UCLA molecular biologist reports major insights into evolution of life

James Lake has discovered the process that ultimately resulted…

UCLA political scientist identifies the two surest roads to the White House

Barack Obama's 2008 win did not surprise political scientist…

UCLA scientist leads NASA mission’s effort to map Moon temperatures

David Paige will head the mission's Diviner Lunar Radiometer…

Close social ties make baboons better mothers, study finds

Baboons whose mothers have strong relationships with other females…

Anthropologist named dean of social sciences

Alessandro "Sandro" Duranti, a linguistic anthropologist, has…

Two College faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences

Three UCLA scholars -- including two from the College -- have…

Six professors in the College elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The new fellows join one of the nation's most prestigious honorary…

The world is a classroom? Thanks to technology, it can be

Molecular biologist Robert B. Goldberg is teaching an honors…

Biologists solve mystery of black wolves

Why do nearly half of North American wolves have black coats…

U.S. Civil War illustrates costs and benefits of diversity

Diversity can create many outcomes, say two UCLA economists who…

Discover magazine names two UCLA faculty among “brightest people alive”

Mathematics professor Terence Tao and assistant professor of…

Plate tectonics started over 4 billion years ago, geochemists report

A new picture of the early Earth is emerging, including the surprising…