Editor’s note: A 30 column is a chance for departing permanent staff to say farewell and reflect on their time spent in The Daily Texan’s basement office. The term comes from the old typesetting...
Cave-dwelling creatures are often pigmentless and eyeless, with translucent skin and a layer of threadlike sensory hairs. Fortunately, although they spend approximately the same amount of time underground,...
They came, they saw, they trampled — and at the end of two three-day weekends, the thousands of Austin City Limits festivalgoers left the grassy fields of Zilker Park a little worse for wear.
The...
A lot can happen in 100 years — just ask UT computer science professor Peter Stone.
On Thursday, Stone and fellow researchers released a report that will kick off Stanford’s One Hundred...
New research from UT’s College of Liberal Arts suggests that factors influencing a student’s academic performance may be more “nature” and less “nurture.”
The research...
Earlier this month, ExxonMobil announced that it will provide $15 million of funding to the UT Energy Institute to further research in areas such as renewable energy, battery technology and power grid...
Smart, strong, talented and popular, the young Charles Whitman seemed, outwardly, like a poster child for the “all-American boy” stereotype.
But as the sandy-haired boy grew up into a tall,...
Earlier this month, the Center for Disease Control confirmed the first Texas case of the Zika virus, a tropical disease that can cause birth defects if women are infected while pregnant. UT researchers...
Before entering college, petroleum engineering freshman Karan Jerath won the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF). Jerath’s success in the science field has garnered...
School children have been making red and brown paper handprint turkeys for decades — but the turkeys that Americans eat on Thanksgiving aren’t the colorful birds many people imagine them to...
Forget breakfast, lunch and dinner. During the stressful end-of-semester scramble, students often turn to a mixture of between-class snacks and midnight meals. But new research shows that this erratic...
Escaping from the early morning rising times required in high school may seem liberating, but students might want to think twice before scheduling classes with late start times.
Later class times may...
In celebration of Halloween, Science Scene writers Ellen Airhart, Maluly Martinez Benavides and Eva Frederick explain the science side of three creepy phenomena that might otherwise have you looking over...
Editor's note: This is one part of a three-part Science Scene in celebration of Halloween. To see the other two parts, click here.
While walking home at night, many people have felt the tingly,...
In the time it might take for a person to walk through Art.Science.Gallery.’s latest exhibit, up to eight species of animals are estimated to go extinct.
“In Danger (or, you should really,...
When most people pass Texas trees, they don’t notice the spiky-looking colonies of ball moss. But when UT alumnus William Niendorff sees the pale green plants, he sees untapped potential.“Tillandsias...
The creators of UT’s new shock insulation technology know that when human safety is at stake, every choice counts.
For several years, mechanical engineering professor Carolyn Seepersad,...
Aside from the patient’s well-being, UT pre-med students have a lot on their minds when in the operating room — heavy course loads, MCAT preparation and coping with the sight of blood.
The...
A room filled with 500,000 insects is the stuff of most people’s nightmares. But for research scientists who use the University of Texas Insect Collection, it’s a dream come true.
The collection,...
