Exxon Mobil has a clear motive to back a new plan to tax carbon with its clout and money. And a carbon tax that is high enough to work might prove politically impossible to enact.
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Dairy cows are sensitive to heat, so farmers cool them down with sprinklers and fans. Researchers are designing better, more efficient systems to keep cows comfortable through hot California summers.
Le lien entre bien-être et personnalité est complexe, mais contrairement à ce que suggéraient les recherches précédentes, il ne suffit pas de se comporter de façon extravertie pour se sentir mieux.
Past studies have found acting extraverted can even make introverts happy. But a new study had the opposite findings.
Mathematical models can describe the many shapes of DNA, as well as cellular processes like DNA replication.
You’ve heard of the genome, and possibly the proteome – all the proteins in the human body. But have you heard about the glycome – the collection of sugars – that may hold the key to diagnosing disease?
A 15-year-old fleeing violence in El Salvador came to the US in 1985. Her case set in motion a Supreme Court decision that would affect how authorities treat children in their custody for decades.
The ban has major implications for thousands of would-be immigrants from all of the affected countries, except perhaps Venezuela.
In many US cities, ride-hailing apps are luring riders away from public transit and increasing traffic congestion. But with the right rules, they could enhance public transit instead.
Who’s in charge of deciding how immigrants coming over the US-Mexico border are treated? Both Congress and the executive branch have power, a legal scholar explains.
Psychedelic drugs have inspired great songs and works of art. But they may also have potential for treating disease like depression and PTSD by helping to regrow damaged regions of the brain.
The demise of the first academic department dedicated to policing at the University of California has left unanswered questions about the best way to educate cops.
Scientists have long thought most nitrogen in Earth’s ecosystems comes from the air, but new research shows it also is released as rocks weather. This could boost plant growth and help sequester carbon – but not fast enough to avert climate change, as some pundits have claimed.
When students attend a college where the student body is academically weaker than the one where they went to high school, they are more likely to show symptoms of depression, new research finds.
While the proposed tariffs would have little effect on US wine sales in the short term, their long-term impact could be much more problematic.
Four scientists talk through the ways they now build outreach into their work as a way to spread their research’s impact – something that wasn’t the norm for past generations of academics.
From Brooklyn to Los Angeles, thousands of Americans are raising chickens in their backyards. But without stricter regulation, urban poultry farming is risky for both humans and birds.
Recent changes to the 2020 census are worrying experts who say they may lead to an undercount. It’s an issue other democracies have also grappled with throughout history.
While a new $5 million program could help college students save money on textbooks each year, a more permanent solution is needed to the problem of pricey textbooks that students often don’t buy.
As Congress takes up the issue of immigration, we turned to our global network of scholars to get their perspective on how so-called merit systems work.
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Associate Professional Researcher in Transportation, University of California, Davis
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Ph.D. Candidate in Communication, University of California, Davis
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Program Manager, Public Scholarship and Engagement, University of California, Davis
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Professor Emeritus of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis
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Associate Professor of Communication, University of California, Davis
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Health Sciences Assistant Professor of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Criminal Law, Immigration, and Race and Law, University of California, Davis
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Lecturer at the Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis, University of California, Davis
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Associate Specialist in Cooperative Extension, Production Medicine and Food Safety, University of California, Davis
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Associate Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Associate Agronomist, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis
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Ph.D. Candidate in Communication, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Sociology, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis
