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As fusion becomes more technically viable, it’s time to assess whether it’s worth the money because breakthroughs in the lab don’t guarantee success in the marketplace.
An expert explains why a recent plan to include a question about citizenship in the 2020 census is unjust, both for citizens and noncitizens.
After disasters, communities often push to rebuild as quickly as possible. A public health expert says they should aim higher and fix problems that exist pre-storm.
Women are underrepresented in academic science. New research finds the problem is even worse in terms of who authors high-profile journal articles – bad news for women’s career advancement.
If Mary Shelley wrote the book today, Victor would surely be a synthetic biologist. But those fiddling with living things in 2018 have hopefully learned from her cautionary tale.
Sound, color and special effects transformed the moviegoing experience. These inventions decidedly did not.
Conservatives on migration claim that allowing the DACA recipients to stay shows disrespect for the law. The moral principles that underlie the American legal system, however, tell a different story.
Pharmaceutical companies focus on small molecules they’ve devised – and can easily patent. But nature’s already come up with many antibacterial compounds that drug designers could use to make medicines.
Democracy takes many forms, some of them democracy in name only. Confusion and misappropriation complicate the public struggle for the democracy to come, but this challenge is always unending.
Millennial Indian women have been leading a new kind of feminism since the early 2000s.
The Mariana snailfish lives nearly 27,000 feet underwater, but has features that help it adapt to intense water pressure and cold. Physiological limits may prevent fish from surviving in deeper water.
Researchers use an algorithm designed to help robots move to figure out what’s possible when designing new molecules in a promising class of pharmaceuticals.
In response to mudslides that have killed at least 20 people in Southern California, a geologist calls for more resources to study and map landslide hazards so residents can understand the risks.
Alaska and oil proponents are cheering a move to open up an ecologically sensitive part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling – a position environment supporters can’t abide.
The precious metal is literally extra-terrestrial, produced in the heart of the stars. How and under what conditions? Scientists know more thanks to a double astrophysical observation.
One big challenge for gene therapies is delivering DNA or RNA safely to cells inside patients’ bodies. New nanoparticles could be an improvement over the current standard – repurposed viruses.
One of the best ways to shape public policy is for experts to submit detailed, technical information through the public comment process.
Le métal jaune est extraterrestre : l’or est produit au cœur des étoiles. Comment et dans quelles conditions ? Les scientifiques en savent plus grâce à une double observation astrophysique.
Digital innovations are making it easier to give to charity and for donors to become informed before they support nonprofits.
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Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Ph.D. Candidate in Health Services, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Ph.D. Candidate in Bioengineering, University of Washington
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Postdoctoral Scholar in Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Bioengineering, University of Washington
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Professor of Political Science and Co-founder of the Political Economy Forum, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Health Systems and Population Health, Epidemiology, University of Washington
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Associate Professor and Director of the Center for an Informed Public, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington
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Ph.D. Candidate in Bioengineering, University of Washington
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Professor of Bioethics and Humanities, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Professor of Japanese, University of Washington
