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Could cancer-fighting therapy be used to treat young lupus patients? Seattle Children's study seeks answers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given Seattle Children’s the green light to conduct a clinical trial for a drug that researchers hope can help fight pediatric lupus.
Diana Opong
Tips for sorting online fact from fiction

Hoaxes, scams and bogus content are always lurking on the internet. But with a presidential election looming and social media companies pulling away from content moderation, 2024 is primed for a new level of nonsense. So how do you sort fact from fiction?
Libby Denkmann

Alec Cowan
What should Washington call its next new apple?
KUOW Staff
Can we grow veggies on Mars? Fly larvae and synthetic soil may hold the answer

A Texas undergrad is investigating how to grow vegetables on Mars — and has cultivated test samples of English peas in simulated Martian soil, with fertilizer from fly larvae.
Mallory Yu
28% of families in Washington state can't afford basic needs, UW study finds

About 10 percent of households in Washington state meet the federal poverty threshold, but when researchers drilled into the data on what it actually takes to survive in the state, they found the number of families struggling to make ends meet is much larger.
Monica Nickelsburg
Study of dogs and their humans seeks to make life better for both

It’s a dog’s life, they say. Daniel Promislow is curious about what makes them tick.
Kim Malcolm

John O'Brien
The basics behind the UW Researcher Strike

KUOW labor & economy reporter Monica Nicklesburg joins Soundside to talk about the researcher strike happening at the University of Washington.
Libby Denkmann

Monica Nickelsburg

Jason Burrows
After a concussion, kids’ brains need a break: from sports, bright lights, and too much homework

Washington was the first state with a law regulating when and how students can return to sports after having a concussion. Brain-injury experts say, now, lawmakers should add guidelines for when students with a concussion can return to school full-time.
Eilís O'Neill
A kid in Guatemala had a dream. Today she's a disease detective

Neudy Rojop made a girlhood pledge. When family members fell ill, she says she decided to become a nurse "so I could change my community for good."
Ari Daniel
To outwit a giant hornet, scientists try speaking its language

Researchers on two continents aim to lure the world’s largest hornet to its doom by speaking its chemical language.
John Ryan

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