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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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UCSB Reads for Earth Day Project Focuses on Global Warming

Renowned Psychologist Steven Pinker to Deliver Free, Public Lecture on Language and Human Nature at UCSB's SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind

Large-Scale Study Examines New Treatment for Adults Who Stutter

First Comprehensive Genetic Analysis of Invasive Marine Animal and its Parasites Sheds Light on Spread of Disease

UCSB Social Psychologist Debunks Myths of Singles and Singlehood

Burnham Institute for Medical Research Announces Affiliation with UC Santa Barbara

Using Enormous Computer Simulations, Astronomers Describe Predicted Present Day Distribution of Elusive First Stars

Global Warming is Reducing Ocean Life, Increasing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Say Scientists

Coral Reefs Are Increasingly Vulnerable to Angry Oceans; Study Predicts Which Corals are at Greatest Risk

Prize-Winning Physicist and Author Lisa Randall Presents Special UCSB Program at the Lobero Theater on Dec. 5

Scientific American Names UCSB Professor, Alumna to List of Top 50 in Technological Leadership

First Comprehensive Survey of Nanotechnology Safety Practices, Conducted by UC Santa Barbara Researchers, Finds Industry Lacks Adequate Information on Safe Handling of Nanomaterials
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