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The Big Stink

Chanel, UC Santa Barbara’s corpse flower, has finally spread her odiferous wings, broadcasting a stench that smells like a cross between rotting flesh and Limburger cheese. But that hasn¹t kept hundreds of people from standing in line to see the rare flower.

Two Types of Tiny Beach Critters
Face Extinction in Southern California

Study Locates Source of Oil Sheens
Near Site of Deepwater Horizon

Chemistry/Biochemistry Professor
Receives $1 Million Simons Award

Face Identification Accuracy
in Eye (and Brain) of Beholder

Changing Their Colors A team of UCSB researchers has discovered the mechanism that allows the squid, octopus, and other cephalopods to activate built-in cellular nanostructures responsible for color change. The animals control the extent of their color change and can reverse it at will.

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“The Birds” screens twice as part of Alfred Hitchcock Nights, a free summer cinema series offered by UCSB Arts & Lectures, highlighting the iconic director’s most revered films, through August 23.

Unbuilt Santa Barbara reveals former
visions for the city, through September 7.

Goya: Disasters of War, prints from
the early 1800’s, through September 22.

Run or Dye, a 5K recreational run/walk
on the UCSB campus, August 10.

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