Aztecs are famous for ancient pyramids and ancient chocolate recipes, but their medicinal herbs may have been as advanced as drugs used in modern medicine, said to Kelly McDonough, UT Spanish and Portuguese...
Austin, often lauded with various titles such as the “Live Music Capital of the World,” may be earning another — the “video game capital of Texas.”
More than 270 gaming...
Ever wanted to produce your own music? If you’re a beginner, it’s harder than you might think.
Between stolen tracks, convoluted mechanisms for collaboration and lesser known artists getting...
The bright red sculpture made of steel beams adorning the front lawn of the engineering buildings sits perched like a ballerina in the eyes of Linda Henderson, professor of art history and specialist in...
People who aren’t regular visitors to the Gates Dell Complex may not be familiar with the fleet of robots that roam the building. A team of researchers in the computer science department recently...
Scientists are using brain-munching, mind-controlling flies to “zombify” and kill invasive fire ant species. This past weekend, Dr. Robert (Rob) Plowes, a research scientist in the Department...
Mental and physical consequences of racial inequalities threaded through the topics on the second day of the Healthier Texas Summit, a public-health event.
Karen DeSalvo, a professor in Dell Medical...
Marguerite Kelly’s grandson was 17 years old when he had a felony placed on his record. On the night of his arrest, he said good night to his parents before grabbing his younger cousin and smashing...
If your genetic information had a soundtrack, what would it sound like?
Spotify, a popular music streaming service, and AncestryDNA, a DNA-testing company, have partnered together to answer that question....
A new science teaching app that engages and educates youth through hands-on experiences was just developed by Michelle Williams, a UT marketing alumna and CEO of Williams Learning Solutions.
The app...
Scary movies have ominous sounds that give us goosebumps. Our physical dislike for spooky sounds in horror films is due to psychological cues and a part of our inner ear called the basilar membrane, psychology...
UT researchers are analyzing the DNA of Central American skeletons to understand the history of British colonization. Graduate research assistant Lauren Springs, a graduate anthropology student recently...
