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Scientists have long puzzled over the many hours we spend in light, dreamless slumber. But a new study from Berkeley psychology and neuroscience researchers suggests we're busy recharging our brain's learning capacity during this traditionally undervalued phase of sleep, which can take up half the night.
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Newt season is on at the Botanical Garden's Japanese Pool, which offers front-row viewing of these migratory amphibians and their late-winter mating frolics. Garden director and zoologist Paul Licht's podcast about the critters is online here; he'll lead a newt tour for garden members Thursday.
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Marwan Nader was a Berkeley engineering grad student when the Bay Bridge was crippled in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Two decades later, he is lead design engineer of the pioneering self-anchored suspension bridge that is rising just east of Treasure Island.
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HEADLINES
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Check out the plans and tell your Moffitt story on YouTube.
Burma's pro-democracy leader speaks to students via phone.
Eight East Bay cities join the fray.
Investigative report on autopsies reveals significant problems. Links to video, more.
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OBITUARY
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Emeritus professor, dean of Amazon geography.
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BLOG POST OF THE WEEK
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Dan Farber says knowledge may or may not mean action.
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CAMPUS NEWS
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View photojournalist's winning entry and multimedia piece.
New tools make it easier for staff, faculty and job seekers to get information.
Regina Benjamin to present her vision of a healthy, fit America on March 17.
Matsui Center/UCB Extension symposium on March 14 assesses president's record.
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RESEARCH
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Researchers find cause for hope as well as alarm.
Clues gleaned to solar system's evolution.
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