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In its 4.5 billion years, Earth has evolved from its hot, violent birth to the celebrated watery blue planet that stands out in pictures from space. But in a new book, two noted University of Washington astrobiologists say the planet already has begun the long process of devolving into a burned-out cinder, eventually to be swallowed by the sun.

“Science and Technology for Sustainability,” a free, public lecture by Harvard University’s William Clark, will focus on linking research to policy by, for instance, moving from arguments over statistics and reports generated by hundreds of different businesses, non-profits and government agencies to debates based on mutually agreed-on environmental data.

University of Washington (UW) researchers have found a genetic mutation underlying one of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorders.

Journalists are invited to click on the link above to find UW faculty experts who can help with stories on U.S. conflicts with Iraq and North Korea, the domestic ramifications, the aftermath of 9/11 and war on terrorism, and other current events.

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

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In preschool he was building them out of blocks.

Rocks deposited by glaciers on mountain ranges in West Antarctica have given scientists the most direct evidence yet that parts of the ice sheet are on a long-term, natural trajectory of melting.

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

The Faculty Council on Research (FCR) is one of 12 standing councils of the Faculty Senate.

True to expectations in this time of extreme budgetary constraints, the recently released budget from Gov.

The Office of Educational Assessment (OEA) has opened a satellite office in 56 Mary Gates Hall.

Baritone Dale Deusing will visit the School of Music next week, presenting master classes at 3:30 p.

Two programs on Thursday, Jan.

For over 30 years, physicians have assumed that any expectant mother with genital herpes lesions at delivery must deliver her baby by Caesarian section to minimize chances of transmission of the disease to the infant, although there was no clinical or research information supporting that practice.

“Conquering Low Back Pain: A Rehabilitation Approach” is the topic for a presentation by Dr.

UW Physicians Neighborhood Clinics received an exceptional score of 100 percent in a reaccreditation survey performed by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).

The UW launched a new home page in mid-December, the first result of a committee that was created to develop a strategy for orienting the page to the external community — including prospective students, donors and prospective donors, visitors, patients and others.

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The Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health (CEEH) is offering pilot project funding in broadly-defined areas of “gene-environment interactions.

America’s top college graduates increasingly reject careers in science and engineering, UW researchers have found, raising concerns about America’s technological future.

Glitzy tools such as the Hubble Space Telescope let modern astronomers peer deeper and deeper into space, billions of light years from Earth.

Nominations are now being sought for several campus-wide awards.

CAMPUS BOUNTY: The UW was even more generous to the University District Food Bank this year than it was last.

Planning an international conference in these tough budget times might seem ludicrous.

America’s top college graduates increasingly reject careers in science and engineering, University of Washington researchers have found, raising concerns about the nation’s technological future.

Glitzy tools such as the Hubble Space Telescope let modern astronomers peer deeper and deeper into space, billions of light years from Earth. But it’s a small special-purpose telescope on a New Mexico mountaintop that is shedding new light on what lies in our celestial neighborhood.

A study by University of Washington physicians Dr. Zane Brown, professor of obstetrics and gynecology; Dr. Lawrence Corey, professor of medicine and pediatrics; and Dr. Anna Wald, UW associate professor of medicine and epidemiology and their colleagues confirms that Caesarian section does prevent transmission of HSV (herpes simplex virus).

Social support may play a small but potentially important role in helping HIV-positive people adhere to the complicated schedules for taking their drug “cocktails” to control the virus that causes AIDS.

Earth’s most ancient fossils are hard to find.

Rocks deposited by glaciers on mountain ranges in West Antarctica have given scientists the most direct evidence yet that parts of the ice sheet are on a long-term, natural trajectory of melting.

Women who experience threats of violence or abuse from an intimate partner may be best protected by a permanent civil protection order, a new study indicates, yet many victims may be skeptical about the effectiveness of taking a legal avenue.

When members of two species compete directly with each other, scientists believe the one that rolls with the evolutionary punches and adapts most quickly has the upper hand. But new evidence suggests that in relationships that benefit both species, the one that evolves more slowly has the advantage.

Ever since 1774, when the Spanish explorer Juan Perez made the first recorded contact with the native people of the Northwest Coast, the outside world has been drawn to their artistic creations.

The main University of Washington Educational Outreach building at 5001 25th Ave. N.E., near University Village, has been declared a total loss after an early-morning fire Dec. 19. Damage is estimated at $1 million.

UW Educational Outreach relocating, phones working following Thursday’s fire

An early-morning fire Thursday destroyed the Seattle campus offices of UW Educational Outreach.

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More than 1 million Washington children live in counties where the air they breathe could be harmful to their development and health, according to the UW researchers.

For decades researchers have pondered a mysterious gender disparity in religious commitment. It turns out they may have been asking the wrong question, according to a University of Washington religious scholar. Instead of asking why women are more religious than men, they should have been asking why men are less religious than women, said Rodney Stark, a UW professor of sociology and comparative religion.