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Lost within a YouTube hole, I came across a silly, animated science video about black holes by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell. A lot of what I heard went over my head, but I knew that the idea of black holes made me feel anxious, the way I feel in
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Two UC Berkeley faculty — assistant professor in physics Geoff Penington and associate professor in mathematics Song Sun — received New Horizons Prizes for their research.
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Four UC Berkeley faculty members were elected to join the Royal Society of London last week, the oldest scientific academy in continued existence, which boasts names such as Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Stephen Hawking in its ledgers.
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The lesson I took away from Hawking was that a life of meaning is one where you are productive and contribute to society in whatever small way you can.
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Though Hawking and his findings have been well-known mostly among those who follow STEM, his impact has managed to stretch to every corner of the world.
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Physicist, futurist and best-selling author Michio Kaku took audience members on a journey from the universe’s deepest reaches to its most fundamental building blocks at an event hosted by KPFA radio station Tuesday night at the First Congregational Church of Berkeley.
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Haynes Stephens studies gravitational microlensing events with professor Jessica Lu to glimpse invisible black holes in our galaxy.
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I don’t have any profound wisdom to offer, or a bumper sticker resolution about trying to “figure this shit out together, man.” But I would like to reflect — for me.
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1.1.16 –Hazel “‘Do, try, be good.’ I hope I can live up to that. That was the best I could come up with, but it’s a solid aspiration. Right?” 1.3.16 –Lizzie “Avocados are nature’s mayonnaise? I was almost more insulted by that comment than when I get called out for
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Judith Goldhaber, a science writer for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a prominent figure in the Berkeley community, died May 26. She was 81 years old.
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