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• Sun and moon trigger deep tremors on San Andreas Fault

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  Washington, December 24 (ANI): A new study by University of California, Berkeley, seismologists, has suggested that the faint tug of the sun and moon on the San Andreas Fault stimulates tremors deep underground, suggesting that the rock 15 miles below is lubricated with highly pressurized water that allows the rock to ...
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• Sun and moon trigger deep tremors on San Andreas Fault

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 622
  The faint tug of the sun and moon on the San Andreas Fault stimulates tremors deep underground, suggesting that the rock 15 miles below is lubricated with highly pressurized water that allows the rock to slip with little effort, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley, seismologists.
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• Smart Planet: Turning a cell phone into a microscope

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 166
  Graduate students in the bioengineering lab at UC Berkeley have discovered a way to turn an ordinary cellphone in a microscope. read more
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• The Fucking News 11

  
  Lone Wolfs Den — Authority: 123
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• CHRSA bullet train to produce 10 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year

  
  Orange Juice — Authority: 493
  Although I added this comment to my prior post on the proposed bullet train, this professor makes a strong argument that, to date, has not been addressed. The Environmental Trade-offs as we promote a smaller carbon footprint.“While many consider high-speed rail an environmental silver bullet for transportation in ...
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• Mammals may be nearly half way towards mass extinction

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  Washington, December 18 (ANI): A new analysis by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and Pennsylvania State University, has shown that North American mammals are one-fifth to one-half the way towards mass extinction.Many scientists warn that the perfect storm of global warming and environmental ...
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• Lightening Up: Texts From Last Night, Berkeley Style

  
  The Daily Clog — Authority: 431
  If Anoncon isn’t satisfying all of your procrastination needs, then head over to Facebook (aka the other finals time vortex) and check out the new UC Berkeley Texts From Last Night group. For those who aren’t religious TFLN readers, the site is essentially devoted to incriminating or amusing texts that the ...
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• Japanese Americans sent to internment camps while at University of California finally get diplomas

  
  NIKKEI VIEW: The Asian American Blog — Authority: 122
  This past summer, the University of California announced it would award diplomas to Japanese Americans who had been students at one of the school’s four campuses at the time, but had their education disrupted by World War II and the internment of Japanese Americans on the West Coast. About 700 students of Japanese ...
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• More With the UC Protesting

  
  Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog — Authority: 118
  There will be no condoning of violence from this girl. But I did get a sick little twist of satisfaction when I read the NY Times article about UC students protesting tuition rates . Students from UC Davis and UC Berkeley broke some windows and threw some flaming items at the home of UC Berkeley’s chancellor, ...
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• Ward Churchill Please Call Your Office

  
  Founding Bloggers — Authority: 634
  Now THIS is “chickens coming home to roost. “
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• Terrorists Attack UC Berkeley Chancellors Home. Attempt to set home on fire. With Chancellor inside.

  
  Carol's Closet — Authority: 566
  From American Power : As many as 70 protesters, many carrying torches and smashing windows, attempted to storm UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneaus on-campus residence late Friday in a violent act condemned by university officials and student activists alike. Eight people, including two UC Berkeley students, ...
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• Don’t give Birgeneau a free pass to shut down student organizing

  
  yaman's amateur ramblings — Authority: 130
  One need not agree with whatever happened at the Chancellor’s mansion to resist the administration’s attempt to co-opt independent student forces by soliciting their blanket condemnation of the incident.Governor Schwarzenegger finally took notice of public education after the incident, calling individuals who were ...
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• UC Berkeley needs you

  
  The Do It Yourself Scholar — Authority: 116
  And now we pause for a public service announcement.The University of California, Berkeley (a.k.a. “Cal” to alumni, students and sports fans) is in dire financial straits because of the global financial crisis and California’s own home-grown budget crisis.So, while you’re pondering your year-end charitable ...
  2 weeks ago

• Budget crisis prompts LAEP students to take a lesson from the Great Depression

  
  World Landscape Architect — Authority: 131
  There are many ways to skin a state-budget crisis, and in the face of California’s, Berkeley landscape architecture and environmental planning students came up with one of their own: a mini-version of the Great Depression’s most enduring public-works program. Putting their landscaping expertise to work at ...
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• New Execution Method Unlikely to Gain Traction in California

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 484
  Thats the title of Carol Williams report in todays Los Angeles Times.  LINK An Ohio murderer put to death with the nations first single-druglethal injection died swiftly Tuesday, inaugurating an execution methodsome analysts consider more humane than the three-drug procedure usedin California and 33 other states. ...
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• UC Berkeley social scientists build case for survival of the kindest

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 622
  Researchers at UC Berkeley are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are wired to be selfish. In a wide range of studies, social scientists are amassing a growing body of evidence to show we are evolving to become more compassionate and collaborative in our quest to survive and thrive. ...
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• H1N1 influenza adopted novel strategy to move from birds to humans

  
  West Africa Doctors Network West Africa Doctors Network — Authority: 121
  Bird influenza viruses have a variety of strategies to cross the species barrier and spreadThe 2009 H1N1 influenza virus used a new strategy to cross from birds into humans, a warning that it has more than one trick up its sleeve to jump the species barrier and become virulent.In a report in this week’s early [...]
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• H1N1 influenza adopted novel strategy to move from birds to humans

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 622
  The 2009 H1N1 influenza virus used a new strategy to cross from birds into humans, a warning that it has more than one trick up its sleeve to jump the species barrier and become virulent. Link:  http://www.berkeley.edu
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• Acapella Gaga

  
  Joe. My. God. — Authority: 708
  UC Berkeleys Noteworthy competed at the 9th Annual West Coast Acappella Showcase with this really cute take on Lady Gaga. Loves it. (Via - The Daily What ) Subscribe to Joe.My.God.
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• Electronic Frontier Foundation Files Suit Against the Government

  
  Revelations From An Unwashed Brain — Authority: 571
  Normally I would applaud the effort, but, in  this case the reasoning is a bit flawed. The EFF seems to believe that it is somehow wrong to use information freely put up by persons on social networking sites in ongoing investigations. Excuse me, but does this not fall within the realm of freely available ...
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