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Texas Standard
Austin’s COVID experts are reuniting to take on future pandemic threats
March 16, 2023
Mashable
Webb Telescope Just Saw More Galaxies In a Snapshot Than Hubble's Deepest Look
March 13, 2023
College Highlights
The people and discoveries of UT Austin Natural Sciences lead to extraordinary impact.
Point of Discovery Podcasts

Right Place, Right Time
Like the Hubble Space Telescope before it, the James Webb Space Telescope has the potential to change the course of astronomy and inspire a new generation of astronomers.
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Charging Ahead
Clean energy research from UT Austin scientists holds disruptive potential. It comes just as new technologies are needed most.
A Biological Makerspace
In a little-known Austin tech hub, scientists use robots and AI to find treatments for COVID, fight the war on plastics and much more.
Anthony Varner Q&A
The Undergraduate, Neuroscience
