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Archaeologists and geographers team to predict locations of ancient Buddhist sites
In a study published this week in Current Science, archaeologist Monica…
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Astronomers confirm faintest early-universe galaxy ever seen
An international team of scientists, including two professors…
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A media-savvy celeb, Trump knows how to get coverage, journalists say
Donald Trump is a political phenomenon, a man extremely adept…
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Jared Diamond: A dispassionate look at religion over the course of history
Jared Diamond, UCLA’s Pulitzer Prize-winning professor of geography…
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Presidential ads put to the test: SpotCheck evaluates 2016 campaign commercials
Politics and media experts from UCLA and Vanderbilt University…
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UCLA faculty voice: Are we leaving nature behind?
Extinction is happening all around the world, but it’s happening…
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Foxes on one of California’s Channel Islands have least genetic variation of all wild animals
UCLA biologists report in a new study that a species of foxes…
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Seven UCLA faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the election…
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Major advance in ‘synthetic biochemistry’ holds promise for industrial products and biofuels
UCLA biochemists have devised a clever way to make a variety…
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Are they friends or not? Just a second of laughter can reveal relationship status, UCLA study finds
Hearing other people laugh together, even for just one second,…