Overloaded professors and TAs are often not able to provide the kind of feedback that students desire or deserve. One company is addressing this, by providing “virtual TAs” from all over the world who will grade your papers — for a price. But what are the costs, and benefits, really? Check out this article.
Read more »When Arctic ice blocks your sub, break out the chainsaw - Discover
You know the old adage: when you’re submarining through the Arctic, don’t forget your chainsaw. …What? Read more about this adventure, involving UW’s Applied Physics Lab, here!
Read more »Flash mob for world peace - with robots - on UW Campus
Students, staff and friends gathered to celebrate a boy named Alex, who told the Make a Wish Foundation his wish was for world peace — assisted by robots. All the robots on campus came out for a dance!
Read more »Endangered whales felt respite with 9/11-induced quiet - Futurity.org
Recently released research used the “natural experiment” conditions of the lull in ship activity after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to measure the stress effects of ship noise in right whales. They found a significant decrease in stress hormones in these endangered animals during the period of reduced ship activity. The UW’s Center for Conservation Biology‘s Sam Wasser is a co-author on the original study.
Read more »Tropical insects at greater risk with global warming - Indybay.org
New research that examined the entire life-cycle of tropical insects and other ectotherms (cold-blooded species) found that these animals are at a greater disadvantage with global warming. Josh Tewksbury’s research is cited. Read more here!
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