A science-backed strategy can help calm your kid before their next blood draw or shot.
Does pain expected equal pain felt? Ask a kid
The rise of California's tent cities
The extreme shortage of affordable housing is driving California's epidemic of homelessness.
Bus driver turned UCLA graduate steers life in new direction
Sequoia Thompson follows her dream of becoming a clinical psychologist and working with queer black youth.
Welfare backlash tied to white fear of declining status
Racial resentment is found to fuel opposition to government anti-poverty programs.
Michael Pollan, on science, psychedelics and the human mind
The UC Berkeley professor talks his ‘trip’ through a whole new world on a new podcast.
Mother and daughter become Fulbright scholars
Inspired by her daughter, Violet Barton applied to grad school, and now follows her to El Salvador on a Fulbright.
Can we really tell if it's love at first sight?
It's hard to tell long-term and short-term relationships apart in the beginning, a new study finds.
Digitizing Thomas Edison's record label
Recordings of Teddy Roosevelt and Morse code are among early audio experiments.
Aditi Mayer: The future of ethical fashion
The fourth-year undergrad leverages social media to shake up the fashion status quo.
Living in better neighborhood may protect health of kids in poverty
Less stress hormone is found in children with access to green spaces, clean air and quality grocery stores.
UCLA study reports nearly 1 in 3 California kids have a sugary drink daily
The increase since 2009 alarms public health professionals.
Research links anti-immigrant prejudice to mortality risk
U.S.-born individuals of immigrant descent fare much worse than their foreign-born counterparts.