Media Coverage
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The true polar wander of Jupiter’s moon Europa
Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo was quoted in a story on EarthSky.org about the cracks in the icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa.
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Wildfires rage, Covid spreads: in California, life as we knew it has disappeared | Dana Frank | Opinion |
Emerita professor of history Dana Frank contributed an extensive and personal op-ed to The Guardian.
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Doomsday Clock ticks closer to disaster
Physicist Anthony Aguirre was quoted in a Physics World article about the Doomsday Clock.
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What A 1000-Year-Old Seal Skull Can Say About Climate Change
Biologist Ana Valenzuela-Toro was quoted in a Smithsonian magazine story about the skull of a southern elephant seal that was found in Indiana.
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Kamaal or not: Kamala Harris and South Asia
Associate professor of feminist studies Anjali Arondekar contributed an op-ed to Indica News about Kamala Harris and the upcoming presidential election.
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How Big Basin's strangest creatures (the banana slug) survived its most deadly fire
Biologist Janet Leonard was featured in a news story on SFGate about the fate of Big Basin's banana slugs during the wildfire.
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The coronavirus is most deadly if you are older and male — new data reveal the risks
Disease ecologist Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a Nature news story about the infection fatality rate of COVID-19.
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New evidence finally confirms the theory of how stars get shredded by black holes
Astronomers Tiara Hung and Ryan Foley were quoted in coverage of their research on the tidal disruption of stars by black holes, including stories in Science Alert, Space Daily, Express, SpaceRef, PhysOrg, Scienmag, and other media outlets.
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A California Wildfire Nearly Destroyed the Historic Lick Observatory
Astronomer Claire Max, director of UC Observatories, was quoted in a Wired news story about the wildfire that threatened Lick Observatory.
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Marine animals evacuated from UCSC’s Long Marine Laboratory
Biologists Terrie Williams and Colleen Reichmuth were quoted in a KION news story about the evacuation of the marine mammals from Long Marine Lab.
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Young elephant seals show up as bulls leave SLO County beaches
Biologist Dan Costa was quoted in a San Luis Obispo Tribune article about the elephant seals at Piedras Blancas.
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The Missing Melodrama of “Lovecraft Country”
The New Yorker magazine referenced a book by literature professor Susan Gillman, Blood Talk: American Race Melodrama and the Culture of the Occult, in an article about a new television series,“Lovecraft Country,” on HBO.