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NASA's ESCAPADE mission is headed to Mars next month — and a scientist, engineer and mission operator behind it are ready to answer your questions! 🛰️ Join UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory (@ucbssl) for a Reddit AMA on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET at u/UCBerkeley! bit.ly/4B6aBPL
Three UC Berkeley Space Sciences team members are edited to stand in front of a background featuring the upper edge of a planet in space. The image features details on their upcoming Reddit AMA event.

ALT Three UC Berkeley Space Sciences team members are edited to stand in front of a background featuring the upper edge of a planet in space. The image features details on their upcoming Reddit AMA event.

A rendered image courtesy of Rocket Lab, showing the ESCAPADE mission's two identical satellites — “Blue” and “Gold” — orbiting around Mars.

ALT A rendered image courtesy of Rocket Lab, showing the ESCAPADE mission's two identical satellites — “Blue” and “Gold” — orbiting around Mars.

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UC Berkeley researchers are developing AI models that learn language by imitating speech, much like babies do. Their work could make AI more efficient while revealing new insights into how humans and other species communicate. bit.ly/4BeESMn

What can AI learn from children?

AI models are always hungry for vast amounts of information, so it can learn how to give us human-like responses. For example, OpenAI’s GPT-3 trained on 570 gigabytes of text, or roughly 225 billion

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Want to hear directly from UC Berkeley’s SSL team behind NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars? Here’s your chance! Join SSL for a Reddit AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) on Wed., Oct. 28, at 11:30 a.m. PT / 2:30 p.m. ET at u/UCBerkeley. You can submit your questions to Reddit now: bit.ly/4B6aBPL

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UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory (@ucbssl) is one of only two university-based centers in the U.S. capable of managing the full life cycle of a satellite mission. Watch how SSL leads @NASA missions like ESCAPADE — the first dual-satellite mission to another planet, headed to Mars. bit.ly/4B2wsrm

Watch: How UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory leads NASA missions like ESCAPADE - Berkeley News

Perched high in the hills above campus, it's one of only two university-based centers in the U.S. capable of managing the entire life cycle of a satellite mission.

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UC Berkeley researchers found that just 10 minutes of relying on an AI tool to solve math and reasoning problems significantly affected people's ability to focus and persist with difficult tasks — highlighting the importance of designing AI tools that build on human abilities rather than replace them. bit.ly/3UiDYh5

Study explores how AI use affects performance on math and reasoning tasks - Berkeley News

A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.

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A new UC Berkeley study finds that while female human characters have made gains, nonhuman creatures have yet to catch up. By highlighting these gaps, the research can help guide more inclusive character representation in the stories children grow up watching. bit.ly/4s8MV9d

In animated films, nonhuman characters are still overwhelmingly male - Berkeley News

A new UC Berkeley study finds that while female human characters have made gains, nonhuman creatures have yet to catch up.

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NASA's ESCAPADE mission is headed to Mars next month — and a scientist, engineer and mission operator behind it are ready to answer your questions! 🛰️ Join UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory (@ucbssl) for a Reddit AMA on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET at u/UCBerkeley! bit.ly/4B6aBPL
Three UC Berkeley Space Sciences team members are edited to stand in front of a background featuring the upper edge of a planet in space. The image features details on their upcoming Reddit AMA event.

ALT Three UC Berkeley Space Sciences team members are edited to stand in front of a background featuring the upper edge of a planet in space. The image features details on their upcoming Reddit AMA event.

A rendered image courtesy of Rocket Lab, showing the ESCAPADE mission's two identical satellites — “Blue” and “Gold” — orbiting around Mars.

ALT A rendered image courtesy of Rocket Lab, showing the ESCAPADE mission's two identical satellites — “Blue” and “Gold” — orbiting around Mars.

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An image of a blue background with white text overlay describing the significance of ESCAPADE's findings and introducing the three guests.

ALT An image of a blue background with white text overlay describing the significance of ESCAPADE's findings and introducing the three guests.

A headshot photo of Dr. Robert Lillis, ESCAPADE's Principal Investigator, featuring additional text about his role.

ALT A headshot photo of Dr. Robert Lillis, ESCAPADE's Principal Investigator, featuring additional text about his role.

A headshot photo of Dr. Phyllis Whittlesey, ESCAPADE's EESA Instrument Lead, featuring additional text about her role.

ALT A headshot photo of Dr. Phyllis Whittlesey, ESCAPADE's EESA Instrument Lead, featuring additional text about her role.

A headshot photo of Brett Bonelli, ESCAPADE's Deputy Mission Operations Manager, featuring additional text about his role.

ALT A headshot photo of Brett Bonelli, ESCAPADE's Deputy Mission Operations Manager, featuring additional text about his role.

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You can submit your questions to Reddit now! Come ask anything about the mission, from studying Mars’ space environment and building and operating spacecraft to what the mission hopes to discover along the way, and how it relates to the feasibility of future human habitation of the planet. Learn more about ESCAPADE and UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab (SSL) at: bit.ly/4B5EwaP

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UC Berkeley’s world-class economics department (@berkeleyecon) is celebrating Nobels won by two scholars: Robert E. Hall, a 1964 graduate and early-career faculty member, and Michael Woodford, a visiting scholar in the 2025-26 academic year. bit.ly/3UjUuNU

Two winners of the 2026 Nobel Prize in economics have deep ties to UC Berkeley - Berkeley News

Berkeley’s world-class economics department is celebrating Nobels won by two scholars: Robert E. Hall, a 1964 graduate and early-career faculty member, and Michael Woodford, a visiting scholar in the...

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A new UC Berkeley campuswide project centers Marshallese voices and stories of nuclear devastation, cultural endurance and resilience. Through art, research and public events, the project confronts the legacy of U.S. nuclear bombing in the Marshall Islands. bit.ly/4jhQcke

New campuswide project confronts the legacy of U.S. nuclear bombing in the Marshall Islands -...

Installations and events across UC Berkeley center this Pacific island nation’s stories of nuclear devastation, rising seas and cultural endurance.

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A recent report co-authored by UC Berkeley scholars finds a global, hardwired pause of frontier AI training is feasible. The researchers’ proposal offers a potential path to reducing AI risks through international cooperation and verifiable safeguards. bit.ly/4jhZoVY

A global, hardwired pause of frontier AI training is feasible, says new report - Berkeley News

Scholars from top institutions, including UC Berkeley, have released a study that maps out — and confirms the viability of — such a pause.

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UC Berkeley researchers developed ProteinGuide, a new method using experimental data to guide AI in designing proteins with specific properties — without retraining the models. The approach could accelerate protein engineering for applications in medicine, biotechnology and beyond. bit.ly/4hRHrLx
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Awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, Anne Carson has a special place in UC Berkeley’s literary history, having taught poetry and classics at Berkeley in the 1990s and early 2000s. bit.ly/4dZi9ty

Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature, with a chapter at UC Berkeley - Berkeley News

Carson taught at Berkeley as the 2000-01 Holloway Lecturer in the Practice of Poetry and as a visiting professor in classics and comparative literature in the 1990s.

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UC Berkeley psychologist Jasmin Brooks Stephens is addressing rising suicide rates among Black youth through a new approach to prevention. Her work highlights how cultural identity, family, belonging, and hope can support young people’s mental health long before a crisis occurs. bit.ly/3UbNP8t
A headshot photo of UC Berkeley psychologist Jasmin Brooks Stephens sits on the left with her quote featured on the right in white text over a dark blue background. The quote reads: “While I may not be able to eradicate racism, I can help build programs that change how Black young people see themselves and their futures... to imagine a life that feels worth living.”

ALT A headshot photo of UC Berkeley psychologist Jasmin Brooks Stephens sits on the left with her quote featured on the right in white text over a dark blue background. The quote reads: “While I may not be able to eradicate racism, I can help build programs that change how Black young people see themselves and their futures... to imagine a life that feels worth living.”
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UC Berkeley helped make IceCube a success — earning Francis Halzen the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics. Berkeley physicist Buford Price was an early supporter of Halzen’s idea to detect high-energy neutrinos in Antarctic ice, helping turn the ambitious experiment into reality. bit.ly/47Kv7YA

Berkeley helped make IceCube a success — and earn its leader the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics -...

When Francis Halzen first proposed an experiment in the Antarctic ice to detect high-energy neutrinos, Berkeley’s Buford Price was all in.

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LISTEN: Assoc. Professor @_josephshapiro of @AreBerkeley discusses water safety in the US in a recent @rff podcast.
Joseph Shapiro@_josephshapiro
Oct 6
Is it safe to drink the water? Mostly yes, and more so than 20 years ago. Enjoyed talking with @DavidKeiserEcon and @margaretwalls1 on @rff's Resources Radio about 266 million pollution readings, federal water loans, and costs/benefits. Episode link below👇
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A new study by first-year astrophysics (@BerkeleyPhysics) student Julian Shapiro may solve a puzzle regarding isolated galaxies that have stopped producing stars. bit.ly/4dsYD8N

A UC Berkeley undergraduate's research leads to an astronomical first - Berkeley News

A new study by a first-year student may solve a puzzle regarding isolated galaxies that have stopped producing stars.

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During a fireside chat at UC Berkeley, Senator Lisa Murkowski (@lisamurkowski) traced her path to the U.S. Senate, revisited the write-in campaign that defined her career, and discussed the erosion of public trust in Congress and the toll party politics has taken on bipartisan work. bit.ly/4hIhTA7
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski is seated to the right of her interviewer, both on stage in front of a backdrop featuring "Berkeley Public Policy The Goldman School."

ALT U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski is seated to the right of her interviewer, both on stage in front of a backdrop featuring "Berkeley Public Policy The Goldman School."
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“When you start to put together the benefits of loving... it is good for life expectancy, strong social support adds 10 years of life expectancy.” UC Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner explores the science of love, highlighting how it may have profound consequences for our health and survival.
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What Is Love? ww2.kqed.org/news/2026/09/28…
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