Despite being among the insect world’s most picky eaters, moths are able to enjoy a pollinator’s buffet of flowers because of two distinct “channels” in their brains. Researchers from University of Washington and University of Arizona are studying how this works; learn more here!
Read more »Physicists to test if the universe is a computer simulation - Huffington Post
Physicists at University of Washington have devised a new experiment to test if the universe is a computer. Um… what? You read that correctly. A philosophical thought experiment has long held that it is more likely than not that we’re living inside a machine. But how can we test that? Read more here!
Read more »CoEnv Science in Motion - Featuring Hilary Palevsky, Oceanography
“CoEnv Science in Motion” features community-generated stories from our faculty, staff and students, relating to how they share their science–through such means as blog cross-posts or guest posts, science communication through non-science outlets, and stories about engagement offline as well. For this installment of SiM, we’re sharing a blog post from Hilary Palevsky, grad student in Oceanography, about the Graduate Climate Conference, a unique annual conference that she helped organize this year.
Read more »Study tracks history of atmospheric acidity through Greenland ice - Summit County Voice
University of Washington scientists have tracked the long-term rise in atmospheric acidity by examining Greenland’s ice. ATMO‘s Lei Geng presented this research at last week’s fall meeting of the American Geophysicists’ Union; read more here!
Read more »Earliest known dinosaur, maybe, the size of your dog - Science
Last week, researchers published a possible identification of the earliest known dinosaur—a creature no bigger than a Labrador retriever that lived about 243 million years ago. UW’s Sterling Nesbitt is the lead author on this work. Learn more here!
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