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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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Genome of Water Flea Discovered to Contain Largest Number of Genes Recorded; UCSB Scientists Contributed to International Team Effort

NASA Finds Earth-Size Planet Candidates; UCSB, Las Cumbres Scientists Play Key Role in Mission

UCSB Physicists Challenge Classical World with Quantum-Mechanical Implementation of ‘Shell Game’

More Frequent Drought Likely in Eastern Africa

First Study of Dispersant in Gulf Spill Suggests a Prolonged Deepwater Fate

UCSB Professor Featured in CNN Documentary on Alzheimer's Research

Scientists Find that Debris on Certain Himalayan Glaciers May Prevent Melting

Marine Science Research Building Receives LEED Gold Certification From Green Building Council

Agreement Between UCSB and Belize Continues Maya Research

UCSB Celebrates Black History Month With Lectures, Films, and Art Exhibitions

UCSB's Thomson Awarded 2011 King Faisal International Prize for Medicine

International Planck Mission Peels Back Layers of the Universe; Physicists Play Important Scientific Role
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