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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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Smarter Strategies
Fluorescent neuron

Loose Connections
Elaine Reichek, "Blue Men" (1986)

Hierarchies in the Arts

The GPS in Our Brains

A Musical Sampler

Growing Solutions

Nautical by Nature

Real Money, Real Concerns
Researchers test virtual reality's potential to bring together older adults and their children

A Virtual Connection