“There is a paradox in evolution,” said study co-author Umesh Vazirani, UC Berkeley professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences and director of the Berkeley Quantum Computation Center.

By using computational methods to study folklore, UC Berkeley professor Tim Tangherlini is untangling the spread of conspiracies online, tracking pop music's meaning in Korea and more.

A new machine-learning algorithm is being developed to predict traffic flow and traffic patterns on California highways.