Tag Archives: University of California at Berkeley

UC Berkeley Astronomers Find Most Massive Black Holes Yet

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Astronomers at UC Berkeley have found the two largest black holes ever recorded, both about twice as big as the previous record holder. Each black hole has a monster appetite, consuming everything within 1,000 light years. Their “event horizon,” the … Continue reading »


Stanford Beats Cal 31 - 28 in Big Game; Watch Video Replay

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Watch replay on ESPN – comes with video markers for big plays (AP) PALO ALTO, Calif. — Andrew Luck threw for 257 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 8 Stanford survived a shaky start to beat rival California 31-28 on … Continue reading »


Videos: Tents Floating Above Cal (No, really)

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Someone is either going to get suspended or receive an A+ in their performance art class. Or both…. The university took down the tents that students had erected on campus the other night as part of the day of protests … Continue reading »


UC Berkeley Student Protest

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Student protest Update 1:18 p.m. Caitlin Esch talked to UC Berkeley spokesman Doug Mogulof, who said campus law enforcement has its hands full with the investigation into yesterday's shooting death by UC police of a student allegedly wielding a gun … Continue reading »


Occupy Cal Coverage

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Videos show police jabbing at students with batons Latest from Twitter 2:05 p.m. From AP: Student activists at the University of California, Berkeley are regrouping the day after police arrested dozens of Occupy protesters who tried to establish an encampment … Continue reading »


Live Blog, Tweets: Day of Action in Berkeley for "Occupy Cal"

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(Bay City News) A group plans to establish an encampent at the University of California at Berkeley today. The "Occupy Cal" group, made up of students, faculty, teachers and university workers, as well as community members, has planned two days … Continue reading »


UC Berkeley, Lawrence Lab Climate-Change Skeptic Now Says Global Warming is Real

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determined they were right: Temperatures really are rising rapidly. The study of … Continue reading »


Video: UCB's Saul Perlmutter, Nobel Physics Winner, Explains How the Universe is Expanding

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UC Berkeley physics professor Saul Perlmutter was a co-winner of the Nobel Prize in physics today for his work explaining how the universe is expanding. Perlmutter led Lawrence Berkeley Lab's Supernova Cosmology Project, which made the discovery in 1998. He … Continue reading »


Video: The Taiwanese Animators on UC Berkeley Republican Bake Sale

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Next Media Animation, aka the Taiwanese animators, have filed a report on the "increase diversity bake sale" by UC Berkeley Republicans the other day. The video mysteriously omits the main component of the satirical student stunt — charging caucasians more … Continue reading »


Translating Human Perception Into Visual Images (Think 'Brainstorm')

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If you missed it yesterday, you should really listen to Professor Jack Gallant's conversation with Michael Krasny on KQED Radio's Forum show. Gallant is a professor in the Psychology and Neuroscience Programs in Bioengineering, Biophysics and Vision Science at UC … Continue reading »