Is there life out there? UC Berkeley and University of Hawaii astronomers analyzed four years of Kepler space telescope data in search of planets roughly the size of Earth that are near - but not too near - stars like the sun, and estimated that 22 percent of sun-like stars have potentially habitable planets.
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In 2013, Human Rights Center fellows - 17 students from six UC campuses - deployed to Canada, Uganda, India, Malaysia, Bolivia, Brazil and Colombia, among other places in need, to address problems facing such populations as First Nations, child refugees, orphans, HIV-positive youth and transgender youth.
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The outsourcing of airport jobs that once sustained middle-class lives has left many airport workers impoverished and worried about job security, a new study by UC Berkeley researchers says. The trend poses problems for the communities surrounding airports and the flying public, too, the study adds.
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