From a chatbot that refuses to delete its peers to decades-old promises of frictionless, jobless offices that produced more work, the future keeps arriving with less revolution and more irony. Layer ...

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Noah Giansiracusa asks: How nutritious is your social media diet? Containing too much social media 'junk food,' he notes for Science News Explores, can have deleterious effects, and so individuals ...

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UC Berkeley’s long-running housing crisis may finally be ending, as a wave of new construction projects is underway this year. In a Monday announcement, the university said that this fall, it expects ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rendering shows UC Berkeley's planned Bancroft-Fulton Student Housing tower at 2200 Bancroft Way in Berkeley. The 23-story dorm ...

Berkeley Heights voters will decide on two school referendum questions totaling $50.4 million on March 10. State aid would cover $16.9 million, leaving a $33.5 million cost for local taxpayers. The ...

For decades, the corner of Russell Street and Claremont Avenue in south Berkeley was known more for its constant four-way traffic than the intersection’s oddly positioned outdoor restaurant. Drivers ...

The former graduate starts in July. Augustine "Gus" Whyte was selected as the seventh head of school for Berkeley Preparatory School. Whyte will start in July. [ Photo Courtesy of Berkeley Preparatory ...