Precipitation, to be clear, includes any variant – not just water, but snow or freezing rain and other forms of water falling from the sky. Much like the Eastern Seaboard in winter, a "warm" Mars ...

They weren’t snakes, of course, but nematodes, also known as roundworms—and, it turns out, they’re the most common ...

Elizabeth Margulis, Arvind Narayanan, Kristina Olson and Serguei Oushakine are the recipients of this year's Graduate ...

Apr. 23, 2025 — New multidisciplinary research shows that the brain forms memories of cold experiences and uses them to control our metabolism. The study shows that cold memories form in the ...

The problem was first posed by Aristotle, over 2000 years ago. KUOW editor and longtime science journalist Gabriel Spitzer tells us more about that research and the Seattle scientist at the center of ...

Elementary teachers can inspire wonder with activities that engage the senses, stoke curiosity, highlight learners’ interests ...

how mastering the art of asking better questions can lead to innovation, personal growth, and better decision-making in ...

FOLLOWING the successful series of events in March, ESB Science Blast, the RDS-led initiative fostering young scientific ...

The faint glow of a jellyfish revealed a molecule that would change science. Known as green fluorescent protein (GFP), it ...

Curiosity-driven research is the engine that fuels discovery. In UW–Madison’s College of Letters & Science, we are guided by ...

In 1997, I stood in front of an fMRI scanner for the first time. I watched raw signal translate into living traces of thought ...