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How impatience guides financial behavior

Long-term states of mind can affect short-term financial decisions. [caption id="attachment_13468" align="alignnone" width="639"] A new study suggests that long-term states of mind about whether people consider themselves spenders or savers can affect short-term financial decisions.Image:…

Beta vulgaris common beet

UW researchers discover an evolutionary stepping stone to…

[caption id="attachment_13459" align="alignnone" width="713"] Slices of different colored beets show the presence of betalains, a class of yellow and red pigments unique to the wider beet family, the Caryophyllales. PHOTO: SARAH FRIEDRICH[/caption] The color red…

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Team HAKUTO and the Google Lunar XPRIZE

Professor Kazuya Yoshida and HAKUTO members prepare for the final push to land a rover on the moon in the Google Lunar XPRIZE challenge. [caption id="attachment_13453" align="alignnone" width="755"] Japan’s HAKUTO is one of only five…

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Search for the Lost Pink-headed Duck Gets Underway…

Researchers to Explore Swampy Wetland in the First Search for Lost Species Expedition. [caption id="attachment_13449" align="alignnone" width="615"] Pink-headed duck art decoy by Philip Nelson.[/caption] The very first Search for Lost Species expedition gets underway Monday,…