Nobel laureates get creative
What happens when you give Nobel laureate scientists paper, crayons and tell them, “Draw your discovery?” You get the exhibition, “Sketches of Science: Photo Sessions with Nobel Laureates,” on display Jan. 6-28 at UC Davis' Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. It's the only U.S. showing of the exhibit.
UC Davis
UC Davis study: Drought will cost state’s farmers $1.5 billion
With hundreds of thousands of acres of irrigated cropland removed from production this summer, the state expects losses in crop revenue, dairy and livestock value, and added costs from well-pumping.
Fresno Bee
Why should toys come in pink and blue?
Roundtable discussion — including UC Davis sociologist Elizabeth Sweet — addresses the gendered marketing of toys.
New York Times
Praying for common ground at the Christmas-dinner table
UC Riverside's Reza Aslan, a scholar of religions, shares his family's efforts to bring together their backgrounds of faith.
New York Times Magazine
Is sugar in fruit different than sugar in soda?
How does the sugar in fruit compare to the sugar in processed foods like soda or cookies? Kimber Stanhope, a nutritional biologist at UC Davis, walks us through the science.