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Newfound Alien Planet Is Best Place Yet to Search for Life
A newly discovered planet around a distant star may jump to the top of the list of places where scientists should go looking for alien life.
04/19/2017 | Space.com -
New many-toothed clingfish discovered with help of digital scans
Scientists at the University of Washington, Texas A&M University and the Western Australian Museum have discovered and named a new genus and species of clingfish.
04/17/2017 | UW Today -
Faculty Friday: Marcos Llobera
Marcos Llobera brings landscapes of the past to life through cutting-edge computational methods and digital archeology
04/14/2017 | The Whole U -
Opinion: Why aggression in outer space should concern the US-Japan alliance
Saadia Pekkanen, Job and Gertrude Tamaki professor at the Jackson School for International Studies, on US-Japan relations in the Abe-Trump era
04/13/2017 | Forbes -
Why treating animals may be important in fighting resurgent tropical disease
UW study suggests that monitoring, and potentially treating, the monkeys that co-exist with humans in affected parts of the world may be part of the global strategy.
04/13/2017 | UW Today -
'Panic' over Trump takes us to activism we haven’t seen in 157 years
UW history professor, Jim Gregory, on the election, activism, and historical perspective.
04/13/2017 | KUOW -
The alchemy of art: An interview with Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson has shown exceptional talent in a wide variety of artistic endeavors: cartoonist, novelist, short story writer, essayist, screenwriter, and educator.
04/12/2017 | New England Review -
Historical reference for US relations with Russia
KOMO Radio's Herb Weisbaum interviews Glennys Young, professor of history and international studies at the UW, about U.S. relations with Russia.
04/12/2017 | KOMO Radio -
Former professor in Physics and Nobel Laureate dies at 94
Hans Dehmelt, former professor in Physics at the UW and Nobel Laureate, passed away at 94.
04/09/2017 | The New York Times -
Biology graduate student Eleanor Lutz wins NSF Vizzie Award for scientific visualization
Award sponsored by the National Science Foundation and Popular Science magazine celebrates the use of visual media to artfully and clearly communicate scientific data and research.
04/07/2017 | Department of Biology