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Opinion | South China Sea tensions: How do we know what's really happening?
"Here is the problem, simply put: there are not enough analysts to make sense of every ship or activity at sea; nor enough government assets to persistently monitor them all,"05/30/2016 | Forbes -
Geopolitics moves to center stage of Obama trade deal push
Trade supporters are pushing the geopolitical importance of a sweeping Asia-Pacific agreement in an effort to save the deal from defeat. Fabio Ghironi, professor of economics at the UW, is quoted.05/30/2016 | The Hill -
Diverse groups join forces against oil terminal
City councils, local businesses and Indian tribes have turned against plans for the nation’s largest oil terminal at the Port of Vancouver.05/29/2016 | Bloomberg -
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.
05/24/2016 | University of Washington