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Documents that Changed the World: The Star Spangled Banner turns 200

By Peter Kelley | University of Washington on Sep 9, 2014 Featured, National

From Francis Scott Key’s pen in 1814 through war, peace and even Jimi Hendrix’s screeching electric guitar at Woodstock, the Star Spangled Banner has lasted as an American icon — and an anthem that’s nearly impossible to sing. But as Joe Janes of the University of Washington Information Schooldiscovered when studying Key’s rockets’-red-glare-lit inspiration for his Documents that Changed the […]

Astronomers: ‘Tilt-a-Worlds’ Could Harbor Life

By Peter Kelley | University of Washington on Apr 23, 2014 Science/Education

A fluctuating tilt in a planet’s orbit does not preclude the possibility of life, according to new research by astronomers at the University of Washington, Utah’s Weber State University and NASA. In fact, sometimes it helps. That’s because such “tilt-a-worlds,” as astronomers sometimes call them — turned from their orbital plane by the influence of […]

The Tea Party and the Politics of Paranoia

By Peter Kelley | University of Washington on May 29, 2013 Politics

Members of the tea party claim the movement springs from and promotes basic American conservative principles such as limited government and fiscal responsibility.