Founded in 1861 by a private gift of 10 acres in what is now the heart of downtown Seattle, the UW is one of the oldest public universities on the West Coast.
The UW is a multi-campus university in Seattle, Tacoma and Bothell, as well as a world-class academic medical center.
We have 16 colleges and schools and offer 1,800 undergraduate courses each
quarter. We confer more than 12,000 bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral and professional degrees annually.
Pollen brings seasonal misery to millions of Americans, but it serves a critical purpose: fertilizing many kinds of plants, including food crops.
Examples of ‘bad ads’ found on the web: clickbait articles, potentially unwanted programs, miracle weight loss supplements, gross-out images, and investment pitches.
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Research suggests that permanent daylight saving time would save lives as well as energy and prevent crime.
Several sites, such as this one near Freeport, Texas, store the hundreds of million of barrels in the United States’ Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
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The total release could reach 180 million barrels over six months, which would make it the biggest in the history of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Text messages were found to work in increasing tax compliance in Uganda.
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When designing neuroprosthetic devices for users to control with their thoughts, engineers must take into account the sensory information brains collect from the environment and how it gets processed.
Activists participate in a march urging Congress to pass voting rights legislation in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28, 2021.
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The Black Lives Matter movement is having a lasting impact on the racial reckoning in the US that was triggered after the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer in 2020.
Russian disinformation, amplified by China, is raising fears that the war in Ukraine could escalate.
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The Russian government used disinformation to fabricate a justification for invading Ukraine. A new campaign focused on biowarfare claims threatens to escalate the conflict.
Gas prices at a Mobil gas station in West Hollywood, Calif., on March 8, 2022.
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Price shocks are a feature of the global oil market, not a bug – and even when governments take many steps to grow supply or reduce demand, it can be years before prices ease.
Kotoran kecoklatan/kekuningan yang keluar di jari Anda jika Anda menggaruk jauh di dalam telinga Anda? Ini benar-benar memiliki tujuan penting dalam tubuh Anda.
Bumble pretende desafiar lo que la empresa llama “las anticuadas reglas de las citas”.
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Kotoran dikeluarkan dari tubuh dalam berbagai bentuk, ukuran dan tekstur. Terkadang tekstur kotoran bisa menjadi terlalu encer akibat bakteri jahat, penyakit Crohn, atau intoleransi laktosa.
A woman holds a blood-stained portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin at a protest at the Russian Consulate in Montreal on Feb. 25, 2022.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has used his country’s massive energy reserves effectively for political influence. But with war in Ukraine, nations are looking for ways to cut those ties.
Gender-affirming care and social support can help trans youth thrive.
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A wealth of evidence supports the protective mental health effects of gender-affirming care, despite ongoing legislation that asserts otherwise.
A military vehicle destroyed on Feb. 18, 2022, by an explosion in Donetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine controlled by Russian separatists.
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Attacking your own side and blaming your foe has a long history and a firm grip on the popular imagination. But the internet makes it difficult to pull off – and less desirable.
The Russian and Ukrainian governments both blamed forces aligned with the other for mortar fire in eastern Ukraine and for using the accusations as justification for increased aggression.
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Attacking your own side and blaming your foe has a long history and a firm grip on the popular imagination. But the internet makes it difficult to pull off – and less desirable.
Critics of President Joe Biden have accused him of lying. Most American presidents have been accused of deception.
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