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Tricking moths into revealing the computational underpinnings of sensory integration
A research team led by University of Washington biology professor Tom Daniel has teased out how hawkmoths integrate signals from two sensory systems: vision and touch.
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Here’s what ‘Married at First Sight’ finally got right
Following two disastrous seasons, the "Married at First Sight" Season 4 reunion special ended with good news: Two couples are still married six months later.
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Implicit Bias and the Presidential Election
The Implicit Association Test reveals attitudes we may not be aware we have, even regarding Presidential candidates.
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For Physics, Another Nobel
Professor Emeritus David Thouless is the Physics Department's second Nobel Prize recipient.
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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.
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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.
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How dogs use smell to see--and save--the world
UW biologists use Tucker, a rescue dog, to gather information about killer whales.
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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.
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Treating Pain With A Virtual World Of Snow And Ice
Dr. Hunter Hoffman with the Human Interface Technology Lab at UW, and Dr. David Patterson, a UW psychologist, are harnessing the power of distraction created by virtual reality to block pain. -
Meet the minds behind Axiomatic: An art project based in theoretical mathematics
Timea Tihanyi with the UW's School of Art and Jayadev Athreya, associate professor of mathematics at the UW, say art and math are much more similar than we often think.
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Research in complex computational problems snares Packard honors for UW’s Thomas Rothvoss
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has awarded a prestigious fellowship to University of Washington assistant professor Thomas Rothvoss.
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This Common Behavior Could Easily End Your Marriage
One of the four tell-tale signs that a marriage could end in divorce, as determined by UW psychology professor John Gottman.
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A win in the ground war against elephant poachers in Africa
The arrest of a key member of an ivory-trafficking group is a bright spot in an otherwise complicated season for African elephants
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Drake and Rihanna's open relationship: Do polygamous arrangements actually work?
One in five Americans have been in a non-monogamous relationship at some point in their lives, according to an April 2016 study.
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Foreign-born professors account for US Nobel haul
Of the six winners of Nobel Prizes affiliated with American universities so far this year, all are foreign born.