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A new study shows how Star Trek jokes and geek culture make women feel unwelcome in computer science
The University of Washington’s computer science department has been working hard for the past decade to create a more inclusive culture for women.
11/02/2016 -
How Twitter Bots Are Shaping the Election
Between the first two presidential debates, a third of pro-Trump tweets and nearly a fifth of pro-Clinton tweets came from automated accounts.
11/02/2016 -
What The Hell Is Going On With Dark Energy?
Last week, the science media was abuzz with reports that dark energy might not exist. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, postdoctoral associate in physics at the UW, is quoted.
11/02/2016 -
Amazon gets an 'F' from the Carbon Disclosure Project
Many corporate giants have disclosed data on their carbon emissions to CDP, but Amazon is now the largest U.S. company by market value to refuse to answer their questions.
11/02/2016 -
Racial violence and injustice is 'not just a few bad apples'
As we come to the end of a very long presidential election cycle, what can we do to remedy our legacy of racial injustice and move forward?
10/31/2016 -
Video | Shortage of bone marrow donors
UW sociologist Alexes Harris addresses the shortage of bone marrow donors for African Americans and those of mixed race origins as she battles a rare blood cancer.
10/31/2016 -
How dogs use smell to see--and save--the world
UW biologists use Tucker, a rescue dog, to gather information about killer whales.
10/27/2016 -
Kepler finds scores of planets around cool dwarf stars
NASA’s rebooted mission, K2, seeks out new worlds closely orbiting stars smaller than the Sun.
10/26/2016 -
Renaissance Europe Was Horrified by Reports of a Sea Monster That Looked Like a Monk Wearing Fish Scales
In the 16th century, the so-called “sea monk” became the talk of Europe. Drawings of the half-man, half-fish “monster” were circulated across the continent.
10/26/2016 -
Should young women sell their eggs?
UW's Nancy Kenney weighs in on the health risks for young women donating their eggs.
10/24/2016