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3 Questions for Peter Stone
The director of Texas Robotics and professor of computer science warms up for South by Southwest.
![A man in a Texas Robotics t-shirt speaks at a mic, gesturing with his hands as robots and people interact in the background.](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/robotics-parade-2023-1200x800.jpg)
Vital Seagrasses in Gulf of Mexico Are Retreating Amid Rapid Sea Level Rise
At the Gulf Coast, rising sea levels are linked to a loss of valuable seagrass habitats in Texas, new research has found.
![Two scientists stand in shin-deep coastal waters peering into a box at a sample](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/seagrasses-thumbnail.jpg)
Climate Change and Habitat Loss Are Big Factors in Frog Pandemic
The worldwide decline in frog populations is due to a fast-spreading infection, but people also play a role.
![A small frog perches on a large rock](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/frog-thumb.jpg)
Increased Use of Paxlovid Could Cut Hospitalizations, Deaths and Costs
Epidemiologists found that treating even 20% of symptomatic cases would save lives and improve public health.
![A hand holding two white pills in the palm](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/pax-thumbnail.jpg)
First Brainwide Map Shows How Sex and Intimacy Rewire the Brain
Steven Phelps and his team found 68 brain regions in prairie voles associated with mating and bonding.
![A pair of small furry rodents snuggle](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/prairie-voles-aubrey-kelly-2400x1600.jpg)
New Quantum Sensing Center Aims to Transform Disease Diagnostics and Prevention
Mark Raizen is part of a new effort focused on translating discoveries from the physics lab to the clinic.
![Glowing red device with green arm](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/iron_isotopes_1200x800.jpg)
Chemistry Professor Receives Sloan Research Fellowship and Mark Young Scholar Award
UT Austin’s Zachariah Page was selected as a Sloan Research Fellow and won a top ACS young scholar award for 2024.
![Image of Zak Page](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/6c85f3b1-81fd-4499-bee4-bf9ef4d8d690.png)
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Giant Magellan Telescope Expands Global Science Impact with Taiwanese Partner
GMT's consortium expands to 14 institutions with addition of Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
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UT Entomologists Collaborate on Insect-Inspired Album
An award-winning composer came to class and had scientists lend an ear, resulting in music that’s all the buzz.
![A young treehopper photographed at the Brackenridge Field Laboratory polllinator garden is one of the insects that inspired a scientist-musician collaboraiton. Credit: Alex Wild](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/3f8120a8-be6a-46c2-be48-b7f25ea1c396.png)
Scientists Develop New Theory to Understand Why Our Perception is Biased
Researchers examined decades of data to create a unifying theory to explain biases in perception.
![Artist drawing of human head with colored lines pointing at the eye, colored dots representing the brain and math equations floating around the head.](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/bias-thumbnail.jpg)