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Women are as competitive as men, just motivated differently, says the director of the Center for the Philosophy of Freedom, who will discuss her work at the UArizona Wonder House at South by Southwest.

CatSat is a small satellite carrying a new communications concept – an inflatable antenna – into space. Led by UArizona students and supported by engineers from local aerospace companies, the project offers students a rare chance to get hands-on experience with spaceflight technology.

Future space missions likely will send robots to scout out underground habitats for astronauts. UArizona engineers have developed a system that would allow autonomous vehicles to explore caves, lava tubes and even oceans on other worlds.

Headliners for this weekend's on-campus festival include rock icon and Tucson native Linda Ronstadt, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and sports journalist Jemele Hill.

More environmentally friendly agriculture practices are needed to keep the farming industry strong in Arizona, a report from the university's Southwest Center finds.

Extroverts may thrive in office settings with open seating arrangements, while introverts may do better in private offices, a new study co-authored by UArizona researchers finds.

Increases in National Institutes of Health awards to several UArizona Health Sciences colleges led to a strong showing in the annual rankings.

Amplifying Blackness in the Borderlands is a new program that will allow students to create projects that explore what it means to be Black in Tucson and the Southwest.

Male red-bellied lemurs see a fourfold increase in estradiol during the third trimester of their mates' pregnancies. Researchers suspect that the hormonal shift is part of nature's way of preparing the lemurs for fatherhood.

Climate models and geologic archives are at odds over whether Earth gradually warmed or cooled over the past few thousand years. Researchers tackle this global "temperature conundrum" in a new paper.