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Published December 17, 2014
Africa’s AIDS Industry
Efforts to prevent the spread of AIDS in Africa tend to follow the same script, even though the methods are largely ineffective, according to a paper co-authored by a UC Berkeley sociologist.
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Published December 9, 2014
A New World of Mapping
UC Berkeley cartographer Darin Jensen is exploring novel ways to detail information about the world around us.
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Article
Published September 30, 2014
Behind the Beef Machine
The origins of the modern U.S. beef industry go farther back than most people realize, says UC Berkeley historian Joshua Specht.
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Published August 6, 2014
Take No Prisoners
Through overcrowding, lockdowns, and medical neglect, the conditions in U.S. prisons have become unconstitutional, according to UC Berkeley legal scholar Jonathan Simon.
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Published August 1, 2014
Phonological Phenomenon
A recent Social Science Matrix brought together linguists and other researchers to explore "agreement by correspondence," or ABC.
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