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Children are more sensitive to heat than adults, and chronic overheating can affect their experience and engagement at school.

Heat exposure in California schools prompts multi-campus research project

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National Team of Scientists Predicts Continued Death of Forests In Southwestern U.S. Due to Problems Caused by Climate Change

National Team of Scientists Peers into the Future of Stem Cell Biology; Research Raises Connections between Cancer and Stem Cells

UCSB Anthropologists Examine Relationship Between Social Status and Fertility

UCSB Scientists Report Study of ‘Brain Maps' for How Humans Reach; Robotics and Machine-Brain Interface for Paraplegics May Benefit

UCSB Geographer Michael Goodchild Awarded Dangermond Professorship

Tempest in a Teapot: International Team of Scientists Describes Basic Laboratory Science of Hurricanes and Other Swirling Natural Phenomena

Bacteria Use ‘Toxic Darts’ to Disable Each Other, According to Scientists

American Society of Criminology Recognizes UCSB Sociologist for Research on Juvenile Crime, Gangs, and Social Control

Research by UCSB Sociologist Finds Increase in Arrests, Not Levels of Aggression and Violence Among Adolescent Girls

68 UCSB Students Win Public Anthropology Awards

New Timeline for Appearances of Skeletal Animals in Fossil Record Developed by UCSB Researchers

New Ribbon Worm Named After UCSB Scientist
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