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Education

Should you pursue your passion in college or a degree that would make you money?

Over the last ten years, the number of students majoring in the arts and humanities at the University of Washington has dropped significantly. That’s no surprise when STEM and Business degrees are touted as more valuable. What do you do when society tells you that the passion or skill you’ve decided to pursue in college won’t give you a sustainable lifestyle?
Soraya Marashi
Technology

How Computer-Assisted Telepathy Helps Humans Communicate

The next phase of human evolution seems headed toward merging biological bodies with machines, and in the first video of Future You, Elise Hu gets connected to a network and plays a game her thoughts.
Elise Hu
Science

Brains of blind youth can rewire to sharpen hearing

The brains of people blind early in life are able to rewire to sharpen their hearing.
Paige Browning
Immigrants describe abuse while boarding 'ICE Air'

Kim Malcolm talks with University of Washington professor Angelina Godoy about the use of King County's Boeing Field to deport immigrants.
Kim Malcolm

Andy Hurst
Technology

Forget the cloud, your selfies may be stored in DNA someday

Researchers in Seattle have found a way to store massive amounts of data in a very small space.
Paige Browning
Health

Three hints your relationship is working, according to these researchers

One difference between happy couples and miserable couples is how they repair disagreements or tough moments.
John O'Brien

Isolde Raftery
Health

Study shows diet soda linked to increased risk of stroke

Drinking diet soda to reduce sugar consumption may not be a healthier alternative. A new study shows it may increase the risk of stroke.
Ruby de Luna
Education

UW raises concerns over proposed changes to Title IX

Bill Radke spoke to Valery Richardson, Title IX Coordinator at the University of Washington, about the changes that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has proposed for how the university handles instances of sexual harassment and sexual assault.
Alison Bruzek

Marcie Sillman
Politics

Pay student athletes, WA lawmaker says. The NCAA makes millions off them

Washington would be the first state legislature in the country to allow student athletes to be compensated, under a legislative proposal.
Paige Browning
Politics

College athletes get paid nothing. A Washington state lawmaker wants to change that

State Representative Drew Stokesbary (R-Auburn) has introduced a new bill that would allow college athletes to be compensated — by any party — for anything “up to the fair market value of services." They could also get an agent.
Angela King

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