Natural Sciences Division

This is the topic of the NASA Astrobiology Debates, where elite college teams from across the country grapple with ethical, political and scientific questions.

The fellowship includes a five-year research grant of $875,000.

Two teams of University of Washington researchers were members of the multinational, decades-long scientific groups that won.

UW Psychology Professor Sapna Cheryan,discusses why high school girls don't pursue math and science. 

Earth-like exoplanets may have magnetic fields capable of protecting life according to researchers at the Virtual Planetary Laboratory based at the UW.

Astronomers from the Virtual Planetary Laboratory have created a way to rank exoplanets to help prioritize which of the thousands discovered warrant close inspection in the search for life.

A new study from UW I-LABS suggests how strongly children identify with math can be used to predict how high they will score on a standardized math tests.

A UW scientific team and biotech partner have created an innovative tool to directly detect the delicate, single-molecule interactions between DNA and enzymatic proteins.

Thanks to UW researchers, a 680-ton superconducting magnet is secure in its new home and nearly ready for a new era of discovery in particle physics.

For 20 years, UW students have participated in field research on a tropical island that's home to more than a thousand monkeys.

Playwrights and scientists pair up to explore what it means to be human in light of current developments in science and technology.

A benefit concert for the Astrobiology Program and Astronomy Department combines original symphonic music with spectacular imagery from space.

The Department of Astronomy celebrates its 50th anniversary with lectures, a concert, and—just maybe—an exploding star.

UW I-LABS researchers have conducted what is believed to be the first experiment to show that two brains can be directly linked, allowing one participant to guess correctly what the other is thinking.

UW Biology's Scott Freeman discusses how the traditional college instructional style -- think large halls with lots of students -- isn't the best method for teaching students.