In her latest book, Alison Gopnik debunks the notion that babies are blank slates. Instead, she write, babies are “learning machines” with the capacity to experiment and analyze their own observations at rates that would “put the most productive scientists to shame.”
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New Book Offers Philosophical Insights into Babies' Thinking
Berkeley Faculty Members Win MacArthur "Genius" Awards
Lin He, an assistant professor of molecular and cell biology in the College of Letters and Science, and computer scientist Maneesh Agrawala are among 24 new MacArthur "genius" Fellows announced on Sept. 22. He's award is the 12th MacArthur award won by a member of the L&S faculty.
Vigorous Exercise Benefits Postmenopausal Women
In two papers published in recent months, UC Berkeley researchers report that postmenopausal women can achieve the same health benefits from regular, vigorous exercise as younger women do.
L&S Grad Wins Gardner Fellowship, Lands in Hotspot
Less than a year after graduating summa cum laude in Peace and Conflict Studies, Sasha Pippenger found herself working behind barbed wire in one of the world's most dangerous cities. Yet she calls this a dream job.
New Study Could Lead to Improved Vaccines
A new study by researchers from UC Berkeley and Berkeley-based Aduro BioTech provides clues why killed and severely attenuated vaccines don’t always work and suggests ways to engineer a more potent and safe vaccine.
NSF Awards $3.2 Million for PhD Work at CiBER
Biologists and engineers at UC Berkeley will step up their collaboration to learn from nature and apply their discoveries for the benefit of humanity thanks to a five-year, 3.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Professor of Integrative Biology Robert Full is the principal investigator for the grant.
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