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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.
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UW professors give insights on the past, present, and future of Ladino
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.
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Local students have an eco-friendly alternative to plastic stickers on your fruits/veggies
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.
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Podcast | What regulation of Big Tech might look like
UW historian Margaret O’Mara draws on America’s history of trustbusting to explore what Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple might be facing. -
UW study: Parentese most effective method for teaching toddlers language
Naja Ferjan Ramirez, assistant professor of linguistics, has written a study on how parents talk to their children.
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Childhood trauma found to accelerate biological signs of aging
Natalie Colich, a postdoctoral fellow in psychology, explains how her new research suggests violent or traumatic experiences in childhood can accelerate biological signs of aging.
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Migrating big astronomy data to the cloud
The astronomy community looks to the cloud to store big data. Mario Juric, associate professor of astronomy, is quoted.
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Is there lyfe on Mars? New concept broadens search for alien organisms
An alternative concept for describing life in space, "lyfe," has been proposed by Michael Wong, a postdoctoral researcher in astronomy.
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Editor’s Notebook: Renaming parks along the Duwamish River
Emily Levesque, assistant professor of astronomy, explains her new book, "The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers."