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Have you ever felt your heart beat align with the kick? Or the hits make your eardrums tickle, the special fx give life to a film-like vignette?
April 22, 2025
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The Darkness Within

November 17, 2017
Andrew Norman
The universe, we are told by astronomers, is made up mostly of dark matter. The normal matter that every one...
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T Cells Make Me Anxious

November 13, 2017
Breanna Allen
Prioritization is an important skill in life, ensuring that the most important tasks are completed first -- turns out the...
Science

Slowing The Aging Process

October 31, 2017
Nicholas Gentry
Dr. Judith Campisi envisions a future where treatments would destroy cells that drive aging, thus lengthening our healthspan. Campisi delivered...
Science
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Retooling Cancer Model

October 31, 2017
Lindsey Jones
Cancer is an ever-present scourge in modern society. More than 1.6 million Americans were diagnosed with cancer in 2016, and...
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Discovering The Mysteries of Life

October 5, 2017
Next time you’re on a hike in a Redwood forest, running along Ocean Beach simply packed into a Muni car...
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Only A Mother's Immunity

October 5, 2017
Breanna Allen
Scientists are making discoveries that give hope to global improvements in healthy pregnancies. The immune system is naturally primed to...
Science
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This Date in UCSF History: Regents renew contracts for Nuclear Weapons Labs

September 22, 2017
Synapse
The UC Board of Regents renewed five-year contracts for two highly controversial nuclear weapons laboratories on Sept. 18, 1987. The...
Science
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Big Picture Thinking

September 14, 2017
Andrew Norman
If you peer closely at a drop of pond water with a microscope, what do you think you’ll see? If...
Science

App-Controlled Designer Cells Treat Diabetes

May 8, 2017
Lindsey Jones
Electronic monitoring and storing of health data is all of the rage right now. Many of us track the number...
Science
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