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This Saturday: BUSTER KEATON

Like Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton had a native gift for movement; but unlike the Little Tramp, he had very modern cinematic instincts combined with a gift for engineering gags that propelled him far ahead of any of his contemporaries. For decades he was unjustly regarded as just a forgotten pie-thrower with a "stone face" and a porkpie hat. Today Keaton is revered for his movies from the Twenties, a body of work that has improved with age and speaks to us all from the viewpoint of an artist who is both sullied and pure, numb and passionate, cynical but hopeful.
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Human Origins & Modern Disease

This New CARTA series explores how key evolutionary milestones--from multicellularity to the rise of hunter-gatherers--still influence modern disease. Learn how ancient adaptations made us vulnerable to cancer, autoimmune conditions, and metabolic disorders, revealing how our deep biological history continues to shape human health in the modern world.
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From Maternal Health to Menopause: UC San Diego Unveils New Research
07/08/2025
UCTV invites viewers to watch the UC San Diego Women’s Health Symposium, an event that brings together researchers, clinicians, and students to examine critical issues in women’s health across the lifespan. Organized by the Center for OB/GYN Research Innovation and the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, the symposium...
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The Moral Economy of Extraction: Rethinking the Energy Transition
07/02/2025
We often talk about the energy transition as a move away from fossil fuels—but what if we’ve simply traded one kind of extraction for another? In a recent lecture at UC San Diego, Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Cambridge, laid out a compelling case that the global energy shift is […]
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