Every day researchers from the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis are highlighted in the news media, having their research featured and commenting on the most pressing issues facing the world.

Enjoy some of these news media highlights from the past month.

If you have a media mention that you would like included in our media mentions section, please reach out to Greg Watry at gdwatry@ucdavis.edu.

America’s conspiracy theories – from Taylor Swift/Kelce back to WWI

The History Behind News Podcast

Kathryn Olmstead, professor of history

Why waiting is the hardest part: science show us how uncertainty fuels anxiety

Study Finds

Andrew Fox, associate professor of psychology 

First ever rocks from the Moon’s far side have landed on Earth

Nature

Qing-zhu Yin, professor of earth and planetary sciences

Chinatown: the real-life California scandal that inspired the iconic Los Angeles thriller

BBC

John Walton, professor emeritus of sociology

Monkeys use tools in Coiba National Park

Newsroom Panama

Meredith Carlson, Ph.D. candidate in anthropology

Replacing taxes with tariffs would take us back to the 1800s

The New Republic

Katheryn Russ, professor of economics

Forgot where you put the keys? Experts (and a trivia buff) share tips to boost memory

NPR

Charan Ranganath, professor of psychology 

Americans used to unite over tragic events—and now are divided by them

The Conversation

Thomas Beamish, professor of sociology 

A closer look at DINKs

ABC News

Derek Stimel, associate professor of teaching economics

Should we expect more from dads?

The New Yorker

Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, professor emeritus of anthropology 

The new math of how large-scale order emerges

Quanta Magazine

Jim Crutchfield, Distinguished Professor of physics

How a board game can help vulnerable communities prepare for catastrophic wildfires

NPR

Thomas Maiorana, associate professor of design

The immigration story nobody is talking about

The New Yorker

Giovanni Peri, director of the Global Migration Center and professor of economics

‘The Devil’s Bath’ Tribeca 2024 review: a merciless portrait of depression

Dread Central

Kathy Stuart, associate professor of history

Life: The natural history of an early Christian universe

New Books Network Podcast

Mike Chin, associate professor of classics

Why you (yes, you) were born to run

Outside Magazine

Bruce Winterhalder, professor emeritus of anthropology

Sacramento, UC Davis partner on Black reparations research

The Sacramento Observer

Gregory Downs, professor of history

Biden’s asylum order likely to meet resistance from courts

Los Angeles Daily Journal

Kevin R. Johnson, Dean of the School of Law and professor of Chicana/o studies

Can psychedelics treat depression? Maybe, and you might not even have to take a trip

The Guardian 

David Olson, director of the Institute for Neurotherapeutics and Psychedelics and professor of chemistry

Has California underestimated the epic potential of future flooding? New research says yes

Los Angeles Times

Tessa Hill, professor of earth and planetary sciences

He solved a math problem that stumped Stanford profs. Here’s what became of a Bay Area prodigy 

San Francisco Chronicle

Dean Simonton, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of psychology