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![Side-by-side headshots of Tanya Atwater, Leda Cosmides and Nelson Lichtenstein](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-05/aaas-2023-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=HRY7rV8-)
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Courtesy photo
Left to right: Tanya Atwater, Leda Cosmides and Nelson Lichtenstein
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![A mountain made of multicolored pill capsules](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-04/antibiotic-illustration-mahan-current2-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=ZMjPM8Ui)
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Ryan Allen and Peter Allen, Second Bay Studios
A new antibiotic susceptibility test revealed that existing FDA-approved antibiotics can effectively treat multidrug-resistant infections.
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![Hillside daisy blankets hills in yellow, with splashes of pink, orange and blue.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-04/carrizo-hills-Joan-Dudney-1.jpg?itok=Km2HO-rq)
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Joan Dudney
California’s wildflowers have painted parts of the state in a dazzling array of colors.
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![Ceramic reproduction of a meat market store front.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-04/christopher-suarez-la-gaviota-detail-ucsb.jpg?itok=ycPj6qjC)
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Ruben Diaz
Christopher Suarez, La Gaviota Meat Market, detail, 2022, ceramic
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![Mono Lake with bright sunshine](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-04/Mono-Lake-UC-Santa-Barbara.jpg?itok=w6HSTlII)
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Matt Perko
Mono Lake, where brine flies are a key food source for water birds.
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Michael Gurven
Compared to industrialized counterparts Tsimané people of lowland Bolivia have less food availability and must expend more effort to get it
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![a close-eyed statue with brain exposed, coming into focus](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-04/mind-reader-perko-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=KwNpdKPt)
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Photo illustration by Matt Perko. Original image by David Matos on Unsplash.
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![Stressed pines on a hill in southwestern Colorado.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-04/Wolf-creek-pass-Bill-Anderegg-1.jpg?itok=oyoCpoXB)
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A climate-stressed forest in southwestern Colorado near Wolf Creek Pass.
A climate-stressed forest in southwestern Colorado near Wolf Creek Pass.
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![A snorkeler with camera and note pad investigates a nearly bleached coral.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-03/Burkepile-bleached-coral-1-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=sw6eMD7_)
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Jeff Liang
Professor Deron Burkepile observes coral in the process of bleaching in the reefs around Moorea.