Social Sciences Division

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.

On Thursday at 7 p.m. two professors from the UW Japan studies program, Andrea Gevurtz Arai and Davinder Bhowmik, will be at the Elliott Bay Book Company to discuss their recent books.

After the rock music subsided and balloons were swept off the convention floor, divisions remained among state Republicans who had traveled to Cleveland.

Politico Magazine decided to find out if the recent Republican National Convention was the worst in history.

"Those who forget history, it's been said, are condemned to repeat it. We're barely through the halfway point, however, and 2016's already been a year many people would rather forget,"

"Despite its current focus on addressing police brutality, BLM’s agenda isn’t confined to this issue.