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Tuesday Q&A:  Social media, the 2016 election, and how Russia used disinformation to divide the electorate 2019-01-22
Sugar Nation: WWU's Jeff Grimm working to unravel how the brain feeds addictions and cravings 2019-01-18
Video: Robert Mitchell discusses snowmelt modeling on the Nooksack 2019-01-16
Can earthquakes trigger volcano eruptions? Here's the science.

2019-01-15
One Couple’s Tireless Crusade to Stop a Genetic Killer

Through mutual friends, the couple had met a scientist named (WWU Professor of Psychology) Jeff Carroll, who, like Vallabh, researches his own disorder—in his case, Huntington’s disease. He had recently partnered with a company called Ionis Pharmaceuticals to develop…

2019-01-15
Tuesday Q&A: History has given us a wealth of walls to study ... so do they work? 2019-01-15
Can earthquakes trigger volcano eruptions? Here's the science.

Possible links between these two geologic titans have long fascinated—and divided—scientists. Here’s what the latest studies have to say.

2019-01-14
WWU’s Eric DeChaine Receives $225k NPS Grant to Research Plants Across the North Pacific 2019-01-11
Deadly Indonesian tsunami was not caused by an earthquake

A tsunami can also be caused by other things that move vast amounts of water, from storms to underwater landslides, which experts think is the most likely explanation for what happened in the Sunda Strait.

“Anything that rapidly displaces water can cause a tsunami, whether or…

2018-12-28
Journalism's Derek Moscato wins Top Faculty Paper Award at NCA conference 2018-11-21
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