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Fossils from a dinosaur-era mammal unearthed in Montana and North Dakota have helped UW scientists establish that the animal had, pound-for-pound, the strongest bite force of any mammal ever recorded.

It can be unsettling to realize that only 5 percent of the universe is made of the kind of matter we know and understand. Leslie Rosenberg, professor of physics at the UW, is quoted.

How a bias toward English-language science can result in preventable crises, duplicated efforts and lost knowledge.

If your New Year's resolution is to deepen your skill sets, January is bound to give you a fast start to achieving that very goal.

Gov. Jay Inslee Thursday signed his first reprieve of a death-row convict, part of his moratorium on Washington’s death penalty.

Vera Rubin, an astronomer who proved the existence of dark matter, one of the fundamental principles in the study of the universe, died Dec. 25. She was 88. 

The New York Times conducted a Q&A with Charles Johnson, a professor emeritus of English at the UW and author of the award-winning novel "Middle Passage." 

Doctors and parents of transgender children are embracing their identity as early as age 3. The UW's TransYouth Project, led by psychology professor Kristina Olson, is mentioned.

Social bias can be expressed in variety of ways. A UW research reveals children not only notice non-verbal signals of social bias by adults, but also generalize the learned bias.

Children in the Grand Canyon State will soon be writing A-r-i-z-o-n-a as one linked series of letters. Is a conjoined W-a-s-h-i-n-g-t-o-n far behind?