Research

Studies of transgender kids are revealing fascinating insights about gender in the brain

Amy Lambert spends most of her waking hours in search of the island marble; a rare butterfly.

Adam Summers, a dedicated biologist at the University of Washington, began his quest to scan every fish in the sea.

Gossip over potential detection of colliding neutron stars has astronomers in a tizzy. Peter Yoachim, a UW astronomer, is quoted. 

Bruce Balick, a professor emeritus from the Department of Astronomy, observed chickens during the eclipse.

In a new study, orca pregnancy failures are up, salmon stocks are down, and fecal samples are in—thanks in part to a black Lab on dung duty.

Sarah Quinn discusses her award winning research on 'the hidden state' with UW News

The latest installment in a regular report on political mobilization in the United States. Emily Gade, a graduate student in the UW Department of Political Science, is an author. 

Bruce Balick, UW professor emeritus of astronomy, shared a few thoughts that he’s written for the upcoming event.

UW psychology professor Peter Kahn has spent much of his career analyzing the relationship humans have with nature; he thinks that relationship is more fragile than many of us realize.

Forget ‘monkey see, monkey do.’ ‘Human see, human do’ might be more accurate. But what does our incredible ability to imitate do for us?

Physics professor Kai-Mei Fu is quoted in this article. 

UW astrophysicist is part of an expert panel about the eclipse.

Quintard Taylor, professor emeritus of history, on Centralia's founding father and his unique place in history.

Exoplanets to be found by coming high-powered telescopes will probably be tidally locked -- according to new research by astronomer Rory Barnes of the University of Washington.