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Catching a Diversity of Fish Species — Instead of Specializing — Means More Stable Income for Fishers

By James Urton | University of Washington on Sep 19, 2017   At Sea, Featured, Science/Education  

Catching a Diversity of Fish Species — Instead of Specializing — Means More Stable Income for Fishers

For people who make a living by harvesting natural resources, income volatility is a persistent threat. Crops could fail. Fisheries could collapse. Forests could burn. These and other factors — including changing management regulations and practices — can lower harvests, which depresses income for farmers, fishers and timber harvesters. But the ways that these forces […]

Mosquito Smells, Before it Sees, a Bloody Feast

By James Urton | University of Washington on Jul 20, 2015   Featured, Science/Education  

Mosquito Smells, Before it Sees, a Bloody Feast

The itchy marks left by the punctured bite of a mosquito are more than pesky, unwelcomed mementos of a day at the lake. These aggravating bites can also be conduits for hitchhiking pathogens to worm their way into our bodies. Mosquitoes spread malaria, dengue, yellow fever and West Nile virus, among others. As the bloodsucking […]

UW Astronomer Proposes New Deep-Space Telescope to Scan the Sky for Signs of Life

By James Urton | University of Washington on Jul 13, 2015   Featured, Science/Education  

UW Astronomer Proposes New Deep-Space Telescope to Scan the Sky for Signs of Life

Astronomers usually spend their time contemplating the heavens above. But one group of dedicated stargazers has challenged the community to look instead to the future, envisioning the tools for generating more celestial discoveries. On July 6, a team of astronomers proposed a new type of mission to crack some of the universe’s most intriguing mysteries […]

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