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Lower Voice Pitch Correlates with Higher Electability, but not Necessarily Leadership Ability
by Nanda Nayak Vocal communication can serve a variety of purposes in the animal kingdom. Male white bellbirds, for example, attempt to coo females they are interested in by loudly screaming in their face, reaching up to 125 decibels in volume — about as loud as a jackhammer!) Tigers may roar to intimidate competition and…
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Artificial Intelligence: A Potential Platform for Breast Cancer Diagnosis
By Liane Albarghouthi When you hear of artificial intelligence, what first comes to mind? You may not immediately jump to breast cancer screenings — but with the developments of exciting technologies, this seemingly unlikely pairing is within reach. Now, scientists are unraveling trailblazing artificial intelligence applications throughout a vast range of fields — including cancer…
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Deep brain stimulation: a potential new treatment for schizophrenia
By Andrea He Schizophrenia is a severe disease that affects 1% of the worldwide population and reliable, effective treatments are almost nonexistent. Symptoms of hallucinations and delusions mark this mental disorder, changing the lives of patients and their families. However, a new treatment using the deep brain stimulation technique could improve the condition of patients.…
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What’s Killing the Tasmanian Devils? And What’s Saving Them?
By Emily Matcham Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD) is as horrific as it sounds. Classified as a transmissible cancer, the disease, when present in Tasmanian devil populations, can reduce the populations by approximately 80 percent. Tasmanian devils, which are small, carnivorous marsupials native only to Tasmania, are scavengers and are instrumental to the maintenance of…
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Metal-Organic Frameworks show promise for a hydrogen-centric fuel economy
By Noah Bussell With parts of California locked in a smoky haze for much of the fall and other regions of the world facing climate catastrophes of their own, the negative effects of fossil fuel dependence continue to reveal themselves in full force. As such, with the byproducts of fossil fuel-based processes leading to potentially…
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The Return of Birdsong
By Rebecca Park When was the last time you heard birdsong over the cacophony of honking cars, screeching tires, and roaring engines? Chances are, probably not recently—and even if you did, it would be like hearing the thin cry of a lost child in the midst of a bustling crowd—nearly imperceptible. Unlike lost children, male…
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Predicting Empathy Unconventionally
By Tiffany Liang How would you tell how empathetic someone is? You might base it off of how they react to emotional situations, how caring they are, how well they pick up on the feelings of others, and so on. Here’s a brain teaser: how would you tell how empathetic someone is, without asking them…
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COVID-19: Insights from UC Berkeley’s Infectious Disease Experts
COVID-19: Insights from UC Berkeley’s Infectious Disease Experts By Sharon Binoy, Ananya Krishnapura, Esther Lim, Elettra Preosti, Melanie Russo, Michael Xiong, Katheryn Zhou, Matthew Colbert, and Rosa Lee As published in Berkeley Scientific Journal Volume 24, Issue 2 Intersections, pg. 4-7 COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has spread rapidly across our…
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Awe in nature and its therapeutic effects
By Erin Fernwood During these months spent in quarantine during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, never before have we had more pressure to find alternatives to our everyday routines that we can no longer execute. Every single person across the globe has had to rearrange their lives in some way in order to accommodate for…
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Perfecting the Rabies Vaccine Formula
By Sarea Nizami You may often associate the word “rabies” with dogs. But, did you know that 70% of rabies infections among humans in the United States are because of bats? In the United States, rabies is much more prevalent among wildlife than domestic animals. Thanks to pet vaccination programs, dogs don’t have to worry…