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Climbers twice as likely to reach Mount Everest summit but "death zone" crowding soars, study shows
Climbers of Everest are twice as likely to summit, despite an increase in crowding. Raymond Huey, professor emeritus of biology, is quoted.
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Lystrosaurus: This Ancient Creature From Antarctica Is Probably First Known Animal to Survive by Hibernation
An ancient creature was among the first animals who survived by hibernation. Christian Sidor, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Burke Museum and professor of biology, is quoted.
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250 Million Years Ago, They Hibernated at the Bottom of the World
In creatures that lived before dinosaurs, paleontologists found signs of hibernation. Christian Sidor, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Burke and professor of biology, is quoted.
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Weathering the tough times: Fossil evidence of ‘hibernation-like’ state in 250-million-year-old Antarctic animal
Lead author Megan Whitney, biology graduate student, explains her new study on the hibernation state of a creature who lived before the dinosaurs.
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Want to climb Everest? New study identifies factors that influence success.
Raymond Huey, professor emeritus of biology, explains the factors that lead to success when climbing Everest.
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How satellite ‘megaconstellations’ will photobomb astronomy images
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.
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Mount Everest summit success rates double, death rate stays the same over last 30 years
Raymond Huey, professor emeritus of biology, explains the results of his new study on the summit and death rates on Mount Everest.
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Do STEM toys actually teach kids science and math?
Do toys advertised as teaching STEM actually work? Allison Master, a research scientist at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, is quoted.
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Release the Kraken!
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.
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Do You Speak Northwest?
Many Northwesterners think they have no accent. UW linguist Alicia Wassink would disagree.
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Was A ‘Burping’ Betelgeuse Our Last Hope Of Seeing A Star ‘Go Supernova?’ No, There Is Another
Emily Levesque, assistant professor of astronomy at the UW, discusses Betelgeuse's "great dimming."
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Translating a Crisis
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.
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The 1918 Flu Faded in Our Collective Memory: We Might ‘Forget’ the Coronavirus, Too
Meg Spratt, a lecturer in communication at the UW, talks about how the media covered the 1918 flu.
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A Honeybee’s Tongue Is More Swiss Army Knife Than Ladle
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.
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Social Distancing From the Stars
Emily Levesque, professor of astronomy, writes about COVID-19 and astronomy.