Just like humans, domestic cats are often judged by their color, and the media and folklore help perpetuate these stereotypes. White cats are seen as snobbish and aloof, black cats as spooky. But this kind of typecasting can negatively affect adoption rates at shelters, a new UC Berkeley study shows.
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Stepping into a potent controversy, UC Berkeley researchers have concluded that smoke-belching diesel trucks really do make more smog than gas-fueled cars. Their new study shows that diesel exhaust contributes 15 times more emissions of a key smog component per liter of fuel burned.
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As a Person of Interest on the UC Berkeley campus, senior Mari Rosas speaks up for people whose identities don't always fit into society's neat categories. It's territory this student of anthropology and gender and women's studies knows well and explores as a person, activist and filmmaker.
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