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Rosetta spacecraft finds key building blocks of life hiding in comet dust – did an extraterrestrial object bring life to Earth?
The Rosetta spacecraft has discovered key building blocks of life in the dust of a comet.05/28/2016 | Inquisitr -
Turkish Jews Proudly Defend Last Sephardic Homeland — Even as Some Flee
Current state of Ottoman Jews in light of the political climate in Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Professor Devin Naar is quoted.05/28/2016 | Forward -
UW researchers illuminate ways to heal defects in solar cells
New work from the UW Clean Energy Institute suggests cheap energy in the form of solar cells is closer than we think.05/27/2016 -
Things you should try before breaking up because of the sex
If you’re in a relationship and things have cooled down between the sheets, don't panic.05/27/2016 | Ask Men -
What’s the real rate of sex-crime recidivism?
One sentence in a 1986 mass-market magazine continues to sway court cases involving sex offenders.05/27/2016 | Pacific Standard -
For asteroid-hunting astronomers, Nathan Myhrvold says the sky is falling
Wealthy technologist, Nathan Mygrvold, claims some of the world’s top experts on Earth-threatening asteroids are guilty of bad science. Željko Ivezic, professor of astronomy at the UW, is quoted.05/27/2016 | Scientific American -
Spring Break of Service
For UW students involved in the Pipeline Project, spring break means teaching in classrooms across Washington.
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UW experts develop first method for including migration uncertainty in population projections
Statisticians at the University of Washington developed the first model for projecting population that factors in the vagaries of migration.
05/24/2016 | UW Today -
Opinion | Can we please stop holding up China’s schools as a model for the US? It’s ridiculous
Thanks to the work of UW geographer Kam Wing Chan, we know Shanghai, Beijing and other urban areas in China discriminate against the children of low-income migrant workers in public education.05/24/2016 | Washington Post -
A spat over the search for killer asteroids
Nathan P. Myhrvold, a former chief technologist at Microsoft and compiler of a six-volume compendium of cooking knowledge, has questioned NASA’s analysis of asteroids using heat emissions.05/23/2016 | New York Times