Natural Sciences Division

The UW has been given $12.5M in federal funding to lead a cohort of institutions tackling foundational challenges in the field of data science.

Center for Conservation Biology orca researcher Deborah Giles explains Southern orca resident presence in the Salish Sea.

Christian Sidor, biology professor, discusses the history of hibernation.

Carl Bergstrom, biology professor, explains America's lack of a strategy for asymptomatic testing.

The UW has received $12.5M of federal funding to lead a group of institutions tackling data science challenges.

The National Science Foundation has awarded $3 million to establish a NSF Research Traineeship at the UW for graduate students in quantum information science and technology, or QIST.

Jayadev Athreya, associate professor of mathematics, explains research into the Dodecahedron, a shape formed with twelve pentagons.

Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology, explains how missteps from public health agencies worry health experts.

Megan Whitney, doctoral student in biology, and Christian Sidor, biology professor discuss new evidence suggesting a species that roamed the Earth with the dinosaurs hibernated.

Deborah Giles, researcher from the Center for Conservation Biology, and her dog, Eba, research killer whales in the Puget Sound.

Dr. Deborah Giles, researcher with the Center for Conservation Biology discusses risks to pregnant orcas in Puget Sound.

Climbers of Everest are twice as likely to summit, despite an increase in crowding. Raymond Huey, professor emeritus of biology, is quoted.

In creatures that lived before dinosaurs, paleontologists found signs of hibernation. Christian Sidor, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Burke and professor of biology, is quoted.

Lead author Megan Whitney, biology graduate student, explains her new study on the hibernation state of a creature who lived before the dinosaurs.

Raymond Huey, professor emeritus of biology, explains the factors that lead to success when climbing Everest.