Reports & Multimedia

UCS scientists Carly Phillips and Juan Declet-Barreto become part of the elite Danger Season Squad, using science to solve crimes against humanity.

Explore the racial disparities in voter turnout and ballot rejection rates for 11 counties that will likely be pivotal in the outcome of the 2024 election.

Jess visits the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County to unearth efforts by Dr. Aaron Celestian and his team to use a groundbreaking new mineral-based method to clean up lead contamination in L.A. backyards.

This policy brief and fact sheet summarize best practices for ballot design and voter education materials, identify the harms of bad ballot design, and make recommendations for improvements, including better language and disability accessibility.

Agrivoltaics and Ecovoltaics

Jess talks with Dr. Garen Wintemute, Director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California - Davis, about the science of political violence and what we can do to stop it.

Dr. Juan Declet-Barreto and Shana Udvardy cover a groundbreaking new report reveals the looming threats facing United States coastlines from now through 2100.

Jess talks with Dr. Dante Lauretta about collecting samples from the asteroid Bennu that are now helping us understand the origins of the universe.

Between now and 2050, climate change–driven sea level rise will expose more than 1,600 critical buildings and services to disruptive flooding at least twice per year.

Recommendations for states on best practices for improving election data transparency.