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Jupiter Is a Black Sheep Which Protects All Life on Earth

Newsweek |
While Jupiter may be our planetary guardian angel, protecting us from harm, new research from UCR astrophysicist Stephen Kane shows gas giants in other solar systems might actually wreak havoc on other exoplanets nearby.
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Big Tech Has a Water Problem. AI Is Making It Worse, Report Says.

Barrons |
Artificial intelligence is a gamechanger. It’s also a water guzzler, according to new research from Shoalei Ren, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. He learned that data processing centers consume great volumes of water.
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These Plants Change Color When Exposed to a Pesticide

Wired |
Ian Wheeldon, chemical and environmental engineering professor, and Sean Cutler, professor of plant cell biology, engineered plants to turn bright red when the come into contact with a dangerous chemical in the environment. They hope to be able to use their work to make tests for many kinds of chemicals.
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Living worm found in woman's brain… what does it have to do with your diet?

KRLD News Radio 1080 |
UCR parasitology professor Adler Dillman joined the Something Offbeat podcast to talk about the discovery of a worm in a woman's brain, and the connection that discovery has to her diet. 
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UC Riverside’s new health center at forefront of national student wellness trend

Ed Source |
The new, $36 million student health clinic at UCR aims to provide a wide array of medical and mental health services in an attractive building that showcases views of nearby mountains. Beyond serving Riverside students, it may become a national model of how campuses are investing more resources to keep their students physically and emotionally well in the post-pandemic era, experts say.  
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The Best Inventions Of 2023

Time |
The Luna avocado, the result of a decades-long breeding program at UCR, is named one of Time's best inventions of 2023.
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Scholars debate how DEI statements affect academic freedom in the UCs

Ed Source |
Steven Brint, UCR sociology professor, and Komi Frey, director of faculty outreach for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, published a paper arguing that the use of diversity, equity and inclusion statements on 10 UC campuses as a screening mechanism for hiring faculty puts values like social justice ahead of academic freedom.
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Opinion: Some scientists say we don’t have free will. As a philosopher I say, of course we do

The Los Angeles Times |
John Martin Fischer, distinguished UCR philosophy professor, argues that we have the capacity for good behavior and should be held to moral standards despite some factors that push us in one direction or another.