Natural Sciences Division

The strong, stretchy threads that mussels use to stay put won't work as well in warmer, more acidic waters.

A new study creates a mathematical model of teaching to show how the exaggerated sounds of "parentese" helps babies learn language.

Imagine you are an astronaut, chosen for the first manned mission to Mars. After years of preparation, you are ready to set foot on the Red Planet — and you develop a kidney stone.

Using observations of storms in the solar system, a team of astronomers has extrapolated to predict lightning on several exoplanets.

The Stranger covers two UW studies in this roundup. One on gene expression surviving death and another on climate scientists' credibility.

On a tiny island off the coast of Mozambique, a young frigate bird emerges from his nesting place, looks north and flies off. And for 185 days, he keeps going ... for 34,000 miles.

Researchers have examined the flight patterns of the frigatebird, one of the most accomplished long-distance fliers, to understand how such feats are feasible.

Book written by UW Biology professor.

An online debate is swirling around a tactic that academic publisher John Wiley & Sons uses to fight online piracy.

Scientists for the first time have directly detected key organic compounds in a comet.

Abigail Swann makes a point of telling students what she's doing to reduce her own carbon footprint when teaching about potential climate change solutions.

I-1515 would amend the state’s discrimination law so that public and private entities could restrict  “private facilities” to “biologically” male or female.

Mussels, the popular shellfish staple, are growing thinner shells, which could put them at great risk.

The new “Finding Dory” movie takes place deep in the ocean, but it was a University of Washington professor who helped Pixar bring the film’s characters to life.

A survey found that, of 1,500 scientists polled, 70 percent of them had been unable to replicate another scientist's results while 50 percent had been unable to replicate even their own results.