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Rapid Evolution Fails to Save Butterflies from Extinction in Face of Human-Induced Change

New research confirms that wild species can adapt quickly to human-induced change, but that the adaptation can cause deadly “eco-evolutionary traps” when humans introduce new resources and then quickly take them away.
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Coal Plants Get New Life in the Sun

Cheaper renewable energy is reshaping how electricity is generated and consumed. But is there a way to still make use of all those old coal plants and mines?
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Student Entrepreneurs Will Pitch Ideas at “Shark Tank”-Style Longhorn Startup Demo Day

Longhorn Startup Demo Day, where student entrepreneurs pitch their startup business ideas to the community, is May 3.
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Park Rangers from Across the Country Look to the Bright Stars in Texas

Where do park rangers from across the country go to learn about one of our greatest natural resources – the night sky? They go to the McDonald Observatory in West Texas.
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Gap in Financial Literacy Widens for Couples the Longer the Relationship Lasts, Study Suggests

As couples mature together, they often grow apart in their level of interest and skill in handling their finances, according to researchers at UT Austin and the University of Colorado-Boulder.
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Creating Truly Autonomous Systems is the Goal of New $7.5 Million Engineering Project

Thanks to a $7.5M DOD grant, Texas Engineers are developing AI for UAVs to learn “on the fly.”
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Nation’s Largest Student Fashion Show Will Spotlight Sustainable Clothing

The University of Texas Student Fashion Show, Dimension, will take place April 26, 2018.
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Watch Your Step: How Vision Leads Locomotion

Using new technologies to track how vision guides foot placement, UT Austin researchers come one step closer in determining what is going on in the brain while we walk.
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On Earth Day, UT’s EarthDate Celebrates One Year of Exploring the Planet’s Mysteries

UT’s EarthDate radio show has grown tremendously since debuting on Earth Day a year ago. The show explores the planet’s mysteries, from the origin of ancient life to how the planet is changing under our feet.
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Creating Star Stuff on Earth is the Aim of New $7 Million Project

With a new $7 million grant, astrophysicists will re-create the physical environment inside white dwarf stars, helping reduce uncertainties about the sizes and ages of these super-dense objects.
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Great Barrier Reef Corals Can Survive Global Warming for Another Century

They’re still under threat from global warming, but corals in the Great Barrier Reef have enough genetic variation to survive for at least another century, or more than 50 years longer than previous estimates have suggested.
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Newly Discovered Salty Subglacial Lakes Could Help Search for Life in Solar System

Researchers from the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) have helped discover the first subglacial lakes ever found in the Canadian High Arctic.