The debate over human uniqueness is shifting as data has emerged suggesting that other animals can also generate cultural ...

Improve your life by embracing everyday, even mundane, conversations? Research says yes.

“We were curious whether a simple intervention could nudge people toward a stronger sense of self at work,” said Thomas Sy, ...

It’s been a season to remember for the UCLA women’s basketball team. The Bruins outlasted Louisiana State University, 72–65, Sunday, March 30 in Spokane, Washington, to punch their ticket to the NCAA ...

A new study has discovered what researchers say is the first drug to fully reproduce the effects of physical stroke ...

Antonio Toribio, M.D., was three years old when his family moved from Mexico to Fresno, where they worked as farm laborers. By high school, he knew he wanted to be a physician and practice in Fresno, ...

Almost everywhere in California, salmon are on the decline. But in Putah Creek — a restored stream running through the University of California, Davis, campus — wild salmon are not only increasing, ...

The first solar-over-canal project in California, which started with research at UC Merced, has begun producing electricity. Plans are now in the works to expand the technology to other areas. A ...

The pleasure we get from eating junk food — the dopamine rush from crunching down on salty, greasy French fries and a luscious burger — is often blamed as the cause of overeating and rising obesity ...