Research

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

A report about the impact of satellite clusters says damage to observations is unavoidable and offers mitigation strategies. Meredith Rawls, a research scientist in astronomy, is quoted.

Raymond Huey, professor emeritus of biology, explains the results of his new study on the summit and death rates on Mount Everest.

Do toys advertised as teaching STEM actually work? Allison Master, a research scientist at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, is quoted.

To understand the origins of this beast of myth and legend, KUOW spoke with Lauren Poyer, a lecturer in Scandinavian Studies who specializes in mythology.

Many Northwesterners think they have no accent. UW linguist Alicia Wassink would disagree.

Emily Levesque, assistant professor of astronomy at the UW, discusses Betelgeuse's "great dimming."

As a UW undergrad, Amanda Doxtater fell in love with the Swedish book Kris (Crisis). As a UW professor, she completed its first translation into English. 

Meg Spratt, a lecturer in communication at the UW, talks about how the media covered the 1918 flu.

Once again, insects prove to be more complicated than scientists thought they were. Alejandro Rico-Guevara, assistant professor of biology at the UW, is quoted.

Emily Levesque, professor of astronomy, writes about COVID-19 and astronomy.

David Bunis, former visiting professor, and Devin Naar, associate professor of history and Jewish studies, explain their scholarship on Ladino and the future of the language.

Nature’s Label is a start-up created by five enterprising college students — Sophie Ye, Khoi Ha, Siddhant Jain and Alyssa Mell from the UW and Arya Mathew from Seattle University.

Naja Ferjan Ramirez, assistant professor of linguistics, has written a study on how parents talk to their children.