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Solar systems without Jupiter-like planets may be rife with multiple habitable planets, according to UC Riverside astrobiologist Stephen Kane, in a new Astronomical Journal paper.

UC Riverside geneticist Hailing Jin's discovery of a peptide in an obscure Australian fruit has the potential to prevent and treat a disease that destroys citrus trees. 

We might want to blame Jupiter for the lack of other habitable planets around our own sun, according to a new study led by UC Riverside astrobiologist Stephen Kane. 

Andrea Polonijo, medical sociologist, discusses how low-income, Black and Latino Californians are dying from COVID-19 at higher rates than high-income and non-Latino whites – and how analyses suggest these gaps are widening.

Surprising findings about life in outer space from a study led by UC Riverside astrobiologist Stephen Kane.

People around the country have been receiving mysterious packets of seeds in the mail. Plant physiologist Milt McGiffen explains why it's a bad idea to put these seeds in the ground. 

In the most far-reaching study of its kind, UC Riverside's Daniel Lee discusses teaming with researchers from 62 countries to prove that people experience everyday situations more similarly than previously thought. 

Shaun Bowler, political science professor, comments on the political fallout of mask mandates meant to protect people from the coronavirus.