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Fake faces: UWs ‘Calling BS’ duo opens new website asking ‘Which face is real?’
Whichfaceisreal.com is the new website from Jevin West of the University of Washington Information School and Carl Bergstrom of the biology department.
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3 West Coast Facilities That Show How Innovative Design Can Heal
The newly opened Life Sciences Building encourages physical movement, embraces natural daylight in an innovative way, and reactivates visitors’ appreciation of the natural world.
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Philanthropy and the NAACP: how 'movement capture' changed civil rights
UW political science professor, Megan Ming Francis, explores how the NAACP and its funders have lessons for philanthropy and activism.
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Quiz tests if you can tell between a real and a computer-generated face
University of Washington professors, Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom, aim to help users try and spot these fake computer generated faces, which can often be littered with imperfections.
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Do you speak Ladino? Meet the folks trying to save a dying language
Learn more about how the UW's Sephardic Studies Program and the department of linguistics are collaborating to keep Ladino alive.
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The Freddie Mercury story that goes untold in 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
Analysis from Professor Laurie Marhoefer of the UW Department of History.
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Physicists stack 2D materials at angles to trap particles on the nanoscale
A team of UW-led physicists reports that it has developed a new system to trap individual excitons — bound pairs of electrons and their associated positive charges
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Playground study shows how recess can include all children
A University of Washington-led research team found that children with autism communicate with peers and participate in activities more often than people might presume.
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Finding Love in the PNW
UW sociologist, Pepper Schwartz, on the "Seattle freeze" and relationships.
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The Math Behind Successful Relationships
Nearly 30 years ago, a mathematician and a psychologist teamed up to explore one of life’s enduring mysteries: What makes some marriages happy and some miserable?
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It's Valentine's Day, and tech has taken over our relationships
UW sociologist, Pepper Schwartz, on how dating has become dominated by technology.
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Think you love your Valentine? What's beneath the surface may be more complicated
Professor of Psychology, Yuichi Shoda, on the nonconscious feelings people hold told their partners.
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Faculty Friday: Adam Warren
Adam Warren is an associate professor of Latin American history at the University of Washington with a special focus in science, medicine, and the study of indigenous peoples in Peru.
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UW to mark centennial of 1919 Seattle General Strike
Professor James Gregory on the power of public history and the centenary of the 1919 Seattle General Strike
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Iguana-sized dinosaur cousin discovered in Antarctica, shows how life at the South Pole bounced back after mass extinction
Scientists have just discovered a dinosaur relative that lived in Antarctica 250 million years ago. The iguana-sized reptile’s genus name, Antarctanax, means Antarctic king.