Natural Sciences Division

Jeffrey Riffell, professor of biology explains how new research shows that orchids could be used as mosquito repellant.

Shannon Dorsey, psychology professor, is the lead author of a study on how cognative behavioral therapy can help children in low-income countries recover from traumatic events.

Professor emeritus of psychology John Gottman of the Gottman Institute has started working with dating startup Mystery to address the common ways relationships fail.

Biology Professor Janneke Hille Ris Lambers discusses community scientists and the important role they play in collecting consistent data on changing ecosystems.

Biology Professor Jeffery Riffell explain why mosquitos are so drawn to flowers.

David Barash, professor emeritus of psychology, discusses monogamy in the animal kingdom.

Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology, discusses the role social media can play in spreading politically-charged misinformation.

Abigail Swann, associate professor of biology, details the connection between the climate crisis and forest fires.

Associate professor of physics, Gray Rybka, discusses how new technology that creates "atom waves" could impact the field of physics.

Peter Kahn, psychology professor, discusses how exposure to nature can have psychological benefits.

Emily Levesque, assistant professor of astronomy, elaborates on how new observations have allowed a star to be studied more closely.

Gerald Miller, physics professor, discusses the history of how what we know about the atom was discovered.

Doctoral student Emily Rabe loves puzzles, and finds plenty in her chemistry research on solar energy.

A UW study, the largest of its kind, has found that transgender children experience their gender identity as much as cisgender children.

A new UW study found that transgender children have as strong a sense of their gender identity as their cisgender peers.