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Faculty Friday: Greg Wilson
Biology associate professor Greg Wilson unearths untold stories of early mammalian evolution.
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When Math Equals Fun
Graduate students in applied mathematics bring their excitement to math events at K-12 schools.
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Two UW students honored by Goldwater Foundation
Selected from 1,223 nominees from across the country, Natural Sciences undergraduates Chris Moore and Irika Sinha were named Goldwater Scholars.
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5 Cool Courses for Autumn 2019
Why not sign up for something unexpected during autumn quarter registration? Consider these intriguing offerings.
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Climate change has contributed to droughts since 1900—and may get worse
Biology and Atmospheric Sciences professor Abigail Swann responds to a new study using tree rings to trace climate change and drought.
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When you should use self-help programs and when to skip them
Self-improvement books are a popular genre. But when are they useful? Gerald Rosen, clinical professor emeritus in the Department of Psychology, weighs in.
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Bats evolved diverse skull shapes due to echolocation, diet
Postdoctoral researchers Jessica Arbour and Abigail Curtis and Sharlene Santana, associate professor at the Burke Museum, focused on the diversity among bat skulls.
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Flowering plants, new teeth and no dinosaurs: New study sheds light on the rise of mammals
A new study identified three factors critical in the rise of mammal communities since they first emerged during the Age of Dinosaurs.
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A pod of orcas is starving to death. A tribe has a radical plan to feed them
With Washington state orca populations under threat, the Lummi Nation have their own rescue strategy. Sam Wasser of the Center for Conservation Biology and others weigh in.
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Before I had kids, I vowed never to use baby talk. Here’s why I was wrong.
Patricia Kuhl, professor and co-director of UW's I-LABS, explains the benefits of using Parentese.
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Emperor penguins flee unsteady ice after ‘unprecedented’ failure to breed
Biology professor Dee Boersma speaks about worrying population trends in Antarctica's emperor penguin colonies.
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Brains of blind people adapt to sharpen sense of hearing, study shows
Research from I-LABS shows how differences in the brains of blind individuals affects their ability to process auditory information.
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Congrats to the #Husky100
From indigenous language revitalization to healthcare and human rights -- check out each of their unique, personal stories.
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Feast Your Eyes on the First Image of A Black Hole
Emily Levesque, an astronomer at the UW, weighs in on the significance of the first image of a black hole.
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David Thouless–Nobel laureate and UW professor emeritus–dies at age 84
Thouless was a theoretical physicist whose most well-known work focused on the properties of matter in extremely thin layers.