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The Secret to YouTube Success

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There’ve been few videos more viewed in 2012 than the 40-second clip Pussy Riot uploaded last February. The video, which displays four women lip-synching...

 
 

UT Scientists Fuel Method for Cleaning up Nuclear Waste

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Fukushima. Chernobyl. Nuclear fuel has a long, fraught history. More expensive than coal, and more dangerous than oil. A litany of reasons prevents the United States...

 
 

The Supernatural Meets The Scientific

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If you thought ghosts and witches were things of childhood, think again. A new study led by assistant professor of psychology Cristine Legare shows that not...

 
 

Have UT Astronomers Helped Find a Real Tatooine?

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Texas astronomers have helped discover the first multi-planet solar system orbiting around a binary star—the kind of place Luke Skywalker could call home. The...

 
 
Need Creativity? Two UT Professors Say Push Quantity Over Quality

Need Creativity? Two UT Professors Say Push Quantity Over Quality

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What’s the tougher challenge: coming up with a collection of new ideas, regardless of quality, or only coming up with creative ideas? Two UT professors have found...

 
 
A New Option for Cancer Treatment?

A New Option for Cancer Treatment?

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Through yeast, frogs, and mice, scientists in the College of Natural Sciences may have found an inexpensive drug that shows promise as a chemotherapy for cancer. Thiabendazole...

 
 

Of Mice and Melodies

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Many great scientific experiments have been performed with ordinary white lab mice. For UT research on a language gene, though, only extraordinary singing mice will...

 
 

Why the Higgs Boson Matters

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This summer, everyone’s talking about the breakthrough discovery of the Higgs boson, or physics’ “God particle.” But what’s beyond...

 
 

Digging for Treasure

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UT’s Archaeology Field School trains future archaeologists—and yields thousands of ancient artifacts Can’t see the slideshow? Click here. Ten miles north...

 
 

Will Drought Cause the Next Blackout?

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This story was first published in the New York Times. As record-breaking drought ravages the nation, UT’s Michael Webber says we must act soon—or the lights...

 
 
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