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The allegory that is 'Animal Farm' examines the perils of unchecked power and privilege, the use of words as a political weapon, and revolutions that erode into regimes not unlike those they overthrew.

UCSB theater students take on Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm,’ a fable that still bites

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Debreny via iStock
Peptides have found use in over 80 drugs worldwide since insulin was first synthesized in the 1920s.

Scientists unlock a massive new ‘color palette’ for biomedical research by synthesizing non-natural amino acids
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UCSB historian publishes testimonio of consequential Chicano artist Rupert García
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Divina Cox

Citizen science app tracks coastal erosion in the Bahamas
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Film and Media Studies faculty sweep major national society awards
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Finding the right taste to send mosquitoes packing could save hundreds of thousands of lives.

Mosquito taste receptor could lead to new insect repellents
A coronal mass ejection shoots off from the sun.
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NASA

UCSB scientists bottle the sun with liquid battery
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UCSB student documentary on California grizzlies to screen at SBIFF
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Matt Perko

UCSB among the world’s most influential research universities for science impact
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NASA

Moving beyond money to measure the true value of Earth science information
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Matt Perko
UCSB's Wendy Eley Jackson

UCSB filmmaker Wendy Eley Jackson’s ‘The Other Roe’ at SBIFF
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Book cover detail for "When Rebels Win" by Kai Thaler (Cornell University Press, 2025).

Why some rebel victories build states — and others break them
portraits of ucsb political scientists Matto Mildenberger and Neil Narang against the backdrop of the White House
Political scientists Matto Mildenberger (left) and Neil Narang

UCSB scholars join podcast recap of national headlines from 2025
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