Social Sciences Division

Push to resurrect instrument lost during satellite failure highlights JAXA's resilience. 

Like the wall Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wants to build along the United States-Mexico border, this election cycle is dividing couples up in a major way.

University of Oregon founding father Matthew Deady was a hard-bitten racist who never disavowed slavery but who shielded innocent and vulnerable Chinese immigrants from violent mobs.

Religious Americans say that their clergy frequently speak out on hot-button political issues, and sometimes even support or oppose specific political candidates.

"This election season has seen an unusual number of conspiracy theories, mostly emanating from Donald Trump. Recently, however, Trump has been the object of a conspiracy theory," writes Scott Radnitz.

Are police making too many stops for minor issues, and could the number of violent confrontations between police and civilians be reduced by reducing the number of confrontations over all?

"This summer, NPR's science desk is thinking about waves, of all kinds — ocean, gravitational, even stadium waves. But what is a wave, anyway?" writes NPR's Joe Palca.

Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson teams up with artist Darius Kazemi to create a Twitter bot with a mission — and a personality.

"The Brexit vote surprised many observers. Most pollsters and financial analysts incorrectly predicted the final outcome.

Philosophers and scientists collaborate to explore ethical questions raised by neuroscience.

Bill Radke talks to UW history professor Margaret O'Mara about unity at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions and how the elections of the past compare to the 2016 conventions.

Whatever their position on the Democratic spectrum, women around Puget Sound viewed Hillary Clinton’s acceptance of the party’s presidential nomination as a moment that will redefine American ideas.

The demolition last week of the old nuclear reactor building on the UW campus has exposed the base of old concrete foundations and plenty of twisted rebar.

Bill Radke talks to University of Washington history professor Margaret O'Mara about the historic significance of Hillary Clinton's nomination and why so few women have sought the highest office.

A former logging town in Oregon is now home to a few large data centers for Facebook and Apple. The shift in industry is forcing the town of 9,000 to diversify jobs.