and via mobile to achieve significant reach to targeted niche healthcare audiences." Would you like to join our editorial team? Or maybe you're interested in contributing a guest post to Medgadget? Suspected brain injuries can be difficult to ... (more)

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Related Topix: Edema, Medicine, Health

LA Weekly

White People Tend to Live Closer to The Beach

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

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Heat Wave, Pacific-Palisades, CA, Manhattan Beach, CA, African-American

Scientific American

Magnetar Found at Giant Black Hole

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

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Related Topix: Astronomy, Science, Berkeley, CA