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"U of Washington Faculty Search Weighed Race Inappropriately"

Friday's Inside Higher Ed (Ryan Quinn) article [UPDATE: link fixed] reported on this: The hiring process for a University of Washington psychology professor position titled "Diversity in Development" initially ranked a white person No. 1 out of 84 applicants, the university says in a report released this week. But psychology…

Reason

Robot smart speakers could mute noisy people at cinemas and restaurants

Scientists have developed a swarm of self-navigating droids that can silence different parts of a room

Evening Standard

Morning-after pill vending machines gain popularity on college campuses post-Roe

Since last November, a library at the University of Washington has featured a different kind of vending machine

The Independent UK

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Plan B to land in vending machines on Wash. college campuses

SEATTLE — On the basement floor of the University of Washington's main undergraduate library, one vending machine stands out. Instead of bags of chips and candy, the shelves are stocked with emergency contraception, pregnancy tests, condoms and over-the-counter pain medications.

Tribune News Service

Seattle man dies while climbing Mount Everest

University of Washington officials say a retired Seattle doctor has died while climbing Mount Everest

The Independent UK

US neighborhoods with more people of color suffer worse air pollution

Exclusive: Cutting-edge analysis of fine particulate levels by area reveals shocking disparities: ‘The underlying variable that is most predictive is systemic racism’

The Guardian - US

Revealed: the 10 worst places to live in US for air pollution

A Guardian analysis using cutting-edge modelling developed by researchers tracks deadly PM2.5 levels

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Emitting greenhouse gases in Washington state? Here's who will need to pay up to pollute

SEATTLE — Blue and orange flames flicker and whir within five massive natural gas-fired boilers, visible only through hatches where coal used to be shoveled.

Tribune News Service

Research reveals climate crisis is driving a rise in human-wildlife conflicts

Changing habitats and behaviours lead to interactions with a negative outcome for wildlife and humans

The Guardian - UK

Swimmer now makes bigger splash with an oar

Ella Cossill has always been quick across the water, but the swimmer is now turning heads as a rower - both here and in the US, Suzanne McFadden discovers.

Newsroom.co.nz

Rams hire former Washington Huskies head coach Jimmy Lake to coaching staff

The Rams have hired former University of Washington head coach Jimmy Lake to Sean McVay's new-look coaching staff.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Why is it so hard to predict earthquakes?

These terrifying events raise many questions; here are some answers.

Al Jazeera

We asked the new AI to do some simple rocket science. It crashed and burned

Computers traditionally excel at rocketry, so why do new artificial intelligence programs get it wrong?

WEKU

Will your smartphone be the next doctor’s office?

The same devices used to take selfies and type out tweets are being repurposed and commercialized for quick access to information needed for monitoring a patient’s health. A fingertip pressed against a phone’s camera lens can measure a heart rate. The microphone, kept by the bedside, can screen for sleep…

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Salon

Your phone is the next doctor’s office

Phones are being commercialized for quick access to information needed for monitoring a patient’s health

Al Jazeera

Is crypto about to go extinct?

It will likely survive, but only after more firms and currencies crash and burn. Here’s why.

WEKU

Many ERs offer minimal care for miscarriage. One group wants that to change

A group of doctors trains health care providers to treat miscarriage in the emergency department. This could be increasingly important in states where abortion is outlawed.

WEKU

Newest doctors shun infectious diseases specialty

The pandemic put infectious diseases doctors in the spotlight. The 'Fauci Effect' raised the number of fellowship applicants in 2020, but this year almost half of the training programs went unfilled.

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The Independent UK

Blood test can detect ‘toxic’ protein years before Alzheimer’s symptoms – study

Currently patients tend to receive a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s only after they show well-known signs of the disease.

WEKU

In the hunt for a male contraceptive, scientists look to stop sperm in their tracks

For decades birth control research focused on women. Now there's a new push to develop gels, pills or other products that could keep men from getting their partners pregnant.

Tribune News Service

Larry Stone: Amid successful debut season, Washington coach DeBoer acting like he wants to stick around

SEATTLE — Kalen DeBoer arrived at the University of Washington one year ago as something of a nomad, which is how it works in the college coaching world for the upwardly mobile as they ascend the ladder. DeBoer had held five jobs in the previous 10 years, none longer than…

Irish Mirror

New report predicts global Covid cases will reach 18.7 million per day by February 2023

Global cases have reached an estimated 16.7 million per day this month already

WEKU

Eyeballs and AI power the research into how falsehoods travel online

Getting a sense of falsehoods online might sound straightforward, but it isn't. Researchers use state-of-the-art algorithms but it also comes down to lots of scrolling and reading.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Rams vs. Panthers matchup will feature eight former Washington Huskies

This Week 6 matchup will be notable for the overwhelming number of players and coaches who spent time at the University of Washington

Salon

School, and sleep deprivation, is back

A team of sleep researchers have found high-schoolers are not getting nearly enough sleep

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