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Inland ants prefer salty snacks to sweet

Ants swarm a salt-covered cotton ballCraving increases with distance away from salty sea.

Six from faculty among new Fulbright Scholars

Another 21 foreign scholars will pursue their research on Berkeley campus.

Jon GjerdeJon Gjerde, social sciences dean, dies at 55

American history scholar was authority on migration to the Midwest.

Experts to gather at UC Berkeley for symposium on mortgage meltdown

Berkeley-UCLA gathering features addresses by Fed chair Ben Bernanke, Berkeley's Janet Yellen.

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