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Language Lost and Found
Professor Diane Kendall has helped stroke survivors regain communication skills through a Veterans Administration study.
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New Discovery Suggests Quarks Can Undergo Explosive Fusion Reactions
Gerald A. Miller, UW professor of physics, is quoted.
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What Happened When I Spent A Week Calling People Out On Their B.S.
Calling others–and myself–out on BS saved me time, money and made me feel more powerful." Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology at the UW, is featured.
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Earth-sized alien worlds are out there. Now, astronomers are figuring out how to detect life on them
Victoria Meadows, professor of astronomy at the UW, is quoted.
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The buried treasure that's tearing Alaska apart
Should America risk the last great salmon run on Earth to dig what could be the richest mine on the planet?
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How Bill O'Reilly and Harvey Weinstein revictimize their accusers: Both men fundamentally misunderstand what sexual harassment is
As many of us already knew, the painful effects of sexual harassment don’t just come during the harassing, but afterward. John Gottman, professor emeritus is quoted.
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Virtual Reality Video Game Helps Reduce Pain Without Medication, Researchers Say
The future of pain relief may come from somewhere you least expect it – in the form of a virtual reality video game.
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Beyond Biodiversity: A New Way of Looking at How Species Interconnect
Scientists are increasingly focusing not just on what species are present in an ecosystem, but on the roles that certain key species play in shaping their environment.
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Gravitational wave hubbub hints at LIGO’s first sighting of a neutron star smash-up
Another big announcement about gravitational waves is coming up, and this time the hints point to observations in electromagnetic wavelengths as well.
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The Power of Trump’s Positive Thinking
The president always has believed he could will himself to success. But has he crossed the line between optimism and delusion?
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Autism research on Puerto Rico island threatened by hurricane aftermath
Autism research suffered a significant setback after an island used for scientific study was ravaged by Hurricane Maria
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This is why you might want to avoid having a group leader
The social dynamics of groups of students working on a project affect academic performance, a new UW study suggests.
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Our Nearest Neighboring Star Might Have Been Stolen From Somewhere Else
New evidence from a pair of scientists in the UK shows that our nearest star could have been "stolen." Russell Deitrick, UW graduate student in astronomy, is quoted.
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A 'Pale Green Dot': Why Proxima Centauri b May Have a Shiny Tint
A world orbiting the sun's closest stellar neighbor may have a shiny green tint to it. Rodrigo Luger, a postdoctoral researcher in astronomy at the UW, is quoted.
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Proxima b May Have An Aurora That We Can Detect
A study has suggested it might be possible to detect aurorae on Proxima b, the closest exoplanet to Earth, which might tell us about the planet’s potential habitability.