Fire survivors say “it’s morally reprehensible,” and experts worry the wagering could lead to arson.

From heat exhaustion to cities' overloaded electrical grids, extreme weather threatens the future of soccer

From heat exhaustion to cities' overloaded electrical grids, extreme weather threatens the future of soccer

‘This is a loss that’s really going to impact the UW community’: roommate of student killed at Nordheim Court reflects on the tragedy

UW community, LGBTQIA+ organizations rally around student killed in university housing

Advancements in research reveal that this species faces a dire future in a warming world

Despite a wave of recent victories for project proponents, numerous obstacles remain

Ben Goulet-Scott and Jacob S. Suissa offer 101 ways to rediscover the familiar with “Let’s Botanize!”

Next-gen polar scientists challenge the status quo in Antarctica

Meet the researcher who informed the writers about beaver behavior and threats to their habitat

Meet the researcher who informed the writers about beaver behavior and threats to their habitat

State leaders fret about the threats that could extend well into summer and beyond

Meet the researcher who informed the writers about beaver behavior and threats to their habitat

State leaders fret about the threats that could extend well into summer and beyond

Who should pay for American science? In the current political climate, many are looking to the private sector to compensate for cuts in public funding. At the Harvard School of Public Health—particula...

Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

Making field sciences inclusive means acknowledging women’s biological realities

Making field sciences inclusive means acknowledging women’s biological realities

Latino communities in Chicago are adjusting public celebrations and cultural traditions amid growing concerns over immigration enforcement.

Art and entertainment influence almost every generation to an extent.

When students say they’re “pre-med,” they’re not referring to an academic program. They’re describing a laborious march toward medical school. At its core, being pre-med means preparing for the academ...

Many researchers continue learning of upcoming funding eliminations before formal notifications are administered in the era of DOGE’s near-constant budget cuts across the federal government. For organ...

James Keblas left Tacoma for the Art Institute of Seattle a week after his high school graduation, after recognizing that he was on a bad path and a menace.

NASELLE, Wash. – The Naselle Water Company is requesting that the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) pause logging operations for the next 24 months, according to a statement

After 10 years of community gathering and celebration in wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ — Intellectual House (pronounced “wah-sheb-altuh”), the UW Native community looks towards completing the original version of the sp...

As a researcher, it is expected that your data, study, or paper is your highest priority: that you are devoted to it. As a mother, it is expected that you

Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the Recycling Reform Act into law May 17, marking a major step toward overhauling Washington’s fragmented recycling system. Senate Bill 5284 introduces a statewide list of

Phillip Thurtle, a professor in the comparative history of ideas department (CHID), explores biology and its relationship to society in his class CHID 222: BioFutures. One topic under this umbrella

On some level, humans intuitively understand that a connection with nature is healthy for our physical and mental well-being. Yet, the benefits of nature remain inequitably distributed due to historic...

Elena Austin, an assistant professor in the School of Public Health, was only four months away from completing her research before she got a call out of the blue from

UW’s Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative (NCRC) received notice May 5 that they were to lose their federal funding and ordered them to cease all work, effective immediately. The acting director

The Global Change Research Act of 1990 created the United States Global Change Research Program and mandates that the program deliver a climate assessment approximately every four years. Volunteer aut...

Maybe you’ve changed your walking speed to catch a green light, picked the fastest checkout line, or rearranged your day to be more efficient. In those moments, you were doing

Professor David Hu educated an audience about where mosquitoes target people, how mammal earwax protects against insects, and the specifics of birds bathing in just under an hour May 6

Husky Satellite Lab (HSL), an on-campus RSO that engineers and operates satellites, has announced that they plan on sending a package of materials to space this summer, along with working

UW concluded its annual campus tree tours May 10, with an inside look at the native tree species rooted at UW. The almost 2-hour tour, led by Theodore Hoss, who

Editor’s note: “What is …?” is a section-wide column that explores the STEM majors at UW and explains what they are. This week, writer Sofia Rodriguez describes architecture.

Verbal harassment and creepy looks exist in the Ave’s air like cigarette smoke, but for someone to lay a hand on me was different. The safety bar in my hierarchy

NASELLE, Wash. — One self-service library, high school, and grocery store serve the 519 people of Naselle, Washington. The piles of felled logs along the roadsides dwarf the passing cars,

Physicians are seeing troublingly rising rates of colon cancer among people under 50, even though colorectal cancer has long been considered an “age-related disease.”

Cosmic images sourced from observatories around the globe can be seen from inside one room at UW.