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A UC Santa Barbara physics professor is trying to understand what Einstein couldn't. With the support of the Heising-Simons Foundation, Professor Steven Giddings is able to explore gravity and space. KCBX’s Shayna Weldon spoke with Giddings about the physics of matter and energy.
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UC Santa Barbara has made national headlines for its proposed “megadorm” designed and partially financed by billionaire investor Charles Munger. The building, called Munger Hall, would house 4,500 students, potentially doubling the university’s student housing stock.
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The Isla Vista Community Services District announced a timeline for an equity-based, climate-forward future.
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The Big-Bee project will catalog more than 1.3 million images of bee specimens, enabling researchers to better study bee resiliency in a changing climate.
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UCSB researchers find long-term rising sea temperature decreases the nutritional value of giant kelpThe study's lead author called this a "hidden effect" of climate change. The loss of nutrition in giant kelp could have cascading ecological and economic impacts.