When The Earthquake Hits, How Do You Let Seattle Know? Ross Reynolds talks with Pacific Northwest Seismic Network director John Vidale about the challenges of creating an early warning system for earthquakes. Hannah Burn
What To Expect In Seattle When The 'Big One' Hits Kim Malcolm talks to Seattle Times reporter Sandi Doughton about what to expect and how to prepare for when a big earthquake shakes the Northwest. Kim Malcolm
Seattle's Faults: Maps That Highlight Our Shaky Ground KUOW's Deborah Wang produced this story as part of her 2010 series “On Shaky Ground.” The rocks and mud of the Pacific Northwest tell the story of much... Deborah Wang
Northwest Indian College Student Takes A NASA Thrill Ride Chris Cultee will have a close-up view when NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flies past Pluto on Tuesday. Cultee, who attends the Northwest Indian College... KUOW Staff
Are We Close To Building Better Humans? Ross Reynolds interviews Seattle computer scientist and science fiction writer Ramez Naam about the latest technology in human enhancement. Naam is the... Ross Reynolds
Starfish Are Still Disappearing From Washington State A couple of years ago, divers in Puget Sound began to notice something odd: Starfish were disappearing. The sea creatures would get sores and then melt... Marcie Sillman
Lessons From Mount St. Helen's 35 Years Later Marcie Sillman talks to Carolyn Driedger, a hydrologist and outreach coordinator for the U.S. Geological Survey, about what volcanologists have learned... Marcie Sillman
Mycologist Explains The Magic Of Northwest Fungi Mycologist Paul Stamets calls fungi “the soil magicians of nature.” He says they were the first organisms to come to land 1.3 billion years ago. Stamets... John O'Brien
Jellyfish Boom As Little Fish Disappear In Puget Sound Little fish are disappearing from much of Puget Sound, according to a new study. These are the fish that orcas and salmon depend on, and they’re being... John Ryan
Why NASA Called The Northwest Indian College Space Center It started out as a joke. The students at Northwest Indian College on the Lummi Reservation near Bellingham were launching little rockets made from... Joshua McNichols
