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Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowships Come to Berkeley
Secret of Spectacular 1843 Stellar Blast Revealed
The spectacular explosion of the galaxy's biggest and brightest star now appears to have been driven by an entirely new type of stellar explosion that does not destroy the star.
Berkeley Professors Weigh in on the Crisis in the Caucasus
Four UC Berkeley experts in the history and politics of Russia and Eastern Europe discussed the conflict in Georgia and South Ossetia and the larger strategic interests that have turned this into a major international crisis.
Lunch Poems and Readings Are Back
Last semester, the English department launched Story Hour, a new reading series, giving the campus’s venerable Lunch Poems series a prose companion. Here is a rundown of the readers and writers who will appear in the two series this fall.
"Physics for Future Presidents" Now a Book
Physicist Richard A. Muller has transformed his popular Discovery Course, "Physics for Future Presidents," into a popular book of the same name, providing a must-know tutorial on everything from nuclear weapons to global warming.
Jupiter and Saturn Full of Liquid Metal Helium
A strange metal brew lies buried deep within Jupiter and Saturn, giving important clues to the evolution of planets, according to a new study by researchers at the UC Berkeley and in London.
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