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An oil palm plantation at edge of rainforest with a boarder of trees that were logged to clear land for agricultural expansion.
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Richcarey via iStock
Crafting strategies to stop deforestation will require understanding the factors that accelerate and arrest it.

Declines in deforestation aren’t driven by corporate sustainability pledges

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a pink-colored droplet between yellow-bordered cells
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Courtesy Image

Researchers can now visualize osmotic pressure in living tissue
A pyramid of concept cards underpins a basilica on a laptop screen. Behind the computer is a more abstract pyramid of concepts floating above the desk.
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An illustration by Midjourney with the prompt: “A computer with clouds of equations and symbols.”
What an artificial intelligence displays on the screen reflects its internal representation of the world, which may be quite different than our own.

The mind of the machine
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Examining the effects of climate change and extreme weather on HIV
woman walking at labyrinth
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Elena Zhukova

Are sportier people better friends? New research looks at physical activity and close relationships
The head of a California red-legged frog peers out from lily pads
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Gary M. Fellers/USGS
California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) surfaces in a pond in Point Reyes National Seashore, Calif.

Seeding climate solutions for California’s amphibian communities and iconic beaches
students at desks with laptops
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Elena Zhukova

Richert Wang receives NSF grant to help bring role models from marginalized communities to computer science students
illustration of blue and yellow circuitry

UCSB joins a federally sponsored regional innovation hub to help bolster microelectronics technology
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Giving rise to diversity in marine science, by way of mentorship and research
A humpback swims at the surface with fishing gear wrapped around its flukes.
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E. Lyman/ NOAA Sanctuaries
Less gear in the water means fewer chances for Whales to become entangled.

Reducing fishing gear could save whales with low impacts to California’s crab fishermen
illustration of comets in Earth's night sky

A prehistoric cosmic airburst preceded the advent of agriculture in the Levant
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Everyone will have their own AI soon
Misha Sra
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Lilli McKinney
Misha Sra

Computer scientist Misha Sra uses AI to make motor skills training more accessible
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