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Now is a surreal time to be a dark matter researcher. Even as research funding is being cut by governments around the world, dark matter remains one of the biggest and most exciting open problems in ...

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UC Berkeley professor Hany Farid says computer science students are struggling to find jobs. Farid said Berkeley grads used to have "the run of the place. That is not happening today." The advice ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Full BART service is expected to resume after a nearly seven-hour systemwide shutdown halted trains Friday morning due to a computer equipment problem. The transit agency says ...