Technology

Astronomers need to know how stars form and black holes burst -- and how to pry that information from the many terabytes of data that will stream from next-generation telescopes.

Join the Jackson School of International Studies on Friday, June 2 for a lively discussion of vital emerging cybersecurity issues.

Books, TV Shows, podcasts, news stories, the latest meme. There's a constant stream of media to keep up with. How do we stay sane?

A University of Washington seminar, promises to help students develop a BS detector — and it’s become a global phenomenon.

Marcos Llobera brings landscapes of the past to life through cutting-edge computational methods and digital archeology 

Neurologists, composers and tech-geeks at the UW's DXARTS program study music and the mind — including the encephalophone, a new instrument you can play without moving a muscle.

The UW’s Hyperloop team is getting ready to compete in a set of pod races aimed at blazing a trail for a new means of near-supersonic travel – but they need a little help to get to the starting line.

Thouless, emeritus professor in Physics, is the 2016 winner for his work on exotic matter. 

Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson teams up with artist Darius Kazemi to create a Twitter bot with a mission — and a personality.

What does it take to prove that you are more human than a computer? A&S alum Brian Christian (MFA, Creative Writing, 2008) finds out. 

DXARTS faculty and students find artistic inspiration in the tools of neuroscience.

Philosophers and scientists collaborate to explore ethical questions raised by neuroscience.

Jason Yeatman's research may eventually lead to personalized intervention programs for dyslexia.

A former logging town in Oregon is now home to a few large data centers for Facebook and Apple. The shift in industry is forcing the town of 9,000 to diversify jobs.

Ph.D. Candidates Clint Work and Seonhee Kim co-published a piece on developments in South Korea’s space program, highlighting the military and economic logics.