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The Spiritual Malady: Striving to quench our thirst for wholeness

Although the idea of the spiritual malady came to me through reading about Alcoholics Anonymous, I believe it is a concept any person can connect with whether or not they... read more →
  • November 28, 2018
  • Creative living

After you: Teaching robots to maneuver politely around people

Back in May, I was walking down Crescent Lawn on the UC Berkeley campus when I saw a food delivery robot coming my way. It was only about two feet... read more →
  • November 7, 2018
  • Exploration, Scientific discovery

Where does sand come from? On the geological origins of my favorite California beaches

Sand is, indeed, just a bunch of tiny rocks. It is also one phase of the endlessly churning rock cycle that has been shaping the surface of our earth for the last... read more →
  • September 26, 2018
  • Exploration

Signs of resilience: Beth Mormino images aging brains to identify predictors of Alzheimer’s Disease

“Everyone’s brain has its own individual differences, like a fingerprint.” Beth Mormino imagines a future where a series of neuroimaging and genetic tests will be used to predict whether or not... read more →
  • May 28, 2018
  • Scientist profile

Working side by side: Ariel Rokem is a data scientist for academia

“Once we figure out how to collaborate, there are a lot of things we can do that we couldn’t do otherwise.” Ariel Rokem is a Data Scientist at the University of... read more →
  • May 8, 2018
  • Scientist profile

To die will be an awfully big adventure: Peter Pan studies neuron aging

"Science is science, and scientists should stick to science for its own good." Chun-Liang (Peter) Pan wants to understand the genetic program of neuronal aging and how neurons interact with... read more →
  • April 13, 2018
  • Scientist profile

Actors, they are just like stem cells!

Environment and experience differentiates us My first rotation in grad school was with Hanna Mikkola, a stunning, intense scientist from Finland who studies blood stem cells at UCLA. Blood stem... read more →
  • March 28, 2018
  • Science communication, Stem cells

Science needs synthesizers

When I was twenty years old I read “What is Life?” by Erwin Schrödinger. I was just starting out on my scientific research career and was already flummoxed by how... read more →
  • March 20, 2018
  • Creative living

Lights on learning: Cortico-striatal feedback required to learn brain control of an external device

A fundamental question in neuroscience is “How does the brain learn?” Berkeley Neuroscience labs are addressing this question across scales, from changes in the proteins embedded in neuronal membranes to... read more →
  • March 13, 2018
  • Scientific discovery
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Georgeann Sack, PhD, is a neuroscientist, author, and founder of Awake & Alive Mind, a publication on the science of consciousness.
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