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How dogs use smell to see--and save--the world
UW biologists use Tucker, a rescue dog, to gather information about killer whales.
10/27/2016 -
Kepler finds scores of planets around cool dwarf stars
NASA’s rebooted mission, K2, seeks out new worlds closely orbiting stars smaller than the Sun.
10/26/2016 -
Renaissance Europe Was Horrified by Reports of a Sea Monster That Looked Like a Monk Wearing Fish Scales
In the 16th century, the so-called “sea monk” became the talk of Europe. Drawings of the half-man, half-fish “monster” were circulated across the continent.
10/26/2016 -
Should young women sell their eggs?
UW's Nancy Kenney weighs in on the health risks for young women donating their eggs.
10/24/2016 -
Research in complex computational problems snares Packard honors for UW’s Thomas Rothvoss
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has awarded a prestigious fellowship to University of Washington assistant professor Thomas Rothvoss.
10/24/2016 -
Meet the minds behind Axiomatic: An art project based in theoretical mathematics
Timea Tihanyi with the UW's School of Art and Jayadev Athreya, associate professor of mathematics at the UW, say art and math are much more similar than we often think.
10/24/2016 -
Voices From Here: Coloring Washington Red And Blue Misses What We Have In Common
Before KNKX features conversations with five different people who live in the Puget Sound area, they spent a moment with David Domke, professor of political communication at UW.
10/24/2016 -
Treating Pain With A Virtual World Of Snow And Ice
Dr. Hunter Hoffman with the Human Interface Technology Lab at UW, and Dr. David Patterson, a UW psychologist, are harnessing the power of distraction created by virtual reality to block pain.10/24/2016 -
Trump support during presidential debates bolstered by social media bots, research claims
Twitter seems to be heavily in favor of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, but a sizeable slice of his support comes from social media bots, according to new research.
10/20/2016 -
This Common Behavior Could Easily End Your Marriage
One of the four tell-tale signs that a marriage could end in divorce, as determined by UW psychology professor John Gottman.
10/18/2016